When we genealogists think of immigration through New York City, which was the gateway for millions of our American ancestors, we tend to envision the huge facility Ellis Island, now a museum and ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "Slavic immigrant Ellis Is - 1905" ...

Millions of people passed through Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital between 1901 and 1924. A team of doctors performed tests to verify whether those entering the United States had any kind of contagious ...