Eliz-- Your comic relief has provided us with an excellent opportunity to post the "gateway" information for the Port of NY: 1624 to 31 July 1855: No receiving station 1 Aug 1855 to 18 April 1890: Castle Garden 19 April 1890 to 31 Dec 1891: Barge Office 1 Jan 1892 to 14 June 1897: Ellis Island 15 June 1897 to 16 Dec 1900: Barge Office 17 Dec1900 to 1924: Ellis Island This is from "They Came in Ships" by John P. Colletta, PhD. Excellent book for looking for your ancestors' ship lists. Elysia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Elizhlists@aol.com> To: <PENNSYLVANIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [PA] Ellis island Years > > In a message dated 7/10/2004 9:48:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > lysi@comcast.net writes: > > Sorry, but you know what I meant!! :)) > > > LOL yes I did <G> but some won't, they won't find the Castle Garden list > which I forgot to mention <G> > Eliz > > > ==== PENNSYLVANIA Mailing List ==== > Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >