Posts about immigration records, emigration records, naturalization, permission to leave, passenger lists for genealogy research.
Have you discovered immigrants detained at Ellis Island in your genealogy research? Between 1880-1920, at least 20 million immigrants arrived at Ellis Island. The inspections they endured are well documented. But what happened to [...]
What were immigrant inspections at Ellis Island and other U.S. ports like for your ancestors? Best known of all immigrant arrival ports in the U.S., Ellis Island operated for just over 60 years. Most [...]
On our last trip to Manhattan, my husband and I made a beeline visit to The Tenement Museum in Manhattan at 97 Orchard Street. Given all the European immigrant ancestors in my family, I've been wanting [...]
Are you researching Irish immigrant girls in your family tree? Try the Watson House Digital Archives for more information on Irish immigrant girls who arrived in New York. Between 1856 and 1921, 3.6 million emigrants [...]
