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 ...

NEW YORK (dpa) – All that’s known about Edith Miller is the name of the ship which brought her to the New World. At the time, her name was spelled “Mueller” in the German fashion and not the ...

The hospital opened in 1892, and serviced over 1 million patients until its closing in 1954. While most immigrants were not at risk of deportation for illness, 10-20% were temporarily detained for ...

Tourists at Ellis Island will soon be able to learn about recent immigrants to have moved to the United States, when they visit the new Ellis Island museum exhibit. The "Peopling of America: New Eras ...

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 ...

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 is the perfect adventure to see iconic city sites and dive into your family history. Ellis Island is accessible by a ferry from Lower Manhattan. It is a great place for families to spend ...

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 ...