> Your statement was very interesting. Would there be records of arrivals up > there do you think??? Since you are on the list, I am also sending this to the list, as this is a frequent question when I give lectures on Immigration and Naturalization. One time our local genealogy society had a national lecturer come and lecture about Im-Nat. He mentioned that there were almost no records for St. Albans District-A large section of the group (who had been to my lectures) sat there and smiled politely. They all felt they were experts now. What time period are you looking for because the INS moved from their building in St. Albans (about 10-20 years ago, I have lost time since I left the Burlington area). It had finally been recognized that it needed some employees. It had hardly any employees up to that time. When they were moving, they found all these boxes in the attic-oops. The Director of the National Archives Regional Branch in Waltham, MA told me that he received a phone call-HELP, we didn't know these were here and don't know what to do with them. The Director said that Waltham would love them. Last I knew they had been sent to Waltham, MA and were being sorted and indexed. I would definitely check there, BUT only after I had checked to see what is already filmed at the National Archives in Washington. There are St. Albans films that have been made by the National Archives that you can acess the films numbers at the following site and should be able to order them at your local library or LDS Family History Center. Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals "Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications Contents" http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/immpass.html (Just in case you want to look at them all) If you only want St. Albans- "St. Albans, Vermont, District Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, VT, District, 1895--1924." M1461. 400 rolls. (Roll 218 not used). 16mm. http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85sal1.html Alphabetical Index to Canadian Border Entries through Small Ports in Vermont, 1895--1924. M1462. 6 rolls. 16mm. http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85sal2.html Soundex Index to Entries into the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports 1924-1952. M1463. 98 rolls. 16mm. http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85sal3.html %Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895--1954. M1464. 640 rolls. http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85sal4.html %Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929--49. M1465. 25 rolls. http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85sal5.html Please forgive me if I made a mistake copying any of these, but I am having a bad allergy attack and it's hard to think-moving from VT to OH was really bad on my allergies. Oh, to see that foliage right now-Vermonters have no idea how lucky they are until they can't see it any more. No reply necessary. Ruthie