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Dddarwin@aol.com wrote:
> ANSWER TO BELOW:
>  
> Ann,
> If your Fischer/Fisher family immigrated around 1847 and 1862 you would not  
> have found them on the Ellis Island site. 
>  
> Ellis Island did not open until 1892.
> Gretchen
>  
>  
> ORIGINAL QUESTION:
>  
> From: "Don and Ann Derner" <donannd@shentel.net>
> Subject: look up  please
>
> Frederick Fischer born in 1841 may have emigrated on the Ship  Baltic, I 
> count no find him  on the Ellis Island site but i did find  mention of him on the 
> immgrant ship lists site, but when I found that ship I did  not see his name,  
> if anyone can find this ship with the Fischers  on  it I would appreciate a  
> look-up or anyother ships the William G fischer  born in Prussia in 1832 and  
> emgrated around 1856 and charlotte emigrated  around 1847 ,  they were married 
> probably in germany.  these fischer  lived in Tonawanda NY and Newstead ny i 
> have  written to the National  Archives and the Newstead library and so far 
> they have not answered me therefore  I need help in searching this line,  if 
> anyone has access to the 1915 ,  1920 or 1930 census records, I did read  on one 
> site the the 1930 census  for ny is not available ,  does any one know if this 
> is true, or not  ?
>
> ann derner 
> donannd@shentel.net
>
>
>
>
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