Ancestry via Ellis Island?

The above picture is of the ship, the ship Germanic, which Alex sailed upon to the United States via Ellis Island.

As a student, I have had many instances in which I have learned about the historical significance of Ellis Island. I had always wondered upon the chance of one of my own ancestors having immigrated through that very port. After my grandmother and I ended our interview, I realized that the fact that Alexander had immigrated to the United States from Europe via Ellis Island stuck out to me more than anything else she had said. Intrigued by this thought, I jumped online to see if I could find any evidence documenting Alex's actual voyage.

After some searching around, I happened upon the Ellis Island Organization website. I searched the name Alexander Reed, only to have over a dozen results of individual passengers show up. Luckily I was able to narrow the field down until I finally found the record of my Alexander Reed.

According to the passenger record made available, I learned that Alex departed from Liverpool upon the ship Germanic. On October 31, 1902, Alex arrived in the United States. I was thrilled to find that a digital copy of the ship's manifest was available! Upon the manifest page #0303, manifest line #0020 lay Alex's name. Although only his name and gender were supplied, I found this to be a terrific discovery and used this info to further my research.