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From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <>
Subject: Re: [USSLP1820] Looking for Emma or Emily Carlson from Sweden
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:14:39 -0400
In-Reply-To: <002501c6a7ce$923a3e70$5f01a8c0@kim58987dece02>


On 15 Jul 2006 at 0:21, birdnerd wrote:

>
> I am looking for an Emma or Emily Carlson on a ship - she
> was from Sweden - came to America in either 1887 or 1886 -
> She was born in Novemer, 1865. She ended up in St. Francis,
> Clay County Arkansas by 1900 and was married to A.W.
> Peterson(Petersen)
>

For that year, all ports of entry except NY are indexed and
on microfilm. You're in luck :-)

For NY arrivals you are looking at the Castle Garden era -
so you might want to try online using Steve Morse's one
step search engines for CG, found at
http://www.stevemorse.org/

A caveat - Steve searches 2 online databases, one free, one
pay to view. If you find your Emma/Emily on the FREE one,
you still won't know if she arrived in NY, because it
includes other ports of arrival but does NOT identify them.

Also have a peek at the search engine online at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml

This site has several search engines, one for each state
where ships arrived.

The 1900, 1910 ,1920 and 1930 census identify citizenship
status, with notations showing the individual was an Alien,
or had started the Naturalization process or had his final
papers. They also give the year of immigration.

As well, 1920 gives the year of naturalization. What great
clues to help narrow the time frame for finding ship
passenger and naturalization records!

You can read more about the value of census records in your
search for an immigrant ancestor at

http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/census.shtml

Step 2 would be finding her naturalization records (if he
naturalized). See
http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ for further help, and
for links to online databases.

Step 3 is finding that ships list. 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

Lorine




-- Lorine McGinnis Schulze

* Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists)
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* Images of Ships Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/

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