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From: "Gloria Daum" <>
Subject: Fw: New Ship List
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 09:31:06 -0800

Good Morning all:

This was too good to keep to myself. Keep or delete, it's your choice.

Best, Gloria Daum

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> From: Carolyn J. Martin <>
> To:
> Subject: New Ship List
> Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 6:43 AM
>
> This is to advise you that a new Website is being developed by THE
> IMMIGRANT SHIPS TRANSCRIBERS GUILD, a group of over 100 volunteers who
> decided to transcribe NARA microfilmed passenger lists and make them
> freely available to anyone on the Internet.
>
> As of this date there are over 50 transcribed lists on this site and
> 100 more being >>worked on. In addition the GUILD has had 100 lists
> donated
> to the site and many sites >>agreeing to the linking of their ships and
> sites to the GUILD site and it is hopeful these >>will shortly be up on
> the
> site, which is still under construction.
>
> If you have a transcribed list or photocopies of a NARA list you'd
> like to donate you >>are asked to send an e-mail to the Site Coordinator
> at
> giving the name >>of the ship, the port of departure and
>
> date, the port of arrival and date. If you have a >>website with a
> transcribed list on it contact the Resource Coordinator at
>
> giving your URL, and all other information concerning the ships on your
>
> site. If you would >>like to volunteer to transcribe a list contact the
> Volunteer Coordinator at >>.
>
> The GUILD's site is located at http://iigs.rootsweb.com/immships
>
> This site is searchable by passenger name, date of arrival and ships
> name!
>

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