European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10  . Worth living for genealogy Erma Bombeck Universal press Syndicate sources can researchers in  Here Are Only two monuments 1 h a i have Cut through the coldness of Brick Sand Metal to touch me on is the Vietnam War memorial in washing. Ton d.c., where i actually feel the haunting eyes behind those 58.000 names charge Iii me to never forget what War is really All by. About. /,.�/.&Quot a a / / y the Oiler is not the statue of l Liberty in new York Harbor but across from it Tel 1 is i sin n a. Where thou iinds of immigrants were processed before they entered America. A. Y 1.a few weeks ago in new York 1 look a Day off to look and listen to this place that for most of us. Was our beginning. A o Quot o. A a a a a j. As the ferry glided across . One a a could almost imagine that it was the turn of the Century and we were All seeing America for the  first time. The East of characters were All there. Most of the tourists on the boat were from other countries and spoke Little English. Children ran a. Restlessly through the crowds of people a group. Of japanese tourists slept on Long Bench is lip German women shared a Sandwich from a Haid. Bag and a Young scandinavian couple were in. Twined oblivious of the crowd. A a when Ellis Island appeared however there was a scrambling for rail space. The Captain am non need. Quot if you lost you r lunch come to the of fice. Please  no one laughed at the Dou Hie meaning. They were All focused on the Large Complex that for Many held part of their history. Lake a Small confused army we wandered aim.  through the reception room where the new. Corners had been assigned to Immi fat Ion. Offices medical facilities for physicals dining rooms Lor a food rooms lot laundry and Baths detention rooms for those who had to slay awhile Banks for those who had Money la Exchange transportation offices for tickets to new Homes and lunch Conn ters to Supply them with Box lunches for the trip l or die less than 2 percent who had to be turned Back there was a room for deportation a we filed through Lour floors of faces Oil the Walls representing every it h Nic group Vou Cuny . Read their diaries glimpsed their. Mounds of Luggage and sifted through their Mem or Ahilia of bibles toys dishes and photo albums to remind them  once were. To me both the Vietnam memorial and the one on Ellis Island have a lot in common. Dying Lor a country is the ultimate sacrifice hut living Lor it is just As courageous. Unless we have been there it is impossible to imagine the loneliness the exhaustion the sheer terror of wondering Ului would survive., a / it seems Only fitting on the fourth of july when we Sci Braie America s spirit to remember not Only those who died for us. But also those extraordinary people who struggled to build a Conn try Worth by Jig for a pc Springs eternal in the hearts of genealogists who arc always looking. For new places and sources . Their  a a. Research in Britain if the records you heed Are not in the family history Library in Salt Eake City can be difficult. Once you exhaust the records in this great repository where do you. Look there Are new research guide booklets to help. You find records in Britain that May enable you to  twisted roots. All Are available  from genealogical publishing co. 1 101 North Calvert St Baltimore md/21202 Tel 800-72-roots. Price Tor each Guidebook is listed a. Below. 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