The information on passenger records comes from passenger lists, called "ship manifests." Passengers were asked a series of questions; their answers were entered in the manifests. Ellis Island inspectors then used the manifests to examine immigrants. Click links at the left to view the passenger's ship and the manifest with the passenger's name. On some passenger records, click to read 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.) To save the passenger record, click "Add to Your Ellis Island File."