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Thursday, 30 November 2006 |
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British Database Traces Kin Of Trump, Cruise And More
 (CBS) The ancestry of some famous Americans, including Tom Cruise, Halle Berry and Donald Trump, is revealed in immigration records released Thursday by a British genealogy Web site.
The Web site Ancestry.co.uk launched over 100 million U.S. immigration records from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, showing a list of passengers on voyages from the British Isles to the United States between 1820 and 1960.
"Without question, the millions of names in the Ancestry passenger lists represent brave and colorful individuals who played a significant role in shaping what has become modern America," said Simon Harper, the Web site's managing director.
The records show date, departure port, destination, age, nationality, occupation, accompanying family members and purpose of travel, among other criteria.
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