Spokane Valley museum visitors can get help from staff and volunteers to look up ancestors listed on Ellis Island records. “If they know of ancestors who came through, we can help look up the ...

Over 12 million immigrants processed here on Ellis Island,” Lean said. Based on the most recent census data, nearly 750,000 New Yorkers reported Caribbean ancestry.

Statue City Cruises New York offers the only official ferry service to both Liberty Island and Ellis Island, making it the ...

It was a very special moment." Records revealed the real story of Annie Moore Despite what the song lyrics say, Smolenyak says the real Annie Moore was 17 when she arrived at Ellis Island.

Records Discovery Center (Courtesy Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation) Upon completion, the reimagined museum will offer self-guided tours in 12 different languages.

The Ellis Island Museum currently has over 65 million Port of New York arrival records from 1820 to 1957, which can include a person’s name, age, date of arrival, ship name, birthplace, last ...

That Ellis Island was not bulldozed was only because Congress never allocated enough money to do any large-scale project. In 1970, seeking to curry favor with Black voters and aid the cause of ...

Department of Data Ellis Island immigrants weren’t special — today’s newcomers succeed just as quickly How the work of amateur genealogists quietly forced us to rethink all our assumptions ...

Annual arrivals at Ellis Island grew from 200,000 in 1896 to 900,000 by 1905, requiring ever more doctors to perform exams. These took place after the new arrivals had deposited their luggage and ...

Ellis Island has him listed as John Tahy, who arrived in November 1915. The Ellis Island Web site not only lets you search the records, but when you find the record you want, you can view an image ...