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From: "Jody Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: Ellis Island New ON LIne Data Base
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 07:28:38 -0400
References: <200104220141.UAA02224@libera.host4u.net>


Whats the URL of this site?
----- Original Message -----
From: Laurel O'Donnell <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: Ellis Island New ON LIne Data Base


> Well aside from taking me FOREVER to get into the database from the sheer
> masses of people trying to connect, I found it fast and easy to use,
though
> I saved web pages to refer to at leisure later rather than printing them
out.
>
> A feature I really like if you find a person of interest: it is only a
> couple clicks to see the entire ship's manifest. Pretty cool. I think the
> links are timing out a lot just because the site is so busy.
>
> I live in Manhattan, and would consider going there to test the system,
but
> there are fees and stict time limits if you do so ...
>
> The site didn't yield much for me, most of my ancestors came to the US via
> Boston or Canada, but it did end up showing a few ancestors as crewmembers
> which was a nice surprise.
>
> Laurel
> CC, Hampden County
>
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>
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