Im with you Suanj. Its like going back to a black and white TV, "big mistake, big, huge".

Im trying to find a free online site similar to the gov,uk

Regards, Lou

Great find there Peter,

Thanks everyone.

Thanks for the graphics there Tony!
Your theory was considered and you may well be correct, and I suppose it must have been a fairly frequent event considering the numbers involved. If this was the case, at some point it obviously stopped.

This is one for the “Mastersâ€

Has anyone ever searched at GRO for ancestors arriving in the UK from Italian ports in the late 1800s.
If so did you have any success?.
Regards, Lou

Thanks James,
Thats just great,

Regards Louis

Hi Peter,
im Cheshire UK based, so unable to use that facility.

Is there such a thing as "Genoa BMD", or similar that can be accessed on line?
Apologies if this has been covered before.

Regards, Louis.

...who would not mind having a look at the manifest of the "Bengala."
On board,
Luigi Manfredi, born 1851 Italy
Departed, Genoa
Arrived, NY 1882,
Ship, Bengala
Ref page 8 of 18

It is the other passenger entries , No201 and No205 that I am interested in.
Both I believe are Manfredi,s and I would ...

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Peter, that is a very good website, everyone would be well advised to take a look.

that does create a few anomalies in my theory!

thanks Peter,
I appreciate that.

Hi everyone, what a fantastic site.

Carlo Manfredi b1858 and Marie (nee Ginocchio) Manfredi b1861 came to England 1881-1884, they had a daughter Marie b1881 Italy.They had three son,s all born in UK, John b1884, Joseph b1886 and Louis b1896. All I know is that they came from Genova and I would like ...