Some 276,000 patients were admitted to the medical facility between 1892 and 1951. But the abandoned complex has long been overlooked, and preservationists are fighting to save it ...

An Internet archive of Ellis Island immigration records is invaluable, genealogists say. "If your ancestors came here in the late 1800s, it's a wonderful research tool," said Margaret Harmon, a ...

All of my grandparents emigrated from St. Kitts. Records of my paternal grandparents are available on the Ellis Island website between 1912 and 1922, but none of my maternal grandparents can be ...

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Many U.S. families can trace ancestors who first arrived in America to Ellis Island, where more than 12 million immigrants came through between 1892 and 1924. Now through July 31, the Spokane Valley ...

Long before mass migration, Italians lived and worked in colonial America as traders, soldiers, and missionaries ...

The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration is undergoing a $100 million renovation, which will include new exhibits and accessibility upgrades. The island was used to process more than 12 million ...

Contributor John Fay shares the lesson he learned while searching for his family's Irish ancestry. My Aunt Kathleen is the family genealogist. She literally wrote the book on our Irish American family ...

The museum’s revitalization project will be completed by 2026. Courtesy Paul Seibert/Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Ellis Island was once home to the largest and busiest immigrant ...