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* Arrival Time: Ellis Island opened as a U.S. immigration depot this week in 1892. It served as a gateway to America for more than 12 million immigrants before it was closed in 1924. You can search to see if your family name is inscribed at the American Immigrant Wall of Honor (https://www.wallofhonor.com/). Or pass through Ellis Island Online (https://www.ellis island.org/), where you can explore the immigration museum and read about the American Family Immigration History Center, which is still under development. Current photos of Ellis Island are at https://www.icgnet.com/users/phil/ruins/ellis/index.html, and stereoscopic photographs (not in 3-D here) from the early 20th century are at https://cmp1.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.html. The American Immigration Center (https://www.us-immigration.com) has chats, bulletin boards, citizenship tutorials, immigration laws, visa information and more.

* Maybe, Maybe Not: Thursday is National Make Up Your Mind Day. There’s a virtual rock, paper, scissors game for the “chronically indecisive” at https://www.2street.com/rock-paper-scissors/

* PB&George;: Back in the early 1860s, they didn’t always pay much mind to things like birth dates. So it’s impossible to know exactly what day George Washington Carver first arrived. Some peg it at Jan. 4, which is a good enough reason to take a look at the amazing contributions of one of the first and most famous African American inventors. For a bio and list of the synthetic products Carver developed, go to https://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/carver.html. It names such household items as peanut butter, shoe polish and Worcestershire sauce. The George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamon, Miss., is online at https://www.coax.net/people/LWF/carver.htm

* Sioux Remembrance: It was today in 1890 that more than 250 Sioux men, women and children were killed in the Massacre at Wounded Knee. A brief history of what happened is at https://www.vt.edu:10021/D/dsebolt/knee.html, along with information about the “simple stone marker” that commemorates the South Dakota massacre. A more detailed account of what happened to Big Foot and his tribe can be found at https://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/june95/lakota/Wounded_Knee.html

* March of Dimes: Not only is January March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month, but Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the March of Dimes. The group’s Web site (https://www.modimes.org/) has information on birth defects, infant health statistics, a resource center and how to get involved. The March of Dimes is a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality.

* Union Jobs: The Union Jobs Clearinghouse is a . . . clearinghouse for union jobs. Actually, the UJC lists organized-labor staff openings. It also posts apprenticeships and trades positions. The UJC can be found at https://www.unionjobs.com

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