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Subject: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] before Castle Garden, NY
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 02:13:09 EDT

"Before the Castle Garden center opened in 1855 the passengers simply got
off the ship onto whatever wharf they had landed on in Manhattan. There was
no central processing center. They were recorded on passenger arrival lists
beginning in 1820."
(source: http://germanroots.home.att.net/ellisisland/ , Immigrant
Processing Centers for New York City - Gives the history of New York's
immigrant processing stations, Ellis Island, the Barge Office and Castle
Garden. Includes photos.)

To find NY passenger arrival records 1820-1957 (microfilms of which are
available at the National Archives and through your nearest LDS/Mormon Family
History Center) , see
http://home.att.net/~germanroots/ellisisland/nypassengers.html and its links.
Lani

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