Hi everyone,
I am looking for a passenger that would of come over to the US before
1860. I have found him in the Wyoming census of 1860. But am at a
loss as to where I should try next. Family lore indicates that they
came from Wales. The name is Thomas A Davies who married a Sydney
Collins in Wyoming around 1865.
Unfortunately when I have tried to search for information on Davies in
Wales it is something similar to searching for a Smith or Johnson here
in the US.
So if anyone can give me some ideas of how to find out the
information, maybe even a clue on what I should look for in documents
to determine a birth place or even where I should look, that would be
great. I have run out of ideas.
Thanks for your help.
Suzy
Ship passenger
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Alan Jones
Re: Ship passenger
Do you have a birth year or approximation?
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Hi everyone,
I am looking for a passenger that would of come over to the US before
1860. I have found him in the Wyoming census of 1860. But am at a
loss as to where I should try next. Family lore indicates that they
came from Wales. The name is Thomas A Davies who married a Sydney
Collins in Wyoming around 1865.
Unfortunately when I have tried to search for information on Davies in
Wales it is something similar to searching for a Smith or Johnson here
in the US.
So if anyone can give me some ideas of how to find out the
information, maybe even a clue on what I should look for in documents
to determine a birth place or even where I should look, that would be
great. I have run out of ideas.
Thanks for your help.
Suzy
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Alan Jones
Re: Ship passenger
Thomas Allen Davies who married Sidney Collins
was born 22 Feb 1843 in Jonhitel, Wales.
"Suzy" <werydsd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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was born 22 Feb 1843 in Jonhitel, Wales.
"Suzy" <werydsd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d0895a93.0409061646.613f4c5@posting.google.com...
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a passenger that would of come over to the US before
1860. I have found him in the Wyoming census of 1860. But am at a
loss as to where I should try next. Family lore indicates that they
came from Wales. The name is Thomas A Davies who married a Sydney
Collins in Wyoming around 1865.
Unfortunately when I have tried to search for information on Davies in
Wales it is something similar to searching for a Smith or Johnson here
in the US.
So if anyone can give me some ideas of how to find out the
information, maybe even a clue on what I should look for in documents
to determine a birth place or even where I should look, that would be
great. I have run out of ideas.
Thanks for your help.
Suzy
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joe
Re: Ship passenger
Hello Suzy,
You might find this research guide helpful...
Finding Passenger Lists 1820-1940s (arrivals at US Ports)
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/passengers.html
Good luck with your search.
Regards,
Joe
Suzy wrote:
You might find this research guide helpful...
Finding Passenger Lists 1820-1940s (arrivals at US Ports)
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/passengers.html
Good luck with your search.
Regards,
Joe
Suzy wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a passenger that would of come over to the US before
1860. I have found him in the Wyoming census of 1860. But am at a
loss as to where I should try next. Family lore indicates that they
came from Wales. The name is Thomas A Davies who married a Sydney
Collins in Wyoming around 1865.
Unfortunately when I have tried to search for information on Davies in
Wales it is something similar to searching for a Smith or Johnson here
in the US.
So if anyone can give me some ideas of how to find out the
information, maybe even a clue on what I should look for in documents
to determine a birth place or even where I should look, that would be
great. I have run out of ideas.
Thanks for your help.
Suzy
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Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Re: Ship passenger
On 6 Sep 2004 at 19:25, Alan Jones wrote:
Hello
There are indexes to ships passenger lists for most ports
for the time period of interest to you.
You can get a list of film numbers (NARA & FHC) at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nar ... port.shtml
Scroll down to the state you want and click on the link,
then find the film # you need, then decide whether to order
it in to a nearby FHC or have NARA do a lookup.
The staff of the National Archives will undertake a search
of the original records for a fee.
To find your nearest FHC you can go to
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... et_fhc.asp
There are some ideas for researching hard to find
ancestors on ships lists after 1820 at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/usaaft1820.shtml
You might also want to try naturalization records, if you
need to narrow your time span for looking. There are great
clues in the 1870
census! If your ancestor has a check mark in the column
"Male Citizens of the United States of twenty-one years of
age and
upwards" you have a clue that
naturalization took place before 1870
To find out what questions were asked on various census
records see
http://www.ipums.umn.edu/~pipums/voliii/tQuestions.html
There is an explanation and Resource Guide to
Naturalization Records at http://naturalizationrecords.com/
For a Resource Guide to the records, what you can expect
to find, where to find them, and alternate sources of
finding those important years (immigration and
naturalization) at
http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ Read the intro
then choose your state of interest.
There are also many links to searchable online
naturalization records at
http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/
Choose your state of interest from the list at the bottom
of the page then click on ONLINE records.
Lorine
Lorine McGinnis Schulze
* Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists)
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* USA Genealogy
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/
otg@csolve.net or olivetreegen@netscape.net
"Suzy" <werydsd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d0895a93.0409061646.613f4c5@posting.google.com...
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a passenger that would of come over to
the US before 1860.
Hello
There are indexes to ships passenger lists for most ports
for the time period of interest to you.
You can get a list of film numbers (NARA & FHC) at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nar ... port.shtml
Scroll down to the state you want and click on the link,
then find the film # you need, then decide whether to order
it in to a nearby FHC or have NARA do a lookup.
The staff of the National Archives will undertake a search
of the original records for a fee.
To find your nearest FHC you can go to
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... et_fhc.asp
There are some ideas for researching hard to find
ancestors on ships lists after 1820 at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/usaaft1820.shtml
You might also want to try naturalization records, if you
need to narrow your time span for looking. There are great
clues in the 1870
census! If your ancestor has a check mark in the column
"Male Citizens of the United States of twenty-one years of
age and
upwards" you have a clue that
naturalization took place before 1870
To find out what questions were asked on various census
records see
http://www.ipums.umn.edu/~pipums/voliii/tQuestions.html
There is an explanation and Resource Guide to
Naturalization Records at http://naturalizationrecords.com/
For a Resource Guide to the records, what you can expect
to find, where to find them, and alternate sources of
finding those important years (immigration and
naturalization) at
http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ Read the intro
then choose your state of interest.
There are also many links to searchable online
naturalization records at
http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/
Choose your state of interest from the list at the bottom
of the page then click on ONLINE records.
Lorine
Lorine McGinnis Schulze
* Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists)
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* USA Genealogy
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/
otg@csolve.net or olivetreegen@netscape.net
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Diane R. Reid
Re: Ship passenger
Don't rule out the idea that he came to the US via Canada.
Diane
Suzy wrote:
--
"The Universe began not with a bang, but a smile"
See my web page at http://www3.sympatico.ca/dr.reid/
Diane
Suzy wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a passenger that would of come over to the US before
1860. I have found him in the Wyoming census of 1860. But am at a
loss as to where I should try next. Family lore indicates that they
came from Wales. The name is Thomas A Davies who married a Sydney
Collins in Wyoming around 1865.
Unfortunately when I have tried to search for information on Davies in
Wales it is something similar to searching for a Smith or Johnson here
in the US.
So if anyone can give me some ideas of how to find out the
information, maybe even a clue on what I should look for in documents
to determine a birth place or even where I should look, that would be
great. I have run out of ideas.
Thanks for your help.
Suzy
--
"The Universe began not with a bang, but a smile"
See my web page at http://www3.sympatico.ca/dr.reid/