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Ancestry.com - A Present from the Past: An Ellis Island Experience

A description of a trip through Ellis Island, by E. Wade Hone.

Ancestry.com - Ellis Island: Doorway to Dreams

From Ancestry Magazine archives, by Ted Naanes.

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

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

Ellis Island - 1892

A description of the immigrant processing center written in 1892.

Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Ellis Island Records

Ellis Island: 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 Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in Ellis Island which was established in 1890 at the southeast foot of Manhattan, New York as a federal processing center for arriving immigrants when the Treasury Department assumed control of immigration in New York harbor and New York officials refused continued use of Castle Garden. Archives: browse or search.

FamilySearch.org - 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.

Genealogy Library - Links and Articles

Ellis Island articles from Honoring Our Ancestors.

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: Ellis Island History

Liberty State Park

New Jersey Governor's Advisory Committee on the Preservation and Use of Ellis Island

From the State of New Jersey. Plans regarding New Jersey's efforts to perserve and enhance 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.

ShopFamilyTree.com - Expert Webinars $

From Family Tree Magazine.

Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island

From the National Park Service.

The American Immigrant Wall of Honor