Ellis Island
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The official website for Ellis Island provides stories of immigrant voyages to America, the history of Ellis Island, and a timeline that explores the evolution of this gateway to America. You can also browse through the Ellis Island scrapbook to see how the island has changed over time and read family histories. There is additional information about the many peoples and cultures that have come to “The Land of Opportunity.”Besides a great deal of information about immigration, there are also tools that allow you to search for information about ancestors that passed through Ellis Island and an entire section is devoted to geneaology that provides the basics for this fascinating type of research and tools to help you make your own family tree.
