Hello Just thought I would mention that several people have sent me messages that they have gotten onto the Ellis Island site and found their ancestors, so it is working. The chairperson for the Computer Interest Group of Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County gave a demonstration of the Ellis Island site at our meeting on Saturday, 21 April. She said it took her about 4 hours all together to download a copy of each page as she did get 'bumped' a few times. But there is quite a bit to this site including links to other information and apparently paying members have a better access somehow. She could not explore all parts of this site but was able to show us how to accesss the information and we saw ship's manifests with all kinds of information. Some we were not sure what it meant but there surely was great information to be found. This just reconfirms to me that there are many projects out there that we know about that we need to consider getting done and make available. We live in the age of such progress and finding funding for some of these projects is about the only holdup for some of them. I also want to say thank you to all of you on this list for the great contributions of information you have given us. A good number of you have stacks on your desk to do but take the time to share information which has been quite valuable to many of us. These messages have become a priority to read before all others I receive. God Bless Ruth Ann Messick Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County Searching Unlimited [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]