Roberts Roots & Branches

...Well, almost. I ran out of paper right in the middle of copying! How exasperating. This month's Newsletter is about the family's immigration to the United States. I am still missing some immigration records, but for the main part of the family, Hugh & Margaret and their children, I have found their records. I have included the immigration records on the blog and hope you find it all interesting. Happy reading...

picture from the website The Compass ISTG http://immigrantships.net/newcompass/ships/ship_files/pix_f.html Ship: S.S. Freisland Arrival Date: September 1906 Isaac Roberts(10)...42 years 11 months.....male...miner ...good health Janet Howie( 16) .... .38 years....................female...wife.......good health Hugh(26).................10 years 6 months......male....child.....good health James(24).................9 years 1 month........male....child.....good health Percival(28).............7 years 9 months.......male....child.....good health Jane(30)...................6 years 5 months....female...child.....good health Isaac(32)..................3 years 9 months.......male...child.....good health Wm.(33)...................1 year 10 months.......male...child....good health Letitia(35)................0 year 4 months......female...child...good health Departure Date: 5 September 1906 Arrival Port: Philadelphia Port of Departure: Liverpool, England & Queenstown, Ireland Destinatio

picture source: Wikipedia Ship: Adriatic Arrival Date: 21 October 1887 line #52...Selma(sic) (162) Roberts..24 years old...female...Wife line #53...Martha A. (sic) (163)..........4 years old....female...none line #54...Isaac(165).............................1 year old........male...none ------------------next page---------------------------------- John Roberts(8)................... years old.......male...laborer Port of Departure: Liverpool, England & Queenstown, Ireland Destination: New York Microfilm Serial: M237_513 List Number: 1364 Source: The National Archives, Ancestry.com, New York Passenger 1820-1957, Provo, UT, online For more information on the SS Adriatic go to this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Adriatic_%281871%29

picture from Norway Heritage website: norwayheritage.com Ship: The Spain Arrival Date: 28 June 1886 line #102...Hugh Roberts(1)...48 years old.......male...laborer...steerage...1 bag line #103...Margaret(2)..........46 years old...female...wife.........steerage...1 bag line #104...Sarah(11)...............20 years old...female...none........steerage...1 bag line #105...Hugh(12)................18 years old......male...laborer...steerage...1 bag line #106...Elizabeth(14)..........11 years old...female...none......steerage...1 bag line #107...Jane(15)..................10 years old...female...none......steerage...1 bag line #108...Maggie(?).................2 years old...female....none......steerage...1 bag Port of Departure: Liverpool, England & Queenstown, Ireland Destination: New York Microfilm Serial: M237_496 List Number: 759 Source: The National Archives, Ancestry.com, New York Passenger 1820-1957, Provo, UT, online

Yesterday, while working at the library, I had a few minutes, so I typed in a name and clicked on the search tab, and I found some information. Very surprising, because there are times when I research for hours typing in names with various spellings and in various locations and I find nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. I can spend hours looking at a microfilm, searching the catalog, the internet, or looking at indexes and I come up with nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. So, my question is this: why is it that some days your " lucky " and other days not? My prayer is that I have more " lucky " days and less days finding nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. P.S. The newsletter is in it's final edit and will be in the mail soon.