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.

Two weeks before Eugene Mentz arrived in Avigliano, Italy in September, he played the organ for the Italian language Mass at ...

The genealogy website MyHeritage posted online ... MyHeritage is billing the records as the Israeli version of the Ellis Island database, and historians and genealogists have endorsed this view ...

Ellis Island Tales From 1892 to 1924 nearly 16 million emigrants from Europe passed through Ellis Island a small block of land where a transit center was built near the New York Statue of Liberty ...

In January of 1892, the government opened a special building on Ellis Island to handle the massive numbers of new arrivals to the United States. Throughout the early 1800s, immigration rose and ...

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 ...

In the former president’s pitch to voters, historians hear echoes of the nation’s inescapable xenophobic history.

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 ...

Irish genealogy holds a profound significance for individuals ... Many traveling to America found their way to Ellis Island and once registering, began a new life in a new land. Visit the online ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...

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