On: 1930s immigrants who Americanized their names earned more

[jpmattia]

It's worth noting: The passenger lists from Ellis Island are now online. http://www.ellisisland.org/search/index.asp

[elwell → jpmattia]

It's worth noting that the password requirements for an account on that site are insane:

  Password Must be 10 characters and begin and end with a number.

Yes, they actually mean exactly ten characters. And no, that's not has a number in it, that's begins and ends with a number.

[autodidakto → elwell]

How many people have 1234567890 as a password? Here's a login I made that anyone can use... Username: M8R-RSNT121 Pass: 1234567890

Also here is a third party search tool (that even ellis island website recommends over theirs): http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellisgold.html

Oddly, even that third party form has an "old version you probably shouldn't use". (The link takes you to "gold". The old one is "white").

For extra laughs, take a look at the URL when you view the ships manifest images.