You are quite right - it is not complete. I know of someone that is living that came here and does not appear on the list and should. However, I do not think this should be a disregarded site. I did find several ancestors on it lucky enough. Its always worth a check and see I figure. You just never know. Regards, Sue O'Donnell >From: rwalker <rwalker@saber.net> >Reply-To: rwalker@saber.net >To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CASANFRA] RE Ellis Island >Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:33:17 -0800 > >Listers: >It is important to know that the Ellis Island site is not "complete". I >have the copy of my grandfather's application for citizenship which >gives the ship "La Savoie" out of Havre France, and the date of arrival. >He is not on the Ellis Island site. There is an alternate site created >by Morse which I think has been posted here before. In it he discusses >the incompleteness and what is missing. This particular sailing of the >La Savoie is not there. Which means, I guess that you have to locate the >records at NARA. His site is also good for locating names that may have >been misspelled. My uncle Luigi was spelled "Luiji"---not too different >but he happens to have a common last Italian name also. I found his name >and the manifest, which showed that it was him, on the Morse site. Same >with Luigi's wife and daughter when they came over later. For some >reason the wife does not come up under either her maiden or married name >but they are both on the manifest. I did find her through the Morse site >by the child's name, which was misspelled, "Carmelo" instead of >Carmelita. So do check out this site if you are having trouble with the >original Ellis Island site. It takes you into it, but via a different >set of parameters. Easy to use. > > http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html > >Scroll to the bottom of the page to find out about the missing manifests. > >"rwalker" > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx