CastleGarden.org fancy-dancy search engine is part of the Battery Conservancy. This was the first official immigration center in the US, pre-Ellis Island that opened in 1892. History> https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ellis_Island,_Castle_Garden,_etc. It was UP last week. It's DOWN again. I spoke w/ them today and they are aware of it. Tool for using>http://www.stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html Barb [email protected]