Category Archives: Immigration Research

Index to Passenger Manifests for Hawaii Online

Well, well, well!  It looks like Hawaii has finally entered the digital age.  Behold, the link to the Index for Passenger Manifests I know I am not the only one who is happy about this! The index covers 1843 to 1900.  It includes these indexes: Index to Chinese Passenger Manifests Index to Portuguese Passenger Manifests …

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From Bresch to Breilh

I’d given up some time ago on finding my Breilh ancestors in the Ellis Island database (www.ellisislandrecords.org). I tried every variation of Breilh that I could think of. I tried first name searches as well. The family was nowhere to be found. Recently, I saw an obituary in the paper for a Lassalle. It listed …

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Today is Ellis Island Family History Day

Do you have ancestors who came through Ellis Island?  Today is your day   The significance of April 17th is that more immigrants passed through Ellis Island on this day than any other.  The number was 11, 747. You can search for you Ellis Island ancestors by visited the Ellis Island website.  For best results …

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