singhals wrote: > Chad Hanna wrote: > >> rsegoly wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am looking for relative who immigrated from Dorohoi Romania to US >>> sometime between 1900-1915. He was married and his family followed him >>> later. >>> >>> I know his surname was Schleifer. >>> >>> I found on Ellis island only one possible candidate (Mortiz) >>> immigrated 1904 and his age was 24, but it say he was still single. >>> >>> I am not sure I can read the hand writing as English is not my mother >>> tongue, can someone have a look at the record? >>> >>> Did all immigrants come via Ellis island? >>> >>> In case he's the guy, any advice how do I find his relatives in US? >>> >>> Roni >> >> >> Not all immigrants came via Ellis island. >> >> Some will have arrived via other ports on the Eastern seaboard (the >> main alternatives being Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New >> Orleans) and some will have travelled via Canada and crossed the >> Canadian border. It might be worth reading John P Colletta's book - >> They came in Ships >> >> Note that many European immigrants will have travelled via the UK and >> outgoing passenger lists can be found at http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ >> >> As a Brit, I feel unqualified to offer advice about this, but I'd be >> tempted to look at the Federal Census for 1920, 1930 to try and find >> the family together. >> >> Chad >> >> > > > Ummm ahhh... PURELY in the spirit of paying forward some of the grief > given non-British asking questions on soc.gen.british ... ;) > > LOOK at a map! New Orleans is many things, but "Eastern Seaboard" isn't > among 'em. It's one of a half-dozen or so Gulf ports. > > Among the Eastern Seaboard ports not mentioned would be Savannah and > Miami and in some time periods, Alexandria VA. > > Cheryl John Colletta's book mentions that there were over a hundred ports of entry, ranging from Portland, Maine to Galveston, Texas. I'm sorry if my shorthand offended you but I meant to include the Gulf of Mexico. There are many such questions that perplex those outside the country, e.g. what exactly is the mid-west? My main concern was that the OP's original question wasn't being fully addressed. Chad -- Chad Hanna Systems Developer FamilyHistoryOnline www.familyhistoryonline.net FreeBSD Apache MySQL Perl mod_perl PHP

Chad Hanna <chad@chadhanna.co.uk> writes: > John Colletta's book mentions that there were over a hundred ports of > entry, ranging from Portland, Maine to Galveston, Texas. I'm sorry if my > shorthand offended you but I meant to include the Gulf of Mexico. There > are many such questions that perplex those outside the country, e.g. > what exactly is the mid-west? Good luck in getting an exact answer to what is considered to be the mid-western U.S. You'll probably get as many answers as you have people answering. [My definition of "midwest" is (very) roughly anything between the Alleghany and Rocky Mountains.]