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From: "Jane Lachs" <>
Subject: Ellis Island Note: be careful with index
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 16:45:26 +0200

FYI :-)

Be careful you don't miss someone out on the Ellis Island site .. the ages
are not always right.

I was scrolling down a list of John CARRs .. looking for a child.
On the index I found this one:

118. John Carr 1920 8 YEARS OLD

But when I clicked on it for further information I saw that the "8" for the
age was in fact the first digit of the birth date !
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Carr, John, British, English
Date of arrival Nov 1920

Age on arrival 8-6-81

Ikala

Liverpool, England, UK

*This passenger is a member of the ship's crew.
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If I had been looking for a 39 year old I would have missed 'im :-)

Cheers Jane
Only another 4000 to go !

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