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Subject: Castle Gardens goes online ;)))) ;(( for dups
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:31:40 EDT

New York Times
29 July 2005

"The government has been keeping tabs on immigrants since 1820, and Castle
Garden at the Battery, originally built to defend New York from foreigners, was
the city's first official debarkation point. It was the gateway for
immigrants until 1890, when federal officials took over responsibility for the
newcomers, who were processed first at the nearby Barge Office and, starting in
1892, on Ellis Island."
_http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/29/nyregion/29castle.html?ex=1123387200&en=ab5
f79c663777b8a&ei=5070&emc=eta1_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/29/nyregion/29castle.html?ex=1123387200&en=ab5f79c663777b8a&ei=5070&emc=eta1)
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Hi all,
Of course, as with anything, not all of our families will be in this
compilation that would be a hard thing to believe but it gives us a huge chance--
"database of more than 10 million of the 12 million immigrants who arrived
at the Port of New York from 1820 to 1892"
So many are sure to find their family with this number of additions to our
immigration resources. I know my Kratochvil family is here so I am excited.

Enjoy, Brenda
GT listowner
grandtraverseregion.com/grandtraverse/index.htm

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