Arrival Records Challenge: John & Josefa Casprsyck can you find them?
I’ve been looking for any hint of a passenger list for my Polish ancestors for a few years now (trying Ancestry, Steven Morris’ Search Engine, and Germans & Russian to America), but am hoping someone with fresh eyes might have a better chance. Homestead records say Jan 1873 arrival in NY – but no trace. Children: Frances, Mary, & Alex and possibly Elizabeth. Parents born abt 1846.
Other poss spellings of name Kaspersyck, Kasprzyk, and with a C.
They homesteaded in Grant Co, South Dakota. I have no record or sign of a residence before the Dakotas.
Just because they said they came through NY doesn’t mean they did. They may have arrived in Canada, or perhaps Detroit.
It is possible they did arrive in NY in Jan 1873 – but the writing was too messy to read, or was a victim to a typo on ancestry. Or perhaps their ship left Europe in Jan.
You should also check the children’s names for similar Polish ones.
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