[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] help searching ship manifests

[Dave Obee]

Oops. Jerry is quite right. I gotta learn to stop going from memory.

Dave Obee


----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Frank <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:29 pm
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] help searching ship manifests

> Just to clarify, Dave.  George Dorscher extracted all three 
> Canadian ports, not just Halifax.  All are available on the Odessa 
> site.
> Dave is right about often having the wrong year.  The reason I 
> started with 1894 is that is when the Franks supposedly arrived.  I 
> worked all the way up to 1900 without finding them.  When I started 
> working backwards, I found them in 1893.  
> 
> I do not remember how long it took me to go through all those 
> records but I suppose it must have been in total a couple of years.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Obee <daveobee at shaw.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:33 pm
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] help searching ship manifests
> 
> > Jerry Frank has suggested the indexes that are already available. 
> > If the family does not appear there, then at this point you will 
> > need to do the page-by-page work. If it's any consolation, most 
> of 
> > us have had to do that.
> > 
> > If you can wait a bit, more comprehensive indexes are in the 
> works 
> > and might be online in a year or so. That might speed things 
> > somewhat. If they came through England, be sure to watch 
> > ancestorsonboard.com, which covers outbound passengers from 1890 
> > through 1899 but will soon be expanded to include later years.
> > 
> > If you can't wait, does the family appear in the 1901 census? If 
> > not, you can assume that they came after the census was taken. 
> > Also note that the 1900-1914 index on the Odessa site is for 
> > Halifax. If they do not appear in that index, then look at the 
> > records from Quebec, which was a busier port, in the summer at 
> > least. The idea is to aim for the records that are most likely to 
> > help you.
> > 
> > Beyond that, of course, it's amazing how often people gave the 
> > wrong year when asked when they arrived. Be warned.
> > 
> > Dave Obee
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Barbara Cooper <bdaelick at hotmail.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:49 am
> > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] help searching ship manifests
> > 
> > > Hello all!
> > > 
> > > As I sit here scrolling through ships manifests on the Canada 
> > > archives site I wonder if someone might be able to offer me 
> some 
> > > advice for narrowing down my search?  I have deduced that the 
> > > family I am looking for arrived in 1901 but that still leaves 
> > lots 
> > > and lots of ships to look through if don't know which port they 
> > > arrived at.  I also wonder just how badly the manifests can be 
> > > wrong?  I have come across family groups that include some of 
> > the 
> > > right names and close ages but then something in there will be 
> > way 
> > > off.  Like a married woman listed with what would be her maiden 
> > > name under the correct parents names but without her husband or 
> > her 
> > > children (I hope that makes sense).  Any guidance would be 
> > > appreciated or going through all these lists will take forever. 
> > > 
> > > Barbara Cooper
> > > 
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