Often times when searching genealogical records from any given “large” database site it can be easy to get lost or not find what you KNOW should be there because of the search tools that are provided to search the site.
Stephen Morse has an incredible site he calls “A One Step Portal for On-Line Genealogy” on which he has built some very advanced search pages to search the following records:
Ellis Island, Other Ports, US Census, Canada/UK Census, New York Census, Vital Records, Calendars, Maps, etc., Foreign Alphabets, Holoc & East Europe, Genetics (DNA), Creating your own Search Applications
And More… bookmark this one and make sure to read the How to Use this site file he has.
Even if you have searched some of the sites on your own you may want to consider giving it a try again, especially if you have come up “blank” in the past and feel confident that your ancestor should be listed.
Happy Trails..
