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  1. 12-24-2005, 02:18 AM #1
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    Exclamation A really neat and interesting site...

    Ellis Island Foundation

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    If you're lucky, you can trace back a name to the Ellis Island manifests... pretty neat!

    We found one of Gwen's great, great aunts.
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  2. 12-24-2005, 02:56 AM #2
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    With a last name like Johnson I am sure to get some specialized results...
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  3. 12-24-2005, 08:33 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Majik
    With a last name like Johnson I am sure to get some specialized results...
    Yea same here "*Your search returns 7785 records"
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  4. 12-24-2005, 09:03 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by POS Racing
    Yea same here "*Your search returns 7785 records"
    try 46555
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  5. 12-24-2005, 09:06 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Majik
    try 46555
    You commoner...

    Mom's maiden name turns up 85 hits I know her side of the family came over on boats... as for my dad's side... they traced our family tree back to the late 1600s in the US...
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  6. 12-24-2005, 10:58 AM #6
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    Interesting... but Ellis Island had already closed by the time my family emigrated to America.
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    My Grandmother on my Dad's side was there. She got here in 1915 with $40 in her pocket!

    Very cool
    ...and across the line.

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  8. 12-26-2005, 09:00 PM #8
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    Majik Johnson!?
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  9. 12-27-2005, 08:14 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by altiain
    Interesting... but Ellis Island had already closed by the time my family emigrated to America.

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    Neat! Only 259 of us, but we've been here well before Ellis Island.
    92 Sunny 214k, 95 Dimples, 93 James Bondo, 92 SM (Speedie Jr )
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  11. 12-27-2005, 08:42 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mathews2004
    Majik Johnson!?
    No its Majohnsonik
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  12. 12-27-2005, 01:41 PM #12
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    my last name is hathorn, it brought back 7 records. im sure if i spelled it with the E and the W it would bring up many more.
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