This was sent to the WILLIAMS DNA list but the regular list is just as important so I am forwarding this valuable site. Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 Want to look for your kin folks................jr http://www.castlegarden.org/ CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period. Castle Garden, today known as Castle Clinton National Monument, is the major landmark within The Battery, the 23 acre waterfront park at the tip of Manhattan. From 1855 to 1890, the Castle was America's first official immigration center, a pioneering collaboration of New York State and New York City. CastleGarden.org is an invaluable resource for educators, scholars, students, family historians, and the interested public. Currently the site hosts 10 million records, and support is needed to complete the digitization of the remaining 2 million records, beginning in 1820, from the original ship manifests. The Battery remains one of the oldest public open spaces in continuous use in New York City. American Indians fished from its banks, and the first Dutch settlers built a low, stone wall with cannons, a battery to protect the harbor and New Amsterdam. The transformations of The Battery and that of the Castle tell the history of New York and, by association, the growth and development of our nation. IMMIGRATION RECORDS FROM CASTLE GARDEN Before Ellis Island, there was Castle Garden. The Castle was our first immigration center, from 1855 to 1890. But immigration records there go back to 1820. If you had ancestors who came over in that period, they may well have been processed at Castle Garden. Most of those immigration records have been digitized and placed online. Just enter the name. Check it out at: http://www.castlegarden.org ==== WILLIAMS-DNA Mailing List ==== Williams DNA Project Information and Results - http://williams.genealogy.fm/. If anyone has any problems with the list, please email the moderator (Adrian Williams) directly at [email protected] ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/124 - Release Date: 10/7/2005