Dear James,
Keeping the Ellis Island Records database free for you to use has been my goal since we launched it ten years ago -- and twelve billion hits later! I'm proud of that achievement, and hope you will keep using it for your family research needs. But keeping it free is more difficult than ever.
To put it bluntly, I need your help today to keep the Ellis Island Records Free to the public. We are not a commercial website. We are a non-profit organization and we need the public's generosity to keep going.
Won't you please visit us again and make a special contribution to our work today? Any amount you give will be appreciated, but please act today!
Ellis Island holds a special place for Americans because it stands for the courage and hope your ancestors had in coming here. The fact that we've made the written records of your family's arrival from an earlier age available at the click of a button is a remarkable technical achievement. But nothing changes the fact that we depend on the public's generosity -- your generosity -- to continue this service!
Ellis Island and The Statue of Liberty are our greatest monuments to freedom and opportunity, and Ellis Island Online is keeping the memories of generations of immigrant Americans alive now and into the future. Won't you please be a part of that future with a contribution today?
Thank you so much!
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