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Ancestry.com - More than Passenger Lists: The other Records of Ellis Island

By Rhonda McClure.

Ancestry.com - New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891

Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Ellis Island - Facts & Summary - History.com

From the History Channel. Interactive media site with video & audio clips, photographs, maps, timeline and more for Ellis Island.

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Ellis Island Quarantine, NY: Deaths in Quarantine, 1909-1911

Online searchable database and list of those who died in Quarantine from November 1909 through June 1911 in New York City while en route to Ellis Island.

Ellis Island: Doorway to Dreams

From Ancestry Magazine archives, Jan-Feb 1995, by Ted Naanes.

FamilySearch - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

Genealogy at a Glance: Ellis Island Research

From the special laminated "Genealogy at a Glance" series from Genealogical Publishing Company.

Immigrant Processing Centers for New York City

History of New York's immigrant processing stations, Ellis Island, the Barge Office & Castle Garden. Includes photos.

Immigration Genealogy Library - Immigration Research and Ellis Island

Ellis Island articles from Honoring Our Ancestors.

Irish Genealogy Toolkit - The Journey to Ellis Isand, New York

Liberty State Park

New York City and the Historical Ellis Island

One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Alternate search functions for many online databases. Includes tools for immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust research.

The Immigration Experience

An excellent account of immigration through the port of New York. Includes contemporary news articles on Castle Garden, the Barge Office, and an account of the new Ellis Island.

Wall of Honor :: American Immigrant Wall of Honor :: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.