This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oh0.2ACEB/1771.1 Message Board Post: You need to remember that not everybody came through Ellis Island. My husband has two immigrant grandparents and one just happened to come through Ellis but the other entered the country through Boston. You say that your aunt started in Idaho then went to Illinois before moving on to BC (Victoria) - my first thought might be that she entered somewhere along the west coast (San Fran, Portland, Seattle). Then I would check other ports. There are lots of entries into the US (Galveston, Boston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, etc.....). I know this doesn't make your search any easier, but it does give you lots of places to look.