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/JRB.2ACE/1584.1 Message Board Post: Bonnie, Most people here would like to try themselves to get through brick walls posed by posters. You give no real information for any of us to do that. Many of us have developed strategies that can sometimes do wonders. Give us some specifics. Have you tried: http://www.stevemorse.org/ to search Ellis Island? Make sure you read Steve's FAQ section as well. Here is a list of other sites from a recent posting on "JewishGen" that might help you in your quest. Finding Passenger Lists 1820-1940s (arrivals at US Ports) http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/passengers.html Finding Passenger Lists Before 1820 http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/1820.html What Passenger Lists are Online? http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html US Ports of Arrival & Their Available Immigration Records 1820-1957 http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html Tips for Determining Your Ancestor's Port of Arrival in the US http://www.genealogybranches.com/arrivalports.html Joel Weintraub