Dear Listers, Someone from another website sent this, thought some of you would be interested. Rebecca > Another new site coming soon. Sign up for it and you will be notified > when > it is ready. Maxine again thanks for the new site you sent me. > June > > This was received today from NYG&BS. > ****************************************************************************** > *****************************************************8 > LATEST NEWS FROM THE NYG&B - JULY 27, 2005 > CastleGarden.org. On August 1, the 150th anniversary of the opening of > the > Castle Garden immigration station, The Battery Conservancy will launch > www.CastleGarden.org, giving you access to a database created from the > Port of New > York passenger lists from 1820 (when the lists begin) to 1892 (when the > Ellis > Island lists start). Some 10 million immigrants entered the Port during > these > years, and the database currently covers 80% of them, with work > continuing. > A basic search for a name will be free, and more advanced searches will > be > available for a fee. We are pleased to announce that The Battery > Conservancy > has asked The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society to be their > partner in helping those who find names in the database to pursue further > research > on their families. > ****************************************************************************** > ********************************************************