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" ...

NEW YORK — Rock band Foreigner is celebrating their golden anniversary at the same destination millions of foreigners first came to when arriving in America. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, known for ...

NEW YORK, May 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) awarded the 2025 Annual Ellis Island Medals of Honor, to 80 recipients including: Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden; ...

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 ...

During his travels from Pope Leo XIV's hometown, Dolton, Illinois, to Ellis Island, New York, Chicago priest Fr. Gary Graf ...