MetaFilter posts tagged with database and search

Do you really know who people are?

tellurian — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:39:32 -0800

Criminal Searches - Making you feel safer or increasing your fear? No results for Theodore Kaczynski.

Ellis Island Immigration Records

BitterOldPunk — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:12:10 -0800

Got roots? The American Family Immigration History Center has made available online the passenger manifests for all the ships that docked at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924. It's searchable by name, and you can look at a photostat of the actual page of the manifest. I found my great-uncle (Demetrios Calisperis, from Samos, Greece, debarked Ellis Island Nov 1907, at age 11 -- hiya, Uncle Jim!). Free to register and search. Paid membership lets you build a family scrapbook about your ancestor that can be searched by other researchers.

Steven Den Beste — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:36:04 -0800

Isn't this how the IMDB got started? Maybe this guy will eventually be able to sell out. (But to who?)

jjg — Thu, 05 Oct 2000 11:52:44 -0800

One word: Creepy. (Note that IBM doesn't actually own this patent -- they just run the patent lookup service.) Props to Victor.