Re: Processing at Castle Garden #general
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N. Ring-Kendrick <adamsny@...>
In addition to what David has offered, please remember that Castle Garden has
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had several names thru the years. It is also called Castle Clinton, after Mayor DeWitt Clinton. In 1812 it was West Battery - originally built as a fort to protect the harbor of New York. Other hits by using your favorite search engine for Castle Clinton: Lower Manhattan Info - Did You Know? : http://www.lowermanhattan.info/history/didyouknow/castle_clinton_83528.asp Black and White images and a brief history: http://www.preserve.org/wtc/castle_clinton.htm Several great artist renderings of Castle Clinton, including the interior: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/finearts/nyc/battery/castle_clinton.html# You might also search the JewishGen Discussion Group Message Archives which go back to 1993. Castle Clinton and Castle Garden discussions are also available there and are very informative. http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~archpop Nancy Ring-Kendrick - Port Orange, FL Member: Society of American Archivists and Florida Society of Archivists. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/e/n/Nancy-R-Kendrick/?Welcome= 1019904850 BLOCH / DZIEKIEWICZ / KWASNEY or KWASNY / RING. ----- Original Message -----
From: "David J. Sencer" <djud@...> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:27:27 -0400 To: "JewishGen Discussion Group" <jewishgen@...> Subject: RE: Processing at Castle Garden There are a wonderful series of pictures available >from the New York Public |
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