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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Islander80-83, post: 3728069, member: 104278&quot;]Just as a side note, don&#039;t want to sidetrack this thread.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Hundreds of thousands of immigrants that came through Ellis Island in the 18/1900&#039;s with no paperwork and couldn&#039;t speak English, were given paperwork that said: Date of Birth July 4, ______ </p><p><br /></p><p>There were so many immigrants coming through Ellis Island.&nbsp; Immigration officers that couldn&#039;t communicate with the immigrant, just guessed their age and filled in the year they thought they were born.&nbsp; There saw no time or resources to verify anything, they just pushed them through.......<b>Next!</b>&nbsp; &nbsp; <b>Next!</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Next!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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