More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. It has since become a tourist attraction for at least one big reason: family history.

Today, a non-profit organization, aptly named Save Ellis Island!, is working to preserve these unsung structures. Through their efforts, and those of the National Park Service, the history of all ...

At the end of the 19th century, Ellis Island immigration station in New York became known as the gateway to America. Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants entered the United States through ...

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.

You can also do a little digging on your own family tree at the Family History Center. Other exhibits explore what immigration was like before and after Ellis Island. Though an audio guide is ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

Before founding Hale Kauai in 1945 with partners Sam Wilcox and William Moragne of Grove Farm, San Jose State graduate Wayne Ellis (1915-1991) had taught technical arts at Kauai High School and ...

Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...

From 1892 immigrants were taken to Ellis Island in New York to be 'processed'. They received a medical inspection and if they failed they were sent back to where they came from. For these ...