A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The ...

When the passengers disembarked from the ship, Alfredo spotted Paula right away. “I saw her, then I couldn’t take my eyes off her,” he says. They each noticed the other’s gaze.

That would have been where most first- and second-class passengers were allowed to enter the country after a brief inspection — but steerage passengers were ferried to Ellis Island to be processed. My ...

There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records available on Ancestry.com and more.

Passports existed, but they were only universally adopted in 1920. Instead, when passengers first boarded a ship, they gave spoken answers to questions which were recorded in its manifest.

A 41-year-old man remains missing after he fell from a cruise ship off South Carolina over the holiday weekend, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. USCG photo by FN Andrew Ellis A 41-year-old man ...

A few years ago, on a trip to New York City, we visited Ellis Island, and Layla looked at the passenger database searching for our family name. I didn’t tell her how unlikely it was that she ...

A few years ago, on a trip to New York City, we visited Ellis Island, and Layla looked at the passenger database searching for our family name. I didn’t tell her how unlikely it was that she ...

Housed at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, the Ellis Island passenger database is scheduled to be launched Tuesday. It will contain the names of the more than 17 million passengers who arrived ...

The Growth Guide How to plan a genealogy trip to connect with your roots Ancestry trips are on the rise as consumer DNA test kits and digitized genealogical records ...