Recently ELLIS ISLAND contacted me to ask for a donation so that the database, which is free on the Internet, can remain a free service.
I remember how thrilled people were to use that database! One day it was up, and for the next week or two it was so jammed up, it was difficult to get in.
It was my understanding that ELLIS ISLAND was begun as a volunteer project and I never imagined that it would become a pay for play database.
Like any good database it helped thousands of people interested in learning about their immigrant ancestors.
However, many people did not find their ancestors on Ellis Island because they did not realize that this database focuses of those who CAME IN STEERAGE. If a person was on a better ticket, then they got off at CASTLE ROCK.
Above is the link to the free database.
