Genealogy search guru Steve Morse has given genealogists everywhere a new holiday gift - a new search feature called the Gold Form that allows you to search all 25 million passengers in the Ellis Island database on every transcribed field. Best of all, there is no required field, so you can search without a name. A great solution to the difficulty caused by the many misspelled names in the Ellis Island database.

Many of us use Steve's great search forms as a first stop for searches in the Ellis Island database, as well as the U.S., British and Canadian census, and various vital records databases. This new gold form is definitely his best, however. With it you can locate individuals in the Ellis Island database by using the details you do know to narrow down the results without having to enter names. Try it for yourself at stevemorse.org.
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