Ships of Our Ancestors

A resource of photographs of steamships which brought our European ancestors to our eastern shores. It was on board of these pictured ships our ancestors as immigrants "in steerage" across the turbulent Atlantic, in conditions of extreme discomfort & peril. It was these propeller-driven, steel-hulled leviathans of legend, owned & operated by such famous lines as Cunard, North-German Lloyd, White Star Guion, Red Star, Inman & Hamburg American. In their groaning steerage decks they transported an ocean of humanity to an uncertain future in the Americas. How wonderful to see these ships in photgraphs & picture our ancestors thereon. From the crowded decks of these awesome vessels, countless thousands of families embarked on their American odyssey! SHIPS OF OUR ANCESTORS is a most complete photographic archive of nearly 900 ships arranged in alphabetical order, identified by date launched, shipping line & source. This will be the most tangible evidence of this momentous event in each of our family's heritage. The most visual evidence in your research. Price $34.95 plus $3.00 mailing. Paperback. Indexed. 380pp. ISBN 0-8063-1381-1. Available from: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1001 N. Calvert St., Batimore, MD 21202-3897; 410-837-8271, or from the Author, Micahel J. Anuta, N2847 Highway 577, Menominee, MI 49858-9775; 906-863-2806.Anuta, Michael J. is the author of 'Ships of Our Ancestors' with ISBN 9780806313818 and ISBN 0806313811.