My grandmother, Tyra Fagerholm, was detained in 1913 at Ellis Island, but she was met by her Aunt Mary Johnson, so I guess it didn't have to be a male relative by 1913. Patricia Patricia Van Wagenen Heffernan The Van Wagenen, Harrison and Heffernan Families of New York http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Patricia-V-Harrison -----Original Message----- From: irish-new-york-city-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irish-new-york-city-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michelle and Kevin Cassidy Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:11 AM To: irish-NEW-YORK-CITY@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Passenger Lists I had recently read in a magazine from a few years ago that for the port at New York ALONE there was a unique entry policy for women traveling alone. It said that single women or married women traveling without a male relative were detained until a male relative came to get her from Castle Garden and possibly Ellis Island.(Not sure when this changed.) Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone searched the ship's lists and used this to identify that one Mary Benson is the ancestor's sister and now you know where her brother lived possibly in 1883? These detained lists are not part of the records at Ancestry but the article said they would be at the end of the list. Were they filmed for the National Archives films? Thanks! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message