Just passing this along, maybe some of you will find it helpful.
Good luck,
Louise
Per "American History" magazine, June, 1999, scheduled to open this year
(2000) in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum is the American Family
Immigration History Center. Featured will be an extensive database aimed
at providing visitors with instant access to information on 17 million
immigrants who entered the country through Ellis Island between 1892 and
1924. LDS volunteers have spent two million hours transcribing ships'
passenger lists stored on microfilm at the National Archives and Records
Administration.
The system will eventually offer, at the touch of a button, eleven
categories of information such as the name of the ship on which the
individual sailed, his point of origin, nationality, etc.
The History Center is a collaboration between the Statue of Liberty-Ellis
Island Foundation, the National Park Service and the Dept. of the Interior.
Website:
www.ellisisland.org
Tele: (212) 883-1986