Our Visit to the Lady of Liberty

Statue of Liberty

We Found Ancestors at Ellis Island

ELLIS ISLAND

THE

AMERICAN

FAMILY

IMMIGRATION

HISTORY

CENTER

(AFHIC)
at:
www.ellisisland.org

You too can access their new data base of the passenger records of the ships that landed some 25 million immigrants, crew members and other passengers at the port of New York!

We went to Ellis Island this past May 27th, 2006 - and Bob and I located at least 7 seven of our relatives - all on my side(s) of the family!!!!

We Located:

My paternal grand mother:

Ruby Evadne Sherwood - Sailed five days to NY Harbor, 1st class cabin, arriving on May 26, 1924 for a 60 day vacation as a student/dress maker and never left!

Ruby's (her) father:

Mortimer Sherwood - came to NY in 1895!

Ruby's (Her) brothers:

Charles Sherwood
Louis Sherwood - Helga's grandfather - Melba's father
Randolph Sherwood -

Ruby's first cousin:

Iris Sherwood - anyone know who she is? (Dad/Al thinks she's Mortimer's brother's daughter - his 2nd cousin)

My Mom's (Carole's) paternal grandparents:

Karl and Anna Bjulin - went to Sweden at ages 60 & 58 - residence listed in Jamestown, NY
Karl Bjulin - visited from Linkoping, Sweden, the USA in 1907 - staying in South Norwalk!

(From whatever point of the compass you come, as you approach Linköping your path is lined by billowing cornfields and the sweet smelling Östergötland soil. From miles away you can see the tower of the Cathedral rise above the plain. The Cathedral is one of the finest buildings in Scandinavia and its one-time ruler was the famous Bishop Brask, who lived in Linköping Castle, hard by the Cathedral.)
http://www.linkoping.se/international/English/index.htm

Carole's (Her) maternal grand mother:

Annie Cummings: from Boston

Carole's Mother:

Ethel Cummings - [NOT sure about this one!]

Alfonso's paternal grandfather:

Harry Jellerett - 3X in 3 months May June and July of 1917
Three times Harry is listed as being a crew member - Boatswain Mate
(Boatswain: A warrant officer or petty officer in charge of a ship's rigging, anchors, cables, and deck crew's petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen )
on the SS Tagus - also they list his nationality as being from Barbados but sailing out of Kingston, JA

So you can look up relatives too!

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If you Ancestor was Enslaved - even though your ancestor was not listed in the cargo manifest, circumstantial evidence of the ship can be obtained if you know where, when, and by whom the enslaved person was first purchased. You can then search:
National Archives and Records Administration which holds microfilm copies of manifests of slave ships, arriving in the Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans, 1789-1808

Look in museums' special collections containing manifests of slave ships.

Look in libraries' published compilations of documents relating to the Slave Trade


SLAVE SHIPS were NOT recorded here at Ellis Island! However they do have records at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

go to
to try to track down ancestors who traveled here on slave ships!
www.archives.gov

their official email address is
inquire@nara.gov

or go to:

www.archives.gov/facilities

for current informationon all National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facilities!