U.S. Immigration Collection - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Problems with ordering copies

bobbiejo3195 — 12 Sep 2008 10:33:51 GMT

I contacted Ancestry with no reply so I'm hoping maybe one of you can help. I found some records in the New York Passenger Lists and I clicked on the "order copy" but it doesn't do anything. A new box pops up on my screen and it just runs and runs as if it's going to do something but doesn't. Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, is there anything I can do to get this task accomplished? Thanks for your time!!

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957--some yrs have only the crews, not the passengers

makz3d — 6 Dec 2006 10:17:50 GMT

I have 4 relatives that I know for sure were on the Marine Jumper, 28 May 1949. I have been unable to locate their names in the index for the New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. I have now determined why they are not in the index.

The microfilm for this ship is for the crew and employees only. I then went to the month of May 1949 for this database. I checked a sampling of the ships and all images were for the crew and employees only. There were no passengers on the lists digitalized. The sampling I did was to go to the first ship for each day of the month of May in 1949 and checked the images. For all 31 days of May I checked 1 ship manifest and for each one the images are for the crew and employees only.

I did not check other months in 1949 or any other year so I don't know how many months or years are missing the passengers.

I contacted Tech Support about this and have not received a reply yet.

Kathy

How complete are the transcribed ship manifests in Ancestry's Immigration Collection?

KLRhodes — 23 Aug 2007 4:14:52 GMT

Totally frustrated at this point!

I have found that an ancestor of mine traveled aboard the vessel "Plutarch" from Liverpool to New York bet. 1855 - 1857. (This info from the New York Emigrant Savings Bank Records also available at Ancestry.com)

My research shows that this particular ship was not even in service until 1856 so that 1855 date is clearly wrong BUT even though I have checked EVERY manifest for the "Plutarch" I cannot find my ancestor on any of them.

Realizing that it could be a transcription error, I even went the route of checking EVERY page of EVERY actual manifest and still came up empty.

Can anyone advise if EVERY extant manifest has been transcribed and included in this database?

Thanks!
Kathy

Denis Shanahan
Known sailing dates for Plutarch:
29 October 1856
17 Jul 1857
16 Nov 1857
26 Apr 1858
13 Sep 1858
12 May 1859
15 Sep 1859

Immigration records of apprx. 1915-1920

robertjschiebersr — 14 Dec 2004 6:32:16 GMT

If anyone out there has access to any immigration databases I would appreciate a lookup. I am trying to find Frank Bakazan and/or Elizabeth Bakazan. They came here, I believe, between 1915 and 1920. I am at a loss as I cannot find anything on them. They allegedly came here from Germany but were in austro/hungary. Anyway, I would appreciate any info anyone has. Oh, her maiden name was Keller and She was I believe Hungarian.
Thankyou
Bob

Ship Name Search Field Not Working Properly

FritzKruse — 20 Aug 2006 3:09:14 GMT

There is a problem when using the Search Immigration Records in the Ship Name field at:
http://ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40

For example put in the last name Bruse, and in the Ship Name put in Allemannia. (does not matter if use exact search or not)

The reply comes back as "Your Search for Bruse returned no matches"

Now go back to the Search Immigration Records and instead of entering Allemannia under Ship Name, cut and paste it into the Keyword search field.

This correctly lists the 4 records in the New York Passenger Lists.

The Ship Name field when entering Allemannia did not give the correct listings but the Keyword search did. I have also tried this on several known ship names and still does not work correctly unless you use Keyword search and not Ship Name search fields.

Immigration Records

mprokosch — 20 Sep 2005 8:16:42 GMT

I need your expert advice. I have found records stating that my ancestors immigrated to the U.S. in 1874, arriving at the Port of Baltimore prior to traveling on to Minnesota.

The date of immigration has been past on from generation to generation as Sept 18, 1879, not 1874 as recorded in volume 8 of the Leo Baca reference guide. In fact, one of the children was not even born until 2 years later...

Question: How do I find an accurate date?
Could the error be in the NARA records or just in Leo Baca's guide?

Name: Franz Prokosch
Year: 1874
Age: 37
Place: Baltimore
Source Publication Code: 206.6
Primary Immigrant: Prokosch, Franz
Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Also includes country of origin and name of ship. Place of intended destination may also be provided. Extracted from National Archives Microcopy 255, rolls 1 through 31.
Source Bibliography: BACA, LEO. Czech Immigration Passenger Lists, Volume VIII. Richardson, TX: Author, 1707 Woodcreek, Richardson, TX 75082, 1999. 192p.
Page: 127

Other family members included: Barbara (Wife), Josef, Georg, Barbara (daughter), , Magdalena, Marie

What are your recomendations?

Mark

immagration record

james hinksman — 23 Jun 2006 2:46:13 GMT

can someone help me with a problem am having looking for a william hinksman born 1841/ or 44 in scotland that on records say he immagration to the states was 1870, found him in a oregon census but cant find out when he arrived or where j_hinks@hotmail.co.uk

New Orleans Passenger List Question

MoberlyDrake — 3 Apr 2006 4:22:44 GMT

Hello,

I have found a Gohmann family on the New Orleans passenger list at Ancestry. I find the same family on the Castle Gardens New York passenger list website. Same people, same ship, same arrival date.

Could someone please explain this?

Thank you.

Misc. Atlantic Ports passenger lists 1893-1945

AliciaKMarshall — 29 Mar 2005 2:30:56 GMT

Well , I see that the above in not working either! THIS SITE NEEDS PEOPLE WHO FIX DATABASES FOR THOSE WHO PAID FOR IT.
Maybe if we all report the missing or not working one they will get something done.
Alicia

US Immigration Collection - Complaint/Question

twgerber — 20 Oct 2005 2:07:01 GMT

I use to have access to the immigration ships as part of my US Collection fee.

Now I can no longer access them as they have been split out into their own collection and I have to pay an additional fee to get them.

When did this occur? It seems grossly unfair to take away databases I use to have access to and make them their own collection and ask me to pay even more.

Tom

San Francisco Passenger Lists added to US Immigration Collection

larynb — 3 Aug 2004 3:02:44 GMT

Last week we added San Francisco Passenger Lists to the Ancestry.com US Immigration Collection. The initial release contains approximately 250,000 names from 1890-1916 and will be added to regularly over the next several months until complete.

When finished, this index will contain a list of individuals who entered the port of San Francisco between the years of 1890-1953.

L. Brown
Senior Product Manager
Ancestry.com

US Immigration Collection updated

larynb — 24 May 2004 4:22:52 GMT

Last Friday we added approximately 150,000 new names to the New York Petitions for Naturalization database, adding additional years from 1907-1929.

This update has linked images to the index cards, which include the immigrants name and a reference number that can be used to find further information about the immigrant. Because dates were not noted during this time period, all of the cards appear under "Unknown date".

The next scheduled release for the US Immigration Collection is the first installment of San Francisco Passenger Lists a major database that we will be working on throughout the summer.

Best regards,
L. Brown
Senior Product Manager
US Immigration Collection
Ancestry.com

Question about NYC Passenger Lists

CALDWELL1970 — 5 May 2004 5:12:31 GMT

I was wondering if the NYC Passenger Lists are *known* to be completely scanned, indexed, and linked. I know from the Hamburg index that the ship "Doctor Barth" left in the spring of 1873 or 1874 (don't remember off-hand which it is), but the Ancestry.com shows the Dr. Barth only up until the very end of 1872. Could this be an oversight of some sort?

Thank you,
Rich

(P.S. I did e-mail support, but got a canned answer about the fact that they can't do private research for individuals.)

which court would these records be in?

twgerber — 20 Oct 2005 2:07:01 GMT

I got this info. but I can't tell which court. Seems they all are listed! On the city of phila. archives site is says Filby records have CP and other abbreviations on the index but it seems they don't come through on ancestry.com?

Passenger and Immigration Index, 1500s-1900s
Place: Philadelphia Year: 1840
Primary immigrant: Sweeney, Sam'l
Permanent entry number: 2645643
Accession number: 7686175
Source publication code: 9308
Source publication page number: 366
Source publication: UNITED STATES, WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION. Index to Records of Aliens' Declarations of Intention and/or Oaths of Allegiance, 1789-1880, in United States Circuit Court, United States District Court, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Quarter Sessions Court, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia. Compiled by W.P.A., Project No. 20837. [Harrisburg:] Pennsylvania Historical Commission, [1940]. 25 vols. in 11. Vol. 10. Letter S. 370p.
Source annotation: Called Section II, Alphabetical Index of Naturalization Records, 1794-1880, Maritime Records, Port of Philadelphia. Entries include names of applicants, countries of former allegiance, courts of record, and declaration dates. Reproduced from typewritten material. Only a few copies exist. Republished in one volume by Gale Research Co. as Philadelphia Naturalization Records, no. 2041.
Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index

Sam'l Sweeney found in:
Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records
Document Name: Sam'l Sweeney
Country of Former Allegiance: Great Britain and Ireland
Date of Declaration of Intent: Oct 06, 1840
Court of Declaration of Intent: Quarter Sessions
Document Signature: Sam'l Sweney

Hope someone can help me with my confusion.

Thx