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SALT LAKE CITY - 'Tracking ancestors who entered the country through Ellis
Island used to mean poring through endless reels of microfilm. Now, it can be
as simple as a few click's of a computer mouse. On Tuesday, Ellis Island
officials and the Mormon Church introduced a database containing arrival
records for the 22 million immigrants who entered the port of New York from
1892 to 1924. The database is expected to be up and running today. When fully
operational in about a month, the database, which includes 70 percent of all
U.S. arrivals recorded during that period, will be available both to Ellis
Island visitors and on the Internet.
On the Net:
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation.
http://www.ellisis- landrecords.org
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
http://www.lds.org
National Park Service site on Ellis Island National Monument:
littp://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm
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Burke
Johnson City, Tennessee