Note below was received from Ellis Island research site. If you use this servive you may be asked to make a contribution to the Ellis Island Foundataion. There is also an interesting Ellis Island gift shop online. The database is for ships departing New York with arrivals somewhere in Europe or for ships arriving at Ellis Island. That means that there are no arrival records prior to 1892. --------------------------------------------------------------------: For the first time ever, you can now search the _Ellis Island Passenger Record Database_ (http://email.ellisisland.org/a/hBJGw5WAY76hCB7XFXXAzVxTQhk/ships) directly by Ship Names! ...you can search for any ship by name - passenger steamships, cargo, merchant marine, even yachts - that entered the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924. And it links directly to the passenger records and crew lists for each of the ships arriving in New York. ...snip... ...3 ½ million ship manifest pages that can be searched online for free as part of the American Family Immigration History Center® created by The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation....snip... (Examples) • S.S. Lusitania —Her final voyage to New York on April 24, 1915 before she was sunk by a German torpedo on her return to Europe May 7, 1915. • S.S. America —Italian men, not yet naturalized citizens, returning to the USA in 1919 after serving as reservists for their native Italy during World War I. Select arrival date: March 2, 1919 Genoa. _Experience this new search function today_ () . snip.... **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1000000 75x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)