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From: Sue Swiggum <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] Polaria-1888
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 14:39:53 -0300
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At 10:03 AM 2002-07-06 -0700, janet Kruger wrote:
>
> Can anyone help. I have gone to all the ships listings and cant seem to
find anything but on entry.
>IM lookng for the ship Polaria that landed at the port of New York on
07.02.1888. Every time I do a search I come up with a 1889 date and its
wrong.
>Weve gotten information on my greatgrandfather Vincent Paul Dovidaits who
was born in Smoalk,Luksiu,Suwalki-gubernia, Lithuania. But I cant find a
passenger list for this ship on this date.
>Can Anyone tell me what I may be doing wrong? or give me some insights on
where I may look?
>
>thank you
>janet kruger

Janet, I don't understand what you mean about coming up with 1889 on a
search. On her Description here
http://theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsP-Q.html it says "..On
16th Jun.1888 she commenced her first Hamburg - New York crossing for her
new owners... (Hamburg America Line)" so this looks like the particular
voyage (timing-wise) that your family took.

Maybe you were referring to online transcribed passenger lists only. The
passenger lists currently online are only a drop in the bucket of available
resources. You will need to consult the passenger list film for New York
July 1888. I can't advise you of the how-to but go here to Joe Beine's
site to read how to go about it.
Finding Passenger Lists 1820 to the 1940s arrivals at US ports from Europe
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/passengers.html

Good luck!

Sue
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