Hi All, If your interested in following the progress of the changes at Ellis Island I would suggest checking the Avotaynu Newsletter (Nu?What's New?) Archives. http://www.avotaynu.com/nu.htm This Newsletter has been reporting all the latest information and has included a statement from The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. (SLEIF) in their Sept. 4 Edition. Members of the Avotaynu organization are in contact with both Steve Morse and Ellis Island and are trying to work with them on a solution which is outlined in the same edition. I have signed up for the Newsletter not only to follow the progress of the changes at Ellis Island but after reading a few of their previous ones I found that they are packed with interesting information helpful to just about anyone who is doing research. Val Conway