General Resource Sites

• The American Immigrant Wall of Honor 
• Ancestry.com - Ellis Island: Doorway to Dreams 
  From Ancestry Magazine archives, by Ted Naanes.
• 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 - 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.
• Deep links spark fight on content at Web site 
  Online article on the Ellis Island database.
• 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: 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.
• Ellis Island Immigration Museum 
• Ellis Island Records 
  • Archives 
  • Genealogy 
  • History 
  • Immigrants 
  • Records 
• Family Search Record Search 
  Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
  • New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) 1892-1924 
• 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 
• 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.
• Liberty State Park 
  • Ellis Island 
  • History of Ellis Island 
  • The Immigrant Journey 
    A description of the immigrant experience centering around Ellis Island.
• 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.
  • Castle Garden years (1855-1891) plus other New York Arrivals 
  • Ellis Island Search Forms and Ship Arrivals 
    One-Step search of Ellis Island immigration records covering the years 1892 to 1924. Includes Missing Manifests Search and Morton Allan Directory. This search requires a subscription to a pay-for-use database.
• Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island 
  From the National Park Service.
  • Ellis Island 
    From 1892 to 1954, over 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States through Ellis Island in New York harbor. The official NPS web site regarding the history and current preservation of Ellis Island. Includes visitor information.

Ellis Island Online Database

• Ellis Island - FREE Port of New York Passenger Records Search 
  Online searchable database of over 22 million passenger names covering roughly 70% of the immigrants processed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.

• Finding Missing Manifests in One Step 
• Finding Original Passenger Manifests Without a "View Original Manifest" Button 
• Reviews & News:
  • Ellis Island Search Engine Has Great Shortcomings 
    By Gary Mokotoff, for the Nu? What's New? newsletter and Avotaynu.
  • Ellis Island Website Flooded 
    A traffic onslaught overwhelms a major new genealogy database. Online article from TechTV.
  • Ellis Island Web Site Leaves Visitors Adrift 
    New York Times.
  • He is on the 1914 Manifest! 
    Article by Michael John Neill on using the Ellis Island Web site to find an entry on a 1914 manifest.
  • InternetWeek > Ellis Isle: Uptime Comeuppance 
    "The Ellis Island site failure continues to serve as a painful reminder that uptime cannot be taken for granted when building a Web site."
• Ellis Island Database One-Step Search Tools 
  • Finding Missing Manifests in One Step 
    Custom interface for the database, by Stephen P. Morse.
  • Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step 
    Custom interface for the database, by Stephen P. Morse.
  • Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step (Jewish Passengers) 
    Custom interface for the database, by Stephen P. Morse.
  • Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step (Short Form) 
    Custom interface for the database, by Stephen P. Morse.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

• Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957 
  From National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
  • Book Indexes to New York Passenger Lists, 1906--1942 
    List of microfilm series T612. 807 rolls.
  • Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, June 16, 1897--June 30, 1902 
    List of microfilm series T519, 115 rolls.
  • Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, July 1, 1902--December 31, 1943 
    List of microfilm series T621. 755 rolls.
  • Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York, 1944-48 
    List of microfilm series M1417. 94 rolls.
  • Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1897--1957 
    List of microfilm series T715. 8,892 rolls.
  • Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820--1897 
    List of microfilm series M237, 675 rolls.
  • Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789--1919 
    List of microfilm series M1066, 27 rolls.

Our Name Was Changed at Ellis Island

• Name Meanings & Language Info 
  Scroll a third of the way down the page for an excerpt from "Ellis Island's Myths and Misconceptions".
• They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island 
  Article by Donna Przecha.
• Why U Can't Find Your Ancestors Misspeld Knames — A Commun Probblem for Reeserchors  
  From RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees.

Photographs, Exhibits and Tours

• History Channel Exhibits: Ellis Island 
• Images From the History of the Public Health Service 
  • Ellis Island Trachoma Inspections 
  • Ellis Island Quarantine 
• Immigration: Ellis Island Virtual Tour 
• Keystone-Mast Collection: Immigration 
  University of California, Riverside, Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography. Photographs of immigrants, ships & Ellis Island.
• Roland Marchand's Slide Collection - Immigration 
  Scanned photographs from various phases of the immigration process and society's views of the new arrivals.
  • Arrival 
    Various scanned pictures of immigrants and the facilities at Castle Garden and Ellis Island.
• Selected Images of Ellis Island and Immigration, ca. 1880-1920 
  From the Collections of the Library of Congress.
• Wilton S. Tifft Photography - Ellis Island 

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Rhonda R. McClure Genealogical Services 
  Solid experience in most of the United States as well as Canada, France and Italy, with regional specialties in New England, New York, Midwest and Southern states. In addition to these regions, there are certain research specialties including immigrant research (going beyond the basic passenger lists), Native American research, compiling of family histories, and editing.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Ellis Island 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Ellis Island 
    A book by Georges Perec.
  • Ellis Island and the Peopling of America : The Official Guide 
    A book by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin & Marjorie Lightman.
  • Ellis Island: Echoes from a Nation's Past 
    A book by Lewis Hine.
  • The Ellis Island Experience 
    A CD-ROM by SouthPeak Interactive.
  • Ellis Island Gateway to America 
    A book by Loretto D. Szucs.
  • Ellis Island : Gateway to the American Dream 
    A book by Pamela Kilian & Pamela Reeves.
  • Ellis Island Interviews 
    A book by Peter Morton Coan.
  • Ellis Island : New Hope in a New Land 
    A book by William Jay Jacobs.
  • Historical Aspects of the Immigration Problem: Select Documents 
    A book by Edith Abbott.
  • If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island 
    A book by Ellen Levine.
  • Immigration: Select Documents and Case Records 
    A book by Edith Abbott.
  • Journey to Ellis Island 
    A book by Carol Bierman & Laurie McGaw.
  • Keepers of the Gate: A History of Ellis Island 
    A book by Thomas M. Pitkin.
• Ellis Island Database Name Permutations 
  Software which provides alternate spellings with which to search the Ellis Island database.
• Ellis Island: Tracing Your Family History Through America's Gateway 
  A book by Loretto Dennis Szucs.

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