Genealogy Escape Room™: The Only Name Change at Ellis Island

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You are stuck at the Ellis Island Family History Center in New York City where you've been researching the "urban legend" that names were changed for arriving immigrants. It is mid-afternoon and you MUST locate information on FRANK WOODHULL, born 1858 in Canada, before the last ferry leaves at 4:30 pm!

It is rumored that Woodhull was THE ONLY PERSON who legally had their name changed at Ellis Island. You need to locate DEFINITIVE PROOF of the name change before you are stranded on the island!

NOTE: You are encouraged to use ANY online sites for GENEALOGY research including Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, WikiTree, and search engines including Bing and Google.

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Question 1: When did Frank WOODHULL arrive at Ellis Island?

Question 2: Why was Frank WOODHULL detained at Ellis Island?

Question 3: When Frank WOODHULL arrived at Ellis Island, where was he traveling from?

Question 4: What was Frank WOODHULL's legal name?

Question 5: What was the ailment from which Frank WOODHULL suffered?

Question 5: What were the reasons given by Frank WOODHULL for disguising his appearance?

Question 6: Locate Frank WOODHULL at WikiTree.com. Do you agree that the Frank WOODHULL detained at Ellis Island is the same Frank WOODHULL documented in marriage and census records at WikiTree?

Question 7: After reading newspaper accounts of Frank WOODHULL's Ellis Island experience and more recent articles about Frank WOODHULL, do you think modern perspectives suffer from "presentism"?

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