ships to america -------1853

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:13 pm

hi
can anyone tell me if i can find passenger lists for ships going to USA
1850s please
jannette

killearnan · Post by **killearnan** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:31 pm

The answer is it depends..... on where the ship was coming from, what particular port it was headed to, whether the lists have been indexed and put on-line, and so on.

Do you have any more details? If so, I or someone else may be able to provide a better answer.

Oh, and in addition to regular passenger lists, I've found some people in that era (or just a little earlier) listed in newspaper summaries of passengers arriving. Just in name in those cases, but it told me where to search further.

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:40 pm

aww sadly i dont , i just know relations arrived in usa 1854 ,
and had lived in Glasgow before that , they went over with an Aunt or Uncle is all i know , maybe not enough eh
sorry

Post by **AndrewP** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:14 pm

Be thankful that your people were not on the Annie Jane which left Liverpool in 1853, and sunk in a storm amongst the Scottish islands losing around three hundred passengers and crew.

http://scottishmonuments.s2.bizhat.com/ ... c.php?t=31

All the best,

AndrewP

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:57 pm

oh Andrew
i have had such rotten luck dont say that ,
thanks for this , just had another email from the new found 3rd cousin lol

Post by **paddyscar** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:27 pm

Hi Jan:

Castle Garden was the immigration centre for the United States before Ellis Island. http://www.castlegarden.org/

You can also check passenger lists at: http://www.theshipslist.com/

Frances

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:38 pm

many thanks Frances ,

killearnan · Post by **killearnan** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:20 pm

Castle Garden was the immigration center for only New York City.

Records for arrivals at other ports (Boston, Philadelphia, and Savannah were three other big ones in the mid 1800s) are indexed separately, so you'll need to look at those if the people you are looking for didn't come through NYC.

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:11 pm

thanks i cant get them as i dont have full access , no problem ,