An Index of Sephardic Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island
This is not a complete list. There will be new versions to supersede this index.
This work was prepared by Mr. Victor Chylinski utilizing records available from the Ellis Island Foundation and the U.S. National Archives Records Administration.
WHAT IS THIS FILE?
A partial index of Sephardic Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island between 1905 - 1921
WHERE DO I GO TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ON PEOPLE IN THIS LIST?
- You can learn more at the Ellis Island Foundation:
The Ellis Island Passenger Manifest database, located at http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ is a great resource to genealogists. It contains information on over 22 million immigrants that came through Ellis Island between the years 1892 and 1924. While there are millions of users accessing the site from around the world, the majority are from the U.S. Therefore, the best time to access the site is 1AM - 6AM Eastern Time.
However, there are serious problems in trying to search the database. These problems have to do with the inconsistent spelling of surnames. Many passenger ship manifests are hand written, and can be hard to read. Add to this the fact that ethic names may not translate into English, and you get a great database where it can be next to impossible to find your ancestors.
NOTE: The Ellis Island Foundation sells copies of original ship manifests at three times the cost that the National Archives and Records Administration - a U.S. government agency. If you obtain the data such as the person's name, date of arrival, ship, and line number, you can order these EXACT same records at a reduced rate directly from the National Archives and Records Administration!
More information is here. They have forms they will mail you for free; request some forms from the Reference Services Branch (NNRS), National Archives, Washington, DC 20408. After you fill them out (they are not very difficult), they will send you a letter if they found the manifest. If they did, they will then request you mail back a confirmation and $10.00 USD and in a couple weeks you will get a huge copy of the original manifest. If you buy the manifests from Ellis Island, they are smaller, and costs up to 3 times the amount!.
WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT MY ANCESTOR'S SHIP?
The Morton Allen Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals. A directory of European passenger ship arrivals. For the years 1890-1930 - Port of NY, 1904-1926 - Ports of NY, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. (Remember, many immigrants did not come to Ellis Island, but Boston and other locations!) This book is available at most major libraries. It also has photos of the ships. ISBN 0-8063-0830-3
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