This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0E791.1A337CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All, Let me introduce myself (John Randolph Berti). My mother was Veronica Petrie, born in New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on 5Nov1904; she emigrated to the U.S. on 27Apr1927. Her mother - Mary Ann Edwards, born May1860 in Sydney Mines & her father - Joseph Patrick Petrie, born 4Apr1856 in Low Point, CB, NS. The father of Joseph Patrick Petrie was James Petrie, born 26Oct1817 in Low Point & the mother was Bridget Carroll. The father of James Petrie was John Henry Petrie, born in 1791 in Low Point & the mother was Ann Nearing, born in England in 1796. The father of John Henry Petrie was George Petrie, born about 1750 & the mother was Isobelle, who was born about 1784. George Petrie was a British soldier who was entitled to a Land Grant based on his service. He surveyed the land in 1791 and moved from Halifax to Low Point in 1792. Xavier McGillivary, Joe Petrie, Sister of Charity Joan J. Butler, Dorothy Petrie Scott, and Debbie LaViolette contributed various items of this information. >From what I understand, it is believed that both George Petrie and his wife Isobelle (both Scottish) were born in Scotland, however, this fact has not been verified or confirmed. With this msg is an attached file that provides an image of the American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island passenger record database which lists a total of 694 "Petrie" passengers who were recorded as having entered the Port of New York between the years 1892 through 1924. The value of this file is that it allows the viewer to search through the 28 pages (25 entries at a time) to focus on those candidates that are of interest without having to go through the time consuming search of the data on-line, a few lines at the time. Upon identifying likely candidates for further research, enter the Ellis Island website ==> http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ and "CONTINUE" the search by entering the names of interest. The user may narrow the search by specifying such discriminators as: a. Name and Gender b. Year of Arrival c. Ethnicity d. Port of Departure e. Name of Ship Examining the individual passenger record in greater detail, the researcher can view an image of the ship and most importantly, the ship manifest. In many cases, the original manifest can be examined (this view will yield additional information not yet included in the prepared database. The value of the ship manifest is that it will also show those who may have accompanied the individual passenger under review. I found it particularly useful to scan the records for younger passengers and then go to the ship manifest to learn who accompanied the youngsters. By all means, look at the image of the original manifest as there is other useful information available. I am hopeful that researchers will find this file useful and that it will help to speed up the process. ENJOY! John R. Berti Tel and FAX: 508.359.5788 E-mail ID: [email protected] ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0E791.1A337CF0 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Petrie-Ellis Island.lnk" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Petrie-Ellis Island.lnk" TAAAAAEUAgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEaDAAAAEAAAAJDQx0x358AB4K3BgLHnwAGwpWQ9fefAAQBgAAAA AAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAFAAfUOBP0CDqOmkQotgIACswMJ0ZACNEOlwAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAC2FJgAxAAAAAAC8Ko2LEABGYW1pbHkgSGlzdG9yeQBGQU1JTFl+MQArADEAAAAAALwq Y24QAFBldHJpZS1FbGxpcyBJc2xhbmQAUEVUUklFfjEAAABUAAAAHAAAAAEAAAAcAAAALQAAAAAA AABTAAAAEQAAAAMAAAC9nOoQEAAAAABEOlxGYW1pbHkgSGlzdG9yeVxQZXRyaWUtRWxsaXMgSXNs YW5kAABgAAAAAwAAoFgAAAAAAAAAYmVydGkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ6YZ4Ul/EBOqsKYJoLERk5FaoYt alPVEZ4tAAOKAAARnphnhSX8QE6qwpgmgsRGTkVqhi1qU9URni0AA4oAABEAAAAA ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0E791.1A337CF0--