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On Oct 2, 12:29?pm, John H. wrote:
If your ancestors came through Ellis Island you haven't looked up their arrival documents, ship, etc, you may find this site interesting. I found the documentation of my grandparents' arrival from Holland in 1914, and also documentation of another trip the family took in 1924. Interesting, and...they came by boat! http://www.ellisisland.org/search/pa...12130239015584... or http://tinyurl.com/25eh2p But contrary to popular belief, your ancestors *didn't* go through Ellis Island if they booked first class passage on the steamship. Under the logical assumption that "folks with money are automatically going to be healthy", it was Lady Liberty's "tired, poor, hungry, huddled masses" that were quarantined on Ellis Island. The upper classes were briefly interviewed at the head of the gangway and then allowed directly into the US. |