Have you tried this website: He might have come on a whaler but it did not find a ship Asor but maybe you can search by his name.
http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/library/special-collections/whaling-archives/ "E" On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Barbara Mecklenburg < [email protected]> wrote: > Cheri, > > Thanks for all the info! I have a world membership on Ancestry.com by > haven't been able to find anything. That is why I am trying other avenues. > I looked at the Castle Garden and it didn't have anything - neither did the > olivetreegenealogy.com. I was able to find (on a Portuguese site) the > ship Name of Asor arriving in Boston, Mass on June 10, 1859 and Azor or > Acor arriving on Aug 20, 1859 but no list of passengers. I will have to > keep researching. > > ~Barbara > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > *To:* Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:49 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ships > > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
