Just passing this along, maybe some of you will find it helpful. Good luck, Louise Per "American History" magazine, June, 1999, scheduled to open this year (2000) in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum is the American Family Immigration History Center. Featured will be an extensive database aimed at providing visitors with instant access to information on 17 million immigrants who entered the country through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. LDS volunteers have spent two million hours transcribing ships' passenger lists stored on microfilm at the National Archives and Records Administration. The system will eventually offer, at the touch of a button, eleven categories of information such as the name of the ship on which the individual sailed, his point of origin, nationality, etc. The History Center is a collaboration between the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, the National Park Service and the Dept. of the Interior. Website: www.ellisisland.org Tele: (212) 883-1986