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Title: Passenger lists, England to USA
Post by: eppy on Friday 22 February 13 14:07 GMT (UK)

My ancestor emigrated from Liverpool to the USA on board The Wyoming in 1887 or 1888.  Does anyone have access to the passenger lists for that period?

Title: Re: Passenger lists, England to USA
Post by: carol8353 on Friday 22 February 13 15:00 GMT (UK)

I can't work out what years this website covers but have you tried..
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp

Title: Re: Passenger lists, England to USA
Post by: shellyesq on Friday 22 February 13 15:10 GMT (UK)

Ellis Island opened in 1892, so if the person sailed to New York prior to that, you would need to check www.castlegarden.org.  The passenger lists from that time frame usually give little information.

Title: Re: Passenger lists, England to USA
Post by: carol8353 on Friday 22 February 13 15:12 GMT (UK)

Thanks for that Shelley,I seemed to look all over the Ellis Island website and not find the dates it covered  ::)

Carol

Title: Re: Passenger lists, England to USA
Post by: Erato on Friday 22 February 13 15:13 GMT (UK)

As a first step, you need to try Castle Garden which includes many [but not all] entries at New York up to 1892, after which the entries were registered at Ellis Island.  There are some other passenger lists available at FamilySearch  - Philadelphia, Boston, New Orleans, etc. - but they aren't all indexed.

http://www.castlegarden.org/
https://familysearch.org/

Title: Re: Passenger lists, England to USA
Post by: eppy on Monday 25 February 13 14:08 GMT (UK)

Thanks to you all for your help.  Unfortunately I have not had any joy following suggestions.

eppy