Washington Avenue Immigration Station opened 19 years before Ellis Island, welcoming more than one million immigrants from ...

In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...

(Image via 101 Studios/Paramount+) Historical records confirm that immigrants arriving at Ellis Island did undergo medical examinations. Most inspections were brief, lasting only a few seconds ...

They include details such as the name of immigrants ... MyHeritage is billing the records as the Israeli version of the Ellis Island database, and historians and genealogists have endorsed ...

Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...

The aftermath of explosions on nearby Black Tom Island. Courtesy of Jersey City Past and Present. The first immigration station at Ellis Island opened in 1892. In that first year, the new ...

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...