APG-L Archives

Archiver > APG > 2004-04 > 1081458924


From: Gladys Friedman Paulin <>
Subject: Re: [APG] RE: St. Albans Bordering Crossings
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 17:15:24 -0400
References: <9868DAB2CD3E5744877F626B73D92CEC2EA43A@pr-ex1.corp.myfamilyinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <9868DAB2CD3E5744877F626B73D92CEC2EA43A@pr-ex1.corp.myfamilyinc.com>


Suzanne,
Basically, the indexes and the manifests have the same information.

If the passenger came directly from theship in a sealed train to dross the
border, then the manifest was completed [should have been complete] at the
port of embarkation, before or at the time of boarding the ship. The forms
were required by the American government.

If however, the immigrant had lived in Canada and did not come directly from
Europe to the United States, the border card may well have been completed
first and then the manifest-- some of the ones I've seen sure look that way. I
have found the cards to be easier to read than trying to follow the line
across the manifest pages. Having said that, if both are available, then I
would look at both to ensure that you have gleaned all possible information.
Sometimes there is a blank on one and not on the other.

I will once again remind the list that these two publications are not all that
is available. there are also the Detroit lists M1478 and M1479, as well as a
number of recently turned over border crossing cards (without manifests)from
many of the same ports for which the St. Albans lists are incomplete. See the
NARA web site for the list.

Gladys
Gladys Friedman Paulin, CGRS
Winter Springs, FL
--------------------------------
CGRS, Certified Genealogical Records Specialist, is a Service Mark of the
Board for Certification of Genealogists and used under license by Board-
certified persons who meet program standards and periodic rigorous
evaluations.




Quoting Suzanne Russo Adams <>:

> Dear List,
>
> Just a quick question about border crossing records. I have read the article
> on the NARA site by Marian Smith and am still trying to understand whether or
> not one of the Soundex indexes for the St. Albans Immigration lists could or
> does have more in it that the two film collections:
>
> Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through
> Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895--1954 (M1464)
> Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through
> Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929--49 (M1465)
>
> Can anyone help with this? I really hope that made sense. If not, please
> e-mail me off list.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Suzanne Russo Adams, AG
>
>
>
>
> ==== APG Mailing List ====
> The Association of Professional Genealogists
> http://www.apgen.org/publications/apg-l/index.html
>
>

This thread: