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From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" <>
Subject: [POST 1800 IMMIGRANTS] Re: Oliver Wright, mid & late 1800's
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:27:56 -0500
In-Reply-To: <3DC91CC0.7080505@earthlink.net>


On 6 Nov 2002 at 8:44, Sandy wrote:

> Searching for info on the parents of Oliver Wright, born 1841 in
> Ireland, immigrated abt 1852, and died after 1910. He lived in
> Philly for the rest of his life on York St and East Dauphin
> St.(Fishtown). His mother may have been Lucy. His wife was
> Martha Stenson(Steenson, Stinson)from PA. His children were
> William, John, Anna, Martha, Oliver Jr, James & Joseph. Cannot
> find where in Ireland he came from but it is probably Northern
> Ireland. Cannot find the ship, yet. I cannot find where he
> entered the US. It may not have been Philadelphia. There is a
> Philly family with some of the same names who came from Canada
> but I don't believe they are the correct Wright family. There
> are many Wright families in Philly. Any help on his parents
> would be appreciated and I would be glad to share info on his
> descendants. I do not need any information on his descendants,
> just Oliver. This man is one of my brick walls!
>

Hello Sandy,

Once you know your ancestor's state of entry, you can search
microfilms. Most states are indexed, so this will make your
job slightly easier. You can order films in to a nearby
Family History Centre, or have NARA do the job (once you
have precise details)

Once you know your state, you can get a list of film numbers
(NARA & FHC) at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nara_indexbyport.shtml

Scroll down to the state you want and click on the link,
then find the film # you need

The staff of the National Archives will undertake a search
of the original records for a fee but you must know the name
of the ship, the date of arrival, and the port of arrival.

To obtain a search request form, see the URL above, there is a
link to an online form

There are some ideas for researching hard to find ancestors
on ships lists after 1820 at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/usaaft1820.shtml

For more ideas go to
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/articles.shtml and
scroll down to "Emigration, Immigration & Passenger Lists"
to make your choice.

You might want to consult naturalization records. See
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/usanatpt2.shtml

I have links to online records as well as an explanation for
finding records in various states.

Lorine
**Search Ships Passenger Lists to USA
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml

**Search Ships Passenger Lists to Canada
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml

**Search Ships Passenger Lists to Australia/New Zealand
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchships_aus.shtml




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