Barbara, In America, the Customs Passenger Lists cover the period from about 1820-1890 (Immigration Passenger Lists cover the period from about 1890-1954).
In Michael Tepper's "American Passenger Arrival Records," at the end of the chapter titled "Customs Passenger Lists" (it's Chapter 3 in my book, published 1993), it lists the ports and years covered, as well was what exists and what's missing. For example, it says that Boston has copies or abstracts covering 22 Sep 1820- 31 Mar 1874 (gaps) M277. M277 is the National Archive roll number. That film is indexed in M334. It also mentions that 1848-1891 (State Lists) are indexed in M265. Other east coast ports (up in New England) are Baltimore, MD; Bristol & Warren, RI; Edgartown, MA; Fall River, MA; Nantucket, MA; New Bedford, MA; New Haven, CT; Newport, RI; New York, NY (this is Castle Garden; Ellis Island was NOT in existence); and Providence, RI. You'll have to go to your public library to check for the details on these ports. You can search Castle Garden: http://www.castlegarden.org/ I also googled: ships 1859 and came up with this. Don't know how good it is though. http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa1854-1860.shtml You can search Ancestry too. I don't believe they have every port though. If you don't have a subscription, your local public library or FHC has a subscription. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
