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From: (flowerman)
Subject: Re: Ellis Island Detailed Records
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:09:13 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 03:24:21 GMT, "Takuon Soho" <>
wrote:

>I'm told that there they had to give the names of relatives and some family
>background at Ellis Island and that this was all duly recorded in longhand
>by clerks and that millions of these records were archived for years.
>This would be after they disembarked at Ellis Island.
>
>Thanks

That would be great, but very doubtful. on all but the earliest
manifests the name of a relative in the home town and the name of the
relative or friend at the destination were given. One of the real joys
of the E.I site is that, unlike U.S. death certificates, it gives more
info than just, "Italy" as a place of origin. The countles folks who
have no idea where their ancestor was really from in Italy can then
begin the real research.

Flowerman

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