Ellis Island is free access. The ONLY portion you pay for is to get photocopies of manifests from there. Most of time LOUSY. Can get better quality copy for less than what Ellis Island organization charge for through Family History Center. David Samuelsen Jay & Carol Menges wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I never paid to get a subscription to the Ellis Island site. Maybe > it was free at one time and now isn't, but it's my understanding that > what I can tell you I found there is free to *every*body, still. Isn't > that true? Regardless, there isn't much else new there to add to what > you already know, but I'll give it to you anyway. > The paid stuff is for images of the original documents and/or a > picture print (or illustration, as it seems to be of Arthur Dudley's > ship) of the passenger in question. I didn't opt for those, but I did > print off a typed *transcript* of the Passenger Record: > > > First Name: Arthur Dudley > Last Name: Birch > Ethnicity: British > Last Place of Residence: Hull, England > Date of Arrival: Jul 02, 1924 > Age at Arrival: 56y 9 m Gender: M Marital Status: M > Ship of Travel: Galileo > Port of Departure: Hull, England > Manifest Line Number: 0002 > > > There were only two names on his Manifest page, his and one other > man's. Is this what you're looking for? > > --Carol (Huffington) Menges > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Baldwin" <kennethb@melbpc.org.au> > To: <BIRCH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:06 AM > Subject: Arthur Dudley BIRCH > > >> G'day Cobbers, >> >> Have just found my first cousin, thrice removed, Arthur Dudley BIRCH, on >> the Ellis Island site. It appears that he migrated to USA in 1924. >> >> If somebody who subscribes to this site would mind doing a lookup for me, >> the details are below: >> >> 120. Arthur Dudley Birch - Hull, England - Year: 1924; Age: 57 [Source: >> http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=BIRCH&PLNM=BIRCH&first_k >> >> ind=1&last_kind=0&RF=1259&kind=exact&offset=100&dwpdone=1] >> >> This would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Regards >> >> Greg Baldwin > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >