I would have sent this to Tony privately but since he apparently has
a spam intercept program, I won't even try.
Tony Proctor wrote:
> Has anyone tried to determine whether an ancestor travelled abroad or
> not? Unless I'm looking in the wrong places, it appears impossible
> to be certain of who was actually travelling
>
> I found a potential name match with an ancestor in a voyage from UK
> to Philadelphia back in 1892. However, the outgoing details are
> pretty sparse, as are the details taken on disembarkation.
The information on the manifests are what the US Imigration and
Customs laws required at the time. What kind of outgoing details or
disembarkation detail would you think should or might be there.
> I found a potential name match with an ancestor in a voyage from UK
> to Philadelphia back in 1892. However, the outgoing details are
> pretty sparse, as are the details taken on disembarkation. I can't
> find any details of return voyages with the same name - in fact I
> can't find any details of inbound ****ps to the UK at all, only
> outbound. I can't find her name in the next US census, or any
> marriage records there. I tried looking through UK pass****t
> applications but even though I haven't found it yet, I doubt I would
> find many details associated with it (e.g. town or city of
> residence).
The information on retained manifests for a voyage from the US to
the UK would be what the UK laws required. If the person you
mention was a British subject, the manifest was probably not saved
by the British customs. the US had no requirement for recording
those who left the country.
For more information on manifests for ****ps coming to the UK, ask on
a UK list.
bob gillis <robertgillis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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