In checking all my relatives in the Ellis Island database, any relative coming to the states to visit their father (or whomever) always included the 'first' and last name. It may that I was just lucky. But it might be worth rechecking the EI database just to make sure the first name was not there. Depending on when she came to the states (I don't know when the Lusitania was sank), you may check census records to see if they can be found there. In census info, if you can find them, you would get first and last names as well as ages (from which you can compute an estimated birth date). Hope that helps. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: DLCulhane@cs.com<mailto:DLCulhane@cs.com> To: COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com<mailto:COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:37 AM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Immigration lists I think I know the answer to this question, but a cousin asked me to pose it anyway. From the Ellis Island site he learned that a relative of ours came over on the Lusitania (two weeks before the Germans sank it!) and on arrival gave her village, her father's surname, and her age. Since the surname is very common in that village, he needs to know her father's first name or her exact date of birth to figure out which branch of the family she came from. Is it likely she gave more information that's simply not posted on the site, and if so, where might he find it? Thanks for any help! Diane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message