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Dear Genners,Thank you to the kind persons who asked the question about UK Passenger Lists and those who answered them.On Findmypast.com I found a record for my grandfather who had gone to England on business in 1924. His address in England was given as 15 Heywood St., Cheetham, Manchester. Mapquest doesn't go below 80. Does anyone know what was at that address in 1924-residence, business, hotel? Other passengers who were at hotels had that Subject: overlaping data bases? and a new question...From: "JEF BARNETT" Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:31:56 -0400X-Message-Number: 14Re: Findmypast.com is a database of passengers sailing from the UK between890 and 1929.I had not heard anyone respond so I went ahead and purchased the minimumunits from this site (about US$14) and viewed a record for my grandfather.The records for the passengers leaving the UK in ships bound for places outof the Europe are different than the ship's manifests held at Ellis Island.They are a separate manifest of all passengers boarding a particularship/sailing but the information is sparse.It shows passenger names, ages, whether traveling single, with spouse and orchildren, country of citizenship( all of which are on the Ellis Islandmanifests) , port they arrived at in the UK and the steamship line (not theship's name or dates) and the city the passenger was ticketed to.What I did find of interest, is showed the ship, The Cunard Saxonia leftLondon 2/16/1921 bound for Halifax and New York. My grandfather was ticketedto NY. The ship actually landed in Boston on 3/2/1921 not NY? Anyexplanations or suggestions as to why??Jef BarnettBensalem, PABANDRYMER (Bandrimer or Bandremer) -Serock, Pultusk, Rozan PolandKRASHA - Serock, Krasnosielc PolandNOWAK (Novak, Nowack) -Serock, Krasnosielc PolandBULMAN- PolandSOLARZ- Serock, Krasnosielc Poland (lost in the Holocaust)SILVERBERG- Serock, Krasnosielc Poland (lost in the Holocaust)----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject: Re: Overlapping passenger databases?From: Joy Weaver Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:37:18 GMTX-Message-Number: 15Ira, I have used both and they do differ.The FindMyPast lists seem to be records kept for the port of departure rather than for the outgoing vessel. I've found huge discrepancies in spelling of names, differences in specific place of origin (town vs country only), etc.The cost isn't too high for a short subcription, so I've found it useful to see both lists.Joy WeaverEast Islip, NY USA----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject: Re: overlaping data bases? and a new question...clearly noted. I would appreciate any suggestions.Thank you,Renee PayneWashington, DC