Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...
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 ...
On Sept. 18, 1956, an ad in The Wall Street Journal attracted considerable attention. The federal General Services Administration announced that it was “now authorized to offer one of the most famous ...
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Florida's 'Ellis Island Of The South' Is Named For Its Historic Significance And Is One Of The State's Most Iconic Landmarks
The Miami skyscraper opened to the public in 2025 to celebrate its 100th year. Visitors can attend exhibitions to learn about ...
Ferry service from Hudson County to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty resumes Saturday following a two-month absence. Service from Liberty State Park to the Statue of Liberty National Monument ...
The Trump administration will keep the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island open during the partial government shutdown, the Interior Department revealed Wednesday — after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
“Yeah. They asked me about the family, whether I was a member of any political party, that type of thing. They made you fill out some sort of statement. I can’t remember what. The contents — I don’t ...
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million ...
Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. A new $100-million project aims to revitalize the ...
The museum looks at Italian migration history, not only for the peak years in the 19th and 20th centuries, but also from prehistoric times to the present. New York’s Ellis Island Museum pays tribute ...
A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a ...
From 1910 to 1940, a million immigrants seeking a better life in the U.S., most of them Chinese, were processed on Angel Island, a tiny dot of land in the San Francisco Bay, roughly 45 minutes from ...
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