[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] New Find in EI Manifests

[Heinz Rode]

Mike, does your grandmother have a name? maybe some of us could go to Ellis Island and 
try to decipher her village.

Heinz Rode*************************

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael & Maureen McHenry" <maurmike1 at verizon.net>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: 12 February, 2006 12:58
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] New Find in EI Manifests


>I discovered something new in the ships manifests for the Ellis Island. At
> least it is new to me. My grand mother arrived on the Rhein May 12, 1906.
> The hand writing is so bad/weird I haven't been able to decipher her
> village. The writing is associated with one ships officer. I decided to page
> through the manifest to find his hand writing again. In doing so I came
> across detention lists made partly with a typewriter. My grand mother was
> among them because she lacked enough money to get from the ship to New
> Haven, CT. It notes she telegraphed husband for money and was released the
> following day and served meals. She was immigrant alien having been in the
> USA 1902-05. There was considerable list of people being detained. This list
> is not linked at the EI website. The manifest notes do not hint at detention
> in her case. These detention lists were at the very beginning of ship's
> manifests.
> Does anyone know what kind of documentation she would be carrying to prove
> her status? Obviously she didn't need to go through EI again as she was
> released directly from the ship.
> 
>                                        Mike