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EXHIBIT
“D” SAMPLE
SEARCHES [Using Juneau, Alaska
Family History Center (FHC) resources] EXAMPLE A: (1820 –
1846 New York Records) Suppose that you know that
one Arthur Winter (b. 1808), his wife Ann (b. 1809), and
their son William (b. 1832) arrived at the Port of New
York sometime between 1830 and 1840 and later records
suggest that they came from England. To find the
ship’s passenger list that shows that arrival: 1.
Use the Red Spiral Bound “Passenger Lists Port of
New York” and go to New York Passenger Lists
1820-1846 to find that the film number of the film that
includes Arthur in the Index is 0350305; 2.
Order the index film and find the entry for Arthur
Winter. You will find that: a)
Arthur’s wife and child were named on his index
card; b)
How old Arthur was when he arrived; c)
Arthur’s occupation and nationality; d)
His last permanent address; e)
The name of the ship on which they arrived; f)
That they arrived on 17 October 1834; g)
And that there are cards for his wife Ann and son
William. 3.
You can then return to the Red Spiral Bound booklet (see
1 above) and use the section that gives the Microfilm
numbers for the Passenger Lists for the year 1834. The
Film which will show Arthur Winter’s arrival on 17
Oct. 1834 is Film #0002270.
4.
Order Film #0002270 and search through it until you find
the entries for 17 Oct. 1834. The Index Card gave
the name of the Arthur’s ship as Maroposa; it should
have been Maraposa. a)
Arthur appears on the top of the list, first 3 entries; b)
You will find not all of the passengers were from London; c)
The entry shows that they intended to settle in New York; d)
You will also find that not all of the passengers were
headed for the same place – some were headed for
Westpoint, New Orleans and other places; e)
You will also find that the Ships Captain or
Master’s name was E. Howey, Jr. or Ebenz Howey. 5.
You can locate the same Microfilm numbers above both on
the microfiche and the computer editions of the Family
History Library Catalog (FHLC), using the Locality
section for New York City. EXAMPLE B: (1897 – 1902 Port of New York Index & Passenger Lists For this example we want to find
the arrival of Mathilde Roth (b. 1817) and her six
children who came to New York in 1900 to meet her husband
Samuel Roth who was already here and living in New York.
To locate this record, do the following: 1.
Using the Red Spiral Bound booklet (as above example)
look up the Index Film for June 16 1897 – June 30,
1902. The entry for Mathilde Roth is on Film
#0821543. 2.
If you order that film and put it on a reader, you
will find the Index Card for Mathilde Roth, which will
show: a)
That she arrived New York on 12 Jan. 1900 on the SS
Pennsylvania; b)
You’ll also find that her husband paid for her
passage; c)
That her nationality is Hungarian; d)
That her last residence was Rimoza; e)
And that she was going to meet her Husband Samuel Roth in
New York. Notice that the bottom right hand
corner of the Index Card shows the three numbers that you
need to locate this entry on the actual Passenger List.
The numbers are given as: 16-1-167. These are
the: Group Number (Page No.), List Number (Line
No.) and Volume Number. However, the person who
prepared this card made an error and the Group Number
should have been 20 not 16, making
the entry correctly read 20-1-167. If you now return to the Red
Spiral Bound booklet you’ll find that the film
Number that contains Volume 167 showing the arrivals for
12 Jan. 1900 is Film #1403850. If you order that film you can
then locate the entry for the ship SS Pennsylvania that
arrived on 12 Jan. 1900. Looking in the lower right
hand corner of the passenger list for a stamped number 20
will find the entry for Mathilde Roth. She is on
Line 1; she has 6 children with her, and the address
given for her husband Samuel Roth is 644 8th
Street, NYC. If you then go to the Supplement
to Manifest of Alien Passengers that is with this list
(at the end of the list), you will find nationalities and
related data. EXAMPLE C: (1902 – 1943 Port of New York Soundex Index and Passenger Lists): To look for one Bella Begg
(b. 1885) who came to New York in 1915 with her three
children in route to join her husband George Begg who was
living in Casper, Wyoming: 1.
Turn in the Red Spiral Bound booklet (Psgr. Lists) to the
section for the July 1, 1901-Dec. 31, 1943 Index which is
a Soundex Index. Immediately following the Soundex
Coding is a listing of Passenger Lists, Volume Numbers
and the years they cover. The range of volumes that
cover the year 1915 is 5506-5661. 2.
The Soundex Code number for Begg is B-200.
Turning to the listing of Index film numbers you’ll
find the entry that will have Soundex Code B-200 on it
and the first name of Bella is film number 1379527. 3.
Order the film and search it for the Index Card for Bella
Begg (note: she is on the card as Bellz Begg).
Notice that the film has two rows of Index
Cards – one side is upside down so that they can be
read when you rewind the film. Copy the
three numbers given after her name. These numbers
refer to: Number 1 = Line 1; Number 76 = the group
or page number; and the number 5574 = the Volume number. 4.
Now using the Red Spiral Bound booklet you’ll find
that Film #1401100 contains Volume 5574 (June 6, 1915). 5.
Order film #1401100 and find Volume number 5574 on it;
then look at the lower left hand corner of the pages for
a stamped number. Work through the film until you
find the Group Number (page number) 76. 6.
You will then find that Bella is listed on Line 1; that
she can read and write; that her last place residence was
in Scotland (Stonehaven); that her mother-in-laws name is
Elizabeth and that she lives at New Beggin Street,
Stonehaven, Scotland. You’ll also find that
Bella was in the United States before, in 1906 in Casper,
Wyoming; that she is now going to join her husband who
lives in Casper, Wyoming (Box 7); that Bella was born in
Scotland; that she came to the U.S. on board the ship SS
Cameronium which sailed from Liverpool to Glasgow to New
York, leaving Glasgow on 28 May 1915 and arriving New
York June 7, 1915, a trip of 9 days. CAUTION: Not all Soundex
Index Cards are created alike; see EXHIBIT “E”
for sample SOUNDEX INDEX CARDS. EXAMPLE D: Needless to say, if you
know that your ancestor(s) arrived at the Port of New
York between June 16, 1897 and Dec. 31, 1916 and you know
the exact date of arrival of the Ship on which they came
to New York, you can go directly to the listing: PASSENGER
AND CREW LISTS 1897 – 1916 and pick up the film
number on which they’re listed. You’ll
probably have to search the whole film to find them,
however, since you won’t have helpful Line or Page
numbers to guide you. For example: Ancestor
arrived New York 8 March 1899. The listing shows
that Volume Number to be 91-92 and to be on film
#1403800. If you know what year
“they” came to the U. S., and that they
“probably” came to the Port of New York, you
can try to guess
as to what month they came; then try to find the right
film number. When you look at the number of ships
that arrived in New York on a daily and weekly basis, you
will find there were an enormous number of them. For example: There
are 34 separate microfilms
(#1403762 thru. #1403795) covering the arrival of Vessels
at the Port of New York beginning with ships arriving on
Jan. 19, 1898 and ending with the ships arriving Jan. 1,
1899. Quite a formidable task to find the right
film number by using the guessing game.
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