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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 2,092 Send Message	Kathlyn	Report	20 Nov 2009 18:11
	I have just found the family I am looking for on the ships passenger list to the States but find they have all been crossed through thy mother and 7 children. I think the husband may have gone on an earlier voyage. Any ideas as to why the whole family were crossed through? KATHLYN
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	20 Nov 2009 18:27
	I find that a lot of names on the Ellis Island site have been crossed through but I don't know why. I don't think that it means they didn't make the voyage. I have seen cases where someone "missed the boat" as it were but that's usually made note of at the bottom of the page. Do you know if your family actually made the voyage?
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 2,092 Send Message	Kathlyn	Report	20 Nov 2009 18:32
	Hi Margaret, Yes, I have found them on the 1930 American census, and since putting this Q on here, I have found that the husband was a ships fireman, so I will see if i can locate him. Kathlyn
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 1,241 Send Message	Wildgoose	Report	20 Nov 2009 22:18
	Perhaps it is like the census pages with crossing out - usually obliterating the ages which is just what you wanted to know!
	Researching: Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk