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| The passenger record lists detailed information on the passenger.
You can click to view the ship, the ship manifest, and any annotations for the record. To save the
passenger record, click "Add to Ellis Island File." |
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Where Did Passenger Information Come From? |
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How Can I Use the Manifest? |
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What Are "Annotations"? |
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Where Did Passenger Information Come From?
The companies that transported immigrant passengers kept detailed passenger lists, called "ship manifests."
Manifests were filled out not at Ellis Island but at the immigrants' ports of departure. Passengers were
asked a series of questions; their answers were entered in the manifests. Ellis Island inspectors then
used the manifests to examine immigrants.
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How Can I Use the Manifest?
You can choose to view the original manifest or a "text version" of the manifest, transcribed for easy
reference.
On the text version, click a different passenger's name to see that passenger's record and related
materials. To save and purchase, click "Original Manifest."
On the original manifest, note your passenger's line number; then click the magnifying tools to zoom in
or out. Click the left and right "page turner" arrows to find the passenger's name. You can quickly
purchase a page by clicking "Add to Shopping Cart." Or, to see all available framing options, save the
manifest page by clicking "Add to Ellis Island File"; then click the "Purchase Items" button in Your
Ellis Island File. You can also find frames in the Gift Shop.
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What Are "Annotations"?
On some passenger records, you can also click to read passenger information added to the Community Archive
by members of the Foundation. (If you're a Foundation member, you'll be able to add annotations of your
own.)
Annotations give expanded information about the passenger, supplementing the original record and adding
information about the passenger's life in the United States.
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