Re: Ship passenger record remains elusive

[Lee Hover lee.hover@comcast.net]

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Louise Goldstein says: "...I know she didn't swim across the Atlantic, but
sometimes I wonder. I have spent years searching Ellis Island (including
using Steve Morris' site), Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, NARA in every
conceivable way, with no success...."

You may not be looking in the right place. After much looking, I found my
grandfather came in to Galveston,Texas, yet everyone else in the family came
through Ellis Island. So my advice is to extend your search a bit further.

Lee MESSING Hover

Searching Klein (Hungary); Lapin (Lithuania); Messing (Warsaw); Karsh
(Hungary); Altschuler (and alternate spellings) (Warsaw)
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