For most immigrants traveling to America, name changes didn’t occur at Ellis Island. The changes were usually made in their home country. In this talk, co-hosted by Untappd New York’s ...
Ellis Island's successful tenure offers a sharp contrast to the failures of our recent open-border catastrophes.
Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also an island ...
Though the United States has not welcomed immigrants through Ellis Island since the federal immigration station closed in 1954, it is believed that about 40 percent of Americans can trace their ...
Spokane Valley museum’s new Ellis Island exhibit lets visitors learn about their ancestors’ journeys
Many U.S. families can trace ancestors who first arrived in America to Ellis Island, where more than 12 million immigrants came through between 1892 and 1924. Now through July 31, the Spokane Valley ...
The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration is undergoing a $100 million renovation, which will include new exhibits and accessibility upgrades. The island was used to process more than 12 million ...
An Internet archive of Ellis Island immigration records is invaluable, genealogists say. "If your ancestors came here in the late 1800s, it's a wonderful research tool," said Margaret Harmon, a ...
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. But ...
Contributor John Fay shares the lesson he learned while searching for his family's Irish ancestry. My Aunt Kathleen is the family genealogist. She literally wrote the book on our Irish American family ...
Climate change threatens to drown Ellis Island. The gateway to the United States for 12 million immigrants holds a precarious place amidst rising seas on a warming planet. One model predicts the ...
A popular off-Strip casino is undergoing a $35 million makeover. The multimillion-dollar project at Ellis Island will expand the gaming floor and include several additions to the property, such as a ...
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Another hotel and casino is getting in on the Formula 1 fun. Ellis Island has partnered up with the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix to be an official venue. The ...
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