Charlotte.....although the Ellis Island records are too "recent" for my research, I nevertheless went into them earlier today and could find no lists....blank pages......do you know what the trouble is....may I assume that they are up-dating the pages......? Also for anyone interested......off the top of my head I can't give you the name but there's a university in PA.....a fellow there is indexing the passenger lists...beginning with the ending of the Famine Immigrants - and at my last use, he was up to 1863 or 65. There's a CD out at the moment.... the LDS has it. Elizabeth Caven [email protected] >From: "Charlotte Smith" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Irl-Westmeath] Ellis Island >Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:51:15 -0700 > >Don't waste your time on the Ellis Island site if your Irish came to >America before 1892. Remeber Ellis island didn';t exit until then. Most >early immigrants came via Castle Garden and will be found on the passenger >lists found at the national Archives or LDS Library. All you need is an >good date of arrival and get the film and spend several hours looki ng. >Usually rewarded with the find. Remember only look at the ships departing >from England or Ireland and skip the many others from all parts of the >world..so that cuts the time. Charlotte Smith > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com