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From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] Ship West Point Aug 8,1859
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 22:23:07 -0500
In-Reply-To: <001e01c3bc6a$0dae2e20$6401a8c0@Bluemax>


On 6 Dec 2003 at 21:30, Tom McGrath wrote:

> Can anyone provide data on the ship West Point. It left
> Liverpool and
> arrived in NYC Aug 8, 1859. Questions are: How many
> passengers, date of departure etc.? Does anyone have access
> to the NY Times for Aug 1859?
> Listed on the ship were -- Thomas Lynch(age 28), Winifred
> Lynch(age 24),
> Mary A. Lynch (infant), Winifred Lynch (child) and a Mary
> Lynch (age 23). I am trying to find out if these Lynch's
> were together by reviewing the actual manuscript? What age
> was considered an Infant versus a Child. No age was
> provided. Which Lynch was married to Thomas? Were any other
> Lynch's on the ship?
>
>

You can get this passenger list on microfilm if you haven't
found it online. Both NARA & LDS have films with the New
York passenger lists.

Ships are on the reels in order of date of arrival, so all
you need to do is find the film number that has your
arrival date on it. Then order it in to a nearby Family
History Centre, or request a lookup from NARA.

When you get the film, scroll through to find your date but
if your ship isn't there, be sure to check more thoroughly
on the film - the lists aren't always exactly in
chronological order.

For a complete list of film numbers for ships (and
passenger lists) going to New York after 1820, see

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_newyork.shtml

If you decide you want to check online resources first, try
some custom search engines (they search multiple websites)

Ships to New York can be searched at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchnyships.shtml

Be sure to scroll DOWN the page after you wait for it to
load completely.

You want the Search Engines labelled "Search FREE Ships
Passenger Lists to New York" or wherever the ships are
going TO or coming FROM in place of "to New York"

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_newyork.shtml
NARA & FHC film numbers for NY passenger lists after 1820

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_ny.shtml
Passenger Lists to New York all years

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchnyships.shtml
Search Engine for online Internet Passenger Lists to NY


Lorine McGinnis Schulze
--
* The Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* USA Genealogy
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/

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