on 4/28/01 2:42 PM, Elizabeth Regina 111 at [email protected] wrote: > Reference immigrants who arrived prior to Ellis Island..........has anyone > found an immigrant coming through the Port of Brooklyn.....I'm just curious. > > 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 > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > I can't say that I have every heard of the "Port of Brooklyn". Have you seen reference to such a thing, or are you looking for people that ended up in Brooklyn? Kathleen -in Brooklyn