Ship Manifests: Record of Aliens Help for Special Inquiry

[adam.cherson@gmail.com adam.cherson@gmail.com]

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Dear Ship Manifest Researchers,

I have located what I believe is my gg-grandfather Israel GORDON on a ship
manifest for the SS Potsdam from Rotterdam arriving New York October 12,
1902. The complete manifest is available at EllisIsland.org.

At this point I have a record from the manifest entitled 'Record of Aliens
Held for Special Inquiry' (RAHSI) with the word 'pauper' written next to
Israel Gordon's name. However, this RAHSI page contains little information
about Israel Gordon compared to what is on the regular ship passenger
manifest pages.

I need to verify if this is the Israel Gordon I am looking for since I
know his age (82) and some other facts (e.g., going to his daughter Goldie)
that I could match up with a normal manifest record.

So, my question is whether it would be worth my while to search the entire
ship passenger manifest for another more typical entry listing Israel Gordon
as a passenger, which entry would include the typically expected data such as
age, occupation, person to meet at destination, etc.

This would take me a long time, especially as I have another similar
RAHSI possibility on the SS Finland from Antwerp arriving September 3, 1901.

If anyone has been in this situation before, or knows about how the manifest
records were created at that time, please be good enough to explain.

Adam Cherson
NY, NY
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On 9/21/2016 11:10 AM, adam.c...@gmail.com adam.c...@gmail.com wrote:

> So, my question is whether it would be worth my while to search the
> entire ship passenger manifest for another more typical entry listing
> Israel Gordon as a passenger, which entry would include the typically
> expected data such as age, occupation, person to meet at destination, etc.

The S.I. page should have two columns to the right of the passenger's
name labelled "Group" and "Number". These are the manifest "page
number" (handwritten or typewritten page number on the manifest) and
line number where you will find the full manifest for the passenger of
interest.

Regards,
David Oseas

Researching:
HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York
KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles
OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
SCHECHTER/SCHACHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York. STECKER: New York >
Florida. SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles
WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles

[David Rosen rosens@rcn.com]

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On the Special Inquiry page,also on a Detained Aliens page are two
columns: Group and Number These identify the main manifest page and the
line where the passenger can be found. The Group identifier is usually a
large letter (sometimes a number) in the upper right or upper left of
each manifest page.

David Rosen
Boston, MA