Ancestry.com announced it is providing free access to the most extensive immigration records collection online through December 31, 2006.
You will need to register at the Ancestry site. On November 9, Ancestry released the most comprehensive collection of US passenger list records from 1820 to 1960. The offer of free access is to mark the expansion of the passenger list collection which
now covers almost all US immigration records. Immigration database additions include Detroit border crossings (1905 to 1957), emigrants from Baden-Wurttemburg (1735 to 1930), more years for the ports of New York and Boston, and more.
To compliment the immigration collection, Ancestry also introduced an interactive site on the immigration experience. The site delves into the details of the immigrant experience, illustrating the story of immigration from start to finish through photos, maps, and oral histories. Users can access the site at www.ellisislandexperience.com
posted by Elaine
