> -----Original Message----- > From: cdogger@attbi.com [mailto:cdogger@attbi.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 4:36 PM > To: CASTLE-GARDEN-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: {not a subscriber} This one is a puzzle! > > > Hello everyone, > My great grandfather arrived in New York City on April > 20th (or maybe the 21st, I can't quite remember now), > 1890, aboard the vessel "Rhaetia". It seems the > changeover from Castle Gardens to Ellis Island took > place right about this time in history, if I'm not > mistaken. > Could anyone tell me if my great grandfather, Felix F. > SIDOR, would have been processed through Castle Gardens > or Ellis Island on that day? I received the date and > name of ship from a kind soul who looked it up in Volume > 5 or 6 of "Migration from the Russian Empire" book, > whichI hope to someday own myself! > Thank you all...! > Mary Sidor Ryon > Michigan >