On 17 April, The American Family Immigration History Center will open
on Ellis Island, to great fanfare. Genealogists all over will be
logging in to search the newly created database of passenger arrival
records of 17 million people who immigrated through the port of New
York from 1892-1924.
Ellis Island stands as one of the most prominent and recognized
symbols of American immigration, with around 5,000 visitors a day
walking through the same halls that many of our ancestors passed
through so many years ago.
To celebrate this historic opening, Ancestry.com will be featuring
articles and Web pages to help you locate your immigrant ancestors.
Look for articles to help you get the most from passenger arrival
records, and take you beyond Ellis Island to follow up with other
resources. For those who are unable to locate their ancestors in
passenger arrival records, we will look at alternative sources.
Stay tuned for all the latest information on the events planned.
For more information, see the Immigration History Center page at:
www.ellisisland.org/history.html
Ancestry Daily News
