BlankHi Doing a random search on Family Search on my Grandmother's Maiden Name I had a shock to find my Grt Grandfather. The shock was actually where I found him which was in Ellis Island in 1896 and not South Africa as we had always been told. No wonder I had been unable to find him on any ships to SA. He was a Farmer in Gwinear but his occupation given was Miner. No surprise there as he had gone to look for Gold. He came back to England in December 1900 and we were told he died in sight of England but in fact his death certificate was issued in Redruth so that was another story that was not correct. Now, can anyone please suggest where he would or might have gone to from Ellis Island as I haven't a clue. Mary -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 327 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Ellis Island was one of the main portals for entry into the USA, particularly from Europe. He would seem most likely to have gone to some place where mining was a significant activity. That includes Pennsylvania (coal), Wisconsin (iron), Upper Michigan (copper), Montana, Idaho, and Colorado (various), Utah (silver and copper), Nevada (silver), California (gold), and Arizona (copper). These places all had large numbers of Cornish immigrants. However, many other states also had mining activity, and if he knew someone from Cornwall who had gone there, he could have been in any small place in the country. If you look at the actual image from Ellis Island (not just the index) make sure that you look for a 2nd page, which is most likely to be there, and he may have named his final destination, which is usually recorded. Those records can be viewed without cost at http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp?MID=00121316400157294400& The search engine isn't always very good, and people who are there sometimes do not come up with the first try, so try some variations if he doesn't some up right away. There is a census for the USA taken in 1900, so if he did not return to Cornwall until Dec of 1900, you may well find him on that census, which is available and indexed on Family Search, as well as other places such as Ancestry. David Coppin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hester" <mhester@tiscali.co.uk> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com>; <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:00 PM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Family Search - Another Family Story hits the dust! > BlankHi > > Doing a random search on Family Search on my Grandmother's Maiden Name I > had > a shock to find my Grt Grandfather. The shock was actually where I found > him which was in Ellis Island in 1896 and not South Africa as we had > always > been told. No wonder I had been unable to find him on any ships to SA. > He > was a Farmer in Gwinear but his occupation given was Miner. No surprise > there as he had gone to look for Gold. > > He came back to England in December 1900 and we were told he died in sight > of England but in fact his death certificate was issued in Redruth so that > was another story that was not correct. > > Now, can anyone please suggest where he would or might have gone to from > Ellis Island as I haven't a clue. > > Mary >

Mary, he should have been in the 1900 U.S. Census. If you don't have access, I'll do a look up if you send me his name and age in 1900. He may have gone to Pennsylvania. Dawn > He came back to England in December 1900 and we were told he died in sight > of England but in fact his death certificate was issued in Redruth so that > was another story that was not correct. > > Now, can anyone please suggest where he would or might have gone to from > Ellis Island as I haven't a clue. > > Mary >