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November 12 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222726) • United States 12 Nov 19

National Young Reader's Day National Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day 1439 - Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament. 1954 - Ellis Island ceases operation. 1961 - Nadia Comaneci was...

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Interesting News About Ellis Island Records

celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 28 Oct 18

I know that there is at least one person who is searching for information on their family line. I got an email from FamilySearch.org that now you can check out the complete archive of records from Ellis Island. So, if you have...

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ancestors

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History For January

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 6 Jan 17

Some persons on mylot expressed an interest in some of my posts about the fact that each day of the year has a bit of history to be learned, so I thought that I would start the NEW year off with some historical trivia. I’m...

emancipation proclamation

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hank williams sr

fidel castro

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Found Grandpa but Not Grandma. Is it be because maybe she came over third class?

PastorP @PastorP (1170) • United States 15 Dec 10

Howdy. One of my sons recently did some research through Ancestry.com. I'm pretty sure we found my grandpa and it looks like a brother. They came over on the Patricia, landing on Ellis Island near the end of 1912. However, where...

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patricia

third class

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What must an immigrant have felt when entering New York Harbor?

ladyljs @ladyljs (1303) • United States 7 Jan 08

This is what the twins are doing for their Social Studies project. ALthough they have done some research, and have located the manifest of their great great grandfather who entered the country in 1904 with all of $11.43 to his...

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immigration

social studies

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nyc

songbirdnaimh @songbirdnaimh (1422) • United States 28 May 07

Have you visited New York? What is your favorite attraction? Have you been to a Broadway play? I've been to NYC a handful of times, which isn't so great considering I only live about 2 hours away. I have seen one Broadway...

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nyc

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April 17 is....

songbirdnaimh @songbirdnaimh (1422) • United States 17 Apr 07

Ellis Island Family History Day Do you know much about your ancestors? Have you ever been interested in genealogy? If so, do you have any Pennsylvania connections? Finally have you ever been to visit Ellis Island...do you...

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Anyone interested in geneology?

craftwave @craftwave (1338) • United States 21 Nov 06

Where did your ancesters come from? Where did they immigrate to? And do you know the port they came into? My relatives come from Scotland. Also my husbands. I'm researching my husbands relatives who came thru Ellis Island and...

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geneology

scotland

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