Are there such things as immigration records from the late 1830s? I ask as I only have obit info on my paternal great-great-grandfather, John James Young of Norfolk, VA (city). Later census records cite Maine as his birthplace, but a civil war transcription (with a couple of other mixed up "errors") say he was born in 1817 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Then when I located his obit, I suspect he wrote it himself! But it too says Nova Scotia. The elaborate writeup speaks of him as a seaman who came into port at Norfolk as a Nova Scotian, later deciding to live there and marry, which he did in 1842. He commanded a group called Young's Harborguard in the civil war. Would anyone have any clues or direction for locating an immigration record? I live and work in Washington, DC, so if your suggestion is DAR or NARS I can do that. I've been "hanging" in the DAR Library at lunchtime of late and found a few records but nothing that would "verify" what is in the obit. Katie Holland To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html