Shipped GIava 1843

[Tcocktail]

I am trying to locate my Great Grandfather's immigration papers. He was suppose to be on the ship the GIava leaving from Naples in 1843 enroute to New York. I check Ellis Island I did not find any record. I understand that not all had to come through Ellis Island.

Does anyone have any idea where I might look for immigration papers? We don't believe he was in this country too long before his death.

Manifest ID: 00000045
Affiliate ARC: 1746097

Any help will be greatly appreciated

[erudita74]

Ellis Island records start in 1892. You can search on familysearch.org, under the state of New York

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1849782

You will need to sign in with a username and password, but the searches and records are free

The following may be helpful-

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Fr ... _1820-1897

[Tcocktail]

Thank you very much, I greatly appreciate this and yes, I have the confirmation, date and correct ship. Now looking at the Census record, it doesn't look like he was naturalized but how do I find out?

[erudita74]

I'm personally not familiar with naturalizations for such an early period of time, but there are links at the website below which might be useful to you:

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Un ... gy_Records