> Subject: Ellis Island records on-line > > > > Someone on another list sent this information to us yesterday and I >> thought > > you would find it interesting. Ellis Island records are going to be > > available on line. > > > Effective April 17, 2001 a database housing about 22 million records of > > immigrant arrivals through NY Harbor from 1892 to 1924 will be made > > available to the public on the internet from records at Ellis Island NY. > > Records were extracted from nearly 3,700 rolls of microfilm,which were > > then entered into the database. The records can provide information such > > as > > an immigrants date of arrival, age, ethnicity, port of departure and the > > ship > > that brought him to the United States.This was all done with the help of > > more than 12,000 volunteers from the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day > > Saints who worked about 5.6 million hours since 1993 to accomplish this > > feat. Access to the data base is free at : > > www.ellisislandrecords.org http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/search/passSearch.asp? > > From "The Long Island Newsday" newspaper Monday 4/16/01> > > >