[TI] [Fwd: names]

[Laura Johnson]

Joanne

This isn't quite true. The manifests were filled out BEFORE the ships 
departed for the US.  Officials at Ellis Island did not change the 
names.  Name changes were more often made AFTER the left Ellis Island as 
the immigrants tried to assimilate into their new surroundings. 

Below are just a few of the many articles about the myth of names being 
changed at Ellis Island:
http://www.genealogy.com/88_donna.html
http://genealogy.about.com/od/ellis_island/a/name_change.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	names
Date: 	Mon, 11 May 2009 16:01:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: 	alaica at comcast.net
To: 	terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org



Do not forget to mention that when immigrants came to Ellis Island, 
sometimes their names were changed by the immigration officials; for 
example, my aunt Concetta was rechristened Mary and my aunt Antonina was 
called Lena; my mother got to keep her given name Philippa.  Joanne 
Bufalini Alaica  (my mother's name was Ragona)