There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records available on Ancestry.com and more. Check out our list of ways you ...

(Image via 101 Studios/Paramount+) Historical records confirm that immigrants arriving at Ellis Island did undergo medical examinations. Most inspections were brief, lasting only a few seconds ...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century ... historic site also include plans to more than double the number of records available to visitors who hope to trace their families’ stories ...