I have never had anyone come thru Ellies Island. Is there a sight to check to see if a relative came thru? One of my Doyles, the mother of Nellie was born in NY and I am wondering about the time frame. Nellie was born in CT in 1856-8 and if her mother was born in NY, maybe her parents came thru there. I can't find anything on Nellie but so glad to see others adding to the site. I don't know where to look anymore. It's like all my family just dropped from space to America. Margaret
Hi all, WE had a Nellie and a Margaret--at least I DO know what became of them, and my understanding (check movie like Gangs of NY--part of which was true) is that some just walked off the boat--depending on the year they arrived. Now this is something I have never taken time to do but I heard that relatives in NY area sometimes posted notices in the paper to let new arrivals know where to find them. So--the NY list would be a good thing to check too. Don't you just know some ancestors are having a good laugh up there in the Irish section of heaven watching us trying to track down every little lead. Harriett ----- Original Message ----- From: "sunsethillce" <sunsethillce@saber.net> To: <DOYLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:52 AM Subject: [DOYLE] ReDoyles thru Ellis Island >I have never had anyone come thru Ellies Island. Is there a sight to check >to see if a relative came thru? One of my Doyles, the mother of Nellie was >born in NY and I am wondering about the time frame. Nellie was born in CT >in 1856-8 and if her mother was born in NY, maybe her parents came thru >there. I can't find anything on Nellie but so glad to see others adding to >the site. I don't know where to look anymore. It's like all my family >just dropped from space to America. > Margaret > > ==== DOYLE Mailing List ==== > Don't leave any stone unturned. Visit the Rootsweb Resource Page for Doyle > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOYLE/ > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >