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This CD contains images of the pages from the following five books originally published by the Genealogical Publishing Company: New World Immigrants, Volume I; New World Immigrants, Volume II; Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819; Immigrants to the Middle Colonies; and Passengers to America. Each book contains a complete collection of articles on ships' passenger lists which originally appeared in America's most prestigious genealogical periodicals. All articles identified by Harold Lancour in his celebrated Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 can be found on this CD.

These books refer to approximately 58,000 individuals who arrived in New England or the Mid-Atlantic states between 1572 and 1878. Information regarding each passenger varies, depending on the source of the data. For example, you might find the name of the ship on which the individual arrived, ports and dates of departure and arrival, names of wives and children, ages, occupations, religions, places of origin or residence, and naturalization dates. For your convenience, an alphabetical name index of all five books is included on the CD.

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.