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  • Ellis Island arrival: two ships on the same date — how do you pick the right manifest?

    I'm searching historical records for my great-grandfather, who came through Ellis Island around 1910. The index shows two ships arriving on the same day, and the surname is spelled differently on each, so neither matches the family story exactly. How do you usually decide which manifest is the real one? Age and village of…

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