From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Aug 22 09:00:57 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7MF0vjb020058; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:00:57 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7MF0u3T030518 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:00:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7MCKqFI012230 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:20:53 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7MCKqqa012229 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:20:52 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7MAbkFI011913 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:37:46 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7MDHeni023391 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:17:40 -0600 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Tue Aug 22 07:17:39 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7MDHdjb023382 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:17:39 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.41]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7MDHcaN006053 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:17:38 -0600 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-162-26-136.houston.res.rr.com [24.162.26.136]) by ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7MC4Nwg027678; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:04:23 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <005201c6c5e4$4be1c360$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "Don and Ann Derner" , References: <001a01c6c537$7682e200$ad5c6fcc@donannd> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] look up please ** FISCHER & ship Baltic ** Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:12:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k7MDHeni023391 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k7MAbkFI011913 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Ann, there are a lot of variables in searching for immigrant ancestors, and a number of related records. You say << Frederick Fischer born in 1841 may have emigrated on the Ship Baltic, I count no find him on the Ellis Island site but I did find mention of him on the immigrant ship lists site, but when I found that ship I did not see his name >> Hopefully you have worked him back through the census and other records to the point that you have a fairly good handle on it - From Frederick's death to where you first find mention of him... "found him on the immigrant ship list SITE ..found the ship; did not see his name" could mean that you did not see it on that particular ship list ... a ship made more than one crossing; they did not sit idle. If you are sure of the ship then you'd need to find other lists. And as great as Internet sites are; if something has been transcribed there is room for error and omission --- try for the original microfilm of the passenger list. Ports of Entry U.S. Immigration Receiving Station - New York · Castle Clinton (Castle Garden) 01 Aug 1855 - mid Apr 1890 · Barge Office - 31 Dec 1891 · Ellis Island 01 Jan 1892 - 13 Jun 1897 (fire) · Barge Office 14 Jun 1897 - 16 Dec 1900 · Ellis Island - late 1954 Szucs' Ellis Island, Gateway to America (Ancestry 1986) Others: Gulf Ports, West Ports, Canadian crossings, Mexican border crossings. For other ports, look at Boyer's and Tepper's series. And don't forget to use Filby's Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, etc., as well as the Internet sites. Remember that all transcribed lists are subject to mistakes. Try for microfilm of the original. Often an immigrant came into Canada and then crossed over, or in the Gulf area, into a Mexican port and then overland or by smaller vessel to Galveston, New Orleans, etc. and also you say << if anyone has access to the 1915 , 1920 or 1930 census records, I did read on one site the the 1930 census for ny is not available , does any one know if this is true, or not ? >> I suspect you are relying on the Internet for all or most of your research .... get thee to a good library; read some good basic 'how to' books. The Federal census was taken every 10 years beginning in 1790 ... so there would be no 1915 unless it was a state census taken in between. There are both FISCHER and FISHER on the 1930 NY census. If you do not subscribe to Ancestry (pricey but if you are going to use the Internet for research, worth it) then check your local library **... do they subscribe to Heritage Quest? If so, then you should be able to use it from your home computer if you have a library card. ** since you do not say where you are located, I can't find that out for you ... but you can. Pull up your local library on the Internet if they have a website .. and get familiar with it. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Harris County, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don and Ann Derner" To: Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:35 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] look up please