I will try again to get this URL out to you guys. I hope it helps someone in their search for immigranting families. The site gives dates and places and a history of Port of New York and Ellis Island and other ports. Poldi The following is from the RootsWeb Review, and I thought it might be useful for some researchers. Betty Pace - Norfolk, VA <snip> SHAKING YOUR FAMILY TREE (SYFT). Did your ancestors come through Ellis Island? If they arrived prior to 1 January 1892 or from 14 June 1897 to 17 December 1900 they did not come through America's famous New York immigration processing station. See where they might have been processed in this week's SYFT column. http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/syft/curcolumn.htm SYFT columns are archived by subject and can be browsed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/syft/