BERN, YOU CAN ALSO GET A PICTURE OF THE BOAT IF THERE IS ONE AVAILABLE. SURE WAS FUN FINDING OUT WHO CAME WITH MY RELATIVES. GREAT SITE AND WORTH THE WAIT TO GET ON IT. SHIRLEY IN ALABAMA **************************************************************************** ************* Work like you don't need the money Love like you've never been hurt Dance like nobody's watching Sing like nobody's listening Live like it's heaven on earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles widner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 4:41 PM Subject: [ALCULLMA] Fwd: Ellis Island. . . .F.Y.I. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Ellis Island Weidners > Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:58:37 EDT > > Hello, > I ran across a small newspaper article last week that explained how Compaq > Computer Co. partnered with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation to > automate the lists of people who immigrated to the USA through Ellis Island > between 1892 to 1924, the peak years of Ellis Island immigration. The > article says that the records include info on more than 22 million people. > The web address is www.ellisislandrecords.org. This site is apparently very > busy. It took me three days to finally get in. When I did, I had to register > to use the site, but it is free. I guess you could donate if you wanted to, > but it isn't demanded. I was interested in my grandfather Berend Gruizinga, > who I found listed. It gave me a little info I didn't have for him. I also > entered the name "Weidner" in the search engine to see what would come up > and the system found 243 Weidners that passed through Ellis Island. > The information that you can get is Name (first and last), Ethnicity, Place > of Residence (in the old country), Date of Arrival at Ellis Island, Age at > arrival, Gender, Mar. Status, Ship name of travel, and port of departure. > You can also get a complete list of other passengers that traveled on the > same ship, and probably other information. > I just thought some of you might be interested. > It was new to me. > > Bern Gruizinga > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== > I am List Manager on a volunteer basis. I do not get any benefit or monetary compensation for maintaining this list. Please accept my apologies for any delays in correcting your problem(s). > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >