Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals For the Years [Hardcover]

Morton Allan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0806308303 | ISBN-13: 978-0806308302 | Publication Date: January 1, 2001

This work is a very helpful aid in the use of the indexes of immigrant passenger lists in the National Archives, for they are arranged in the chronological order of the ships' arrival dates, and thereunder by the names of the vessels or the passenger lines, and only then by passengers' surnames. This directory provides a ready means of ascertaining information that will be helpful, for it is arranged by year and steamship company, and thereunder by port of entry, the vessel name, its arrival date and port of embarkation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806308303
• ISBN-13: 978-0806308302
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,965,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BOOK DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY PASSENGER LISTS!!, May 7, 2001

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Karen Hicks "sinnabun" (Wilmington, DE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals For the Years (Hardcover)

I had been searching for this book ever since I read its poorly-written review because I thought it contained the passengers' surnames for each voyage. It arrived this morning, and I eagerly opened the book only to discover that there were NO passenger lists. Be advised that it is the National Archives that houses the lists, NOT this book, which is merely an aid to using the Archives.

I suspect that the book is so difficult to locate because everyone thinks it has the passenger lists.

The book does have some useful information, but it probably will not be what you're expecting. - Karen....disappointed

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great start for finding passengers, September 3, 2003

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This review is from: Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals For the Years (Hardcover)

No the book does not list the passengers. If it did it would be a set of encyclopedias. What it does give you are the shipping lines, ship names, dates, ports of depature and ports of entry. Genealogy searching isn't easy. The National Archives in Washington D.C. has all the microfilm with the passenger lists. They will do a search for you (currently $...) if you can provide them something more than a name. Remember many names were spelled differently on the passenger lists from the foreign countries. For $... this book is an excellent way to help you narrow a genealogy search through the National Archives but don't expect to pluck out your grandfather from a list of millions of immigrants from all over Europe. It isn't that easy.