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March 21, 2023 - EchoLIVE.ie - "Man related to Cork's Annie Moore writes musical about lives of immigrant women" by Colette Sheridan
March 21, 2023 - Medium - "Captured in Time: Nameless English Singing Girls upon Arrival in America in 1890" by Megan Smolenyak
March 17, 2023 - CNN - "Her name is on a pub, a boat and an AI platform. But what happened to the Irish teen who arrived at Ellis Island in 1892?" by Catherine E. Shoichet
February 17, 2023 - Irish Star - "Annie Moore: The first immigrant processed at Ellis Island and her life after arriving" by Brian Dillon
February 13, 2023 - Medium - "Captured in Time: Syrian Immigrant Sultana Numeir upon Arrival in America in 1890" by Megan Smolenyak
April 6, 2022 - Medium - "Captured in Time: The Immigrant Lillicrap Family upon Arrival in America in 1890" by Megan Smolenyak
March 25, 2022 - Medium - "Captured in Time: 8-Year-Old Percy Hemingway upon Arrival in America in 1890" by Megan Smolenyak
April 14, 2021 - Irish America - "Happy 20th Anniversary, Ellis Island Immigrant Database!" by Megan Smolenyak
April 14, 2021 - Medium - "Happy 20th Anniversary, Ellis Island Immigrant Database!" by Megan Smolenyak
January 22, 2021 - The Huffington Post - "How Sen. Jon Ossoff Paid Tribute To His Jewish Ancestors As He Was Sworn In" by Carol Kuruvilla
January 22, 2021 - The Jerusalem Post - "Jon Ossoff had a totem of his heritage in his pocket while joining Senate" by Philissa Cramer
December 21, 2020 - Medium - "Solving the Mystery of Arne Pettersen, the Last to Leave Ellis Island" by Megan Smolenyak
April 24, 2019 - The New Yorker - "The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration"
August 21, 2018 - Tampa Bay Times - "Immigration hardliner Ron DeSantis’ great-great-grandmother was nearly barred from America" by Steve Contorno
August 12, 2018 - Medium - "The Revolving Door Citizenship of Tomi Lahren’s Great-Great-Grandfather" by Megan Smolenyak
July 31, 2018 - Medium - "Meet Your Great-Great-Grandmother, Ron DeSantis" by Megan Smolenyak
June 21, 2018 - Irish Central - "Think your ancestors came here legally and 'waited their turn'? Think again" by Sheila Langan
June 21, 2018 - Huffington Post - "Trump Aide Stephen Miller, Meet Your Great-Grandfather, Who Flunked His Naturalization Test" by Lisa Belkin
June 20, 2018 - Yahoo News - "Trump aide Stephen Miller, meet your great-grandfather, who flunked his naturalization test" by Lisa Belkin
May 27, 2018 - Medium - "Why #WhereAreTheChildren Is Personal to Joaquín Castro" by Megan Smolenyak
May 11, 2018 - NBC Washington - "#HeyJohnKelly: Trump Chief of Staff Takes Heat Over Assimilation Comments" by Noreen O'Donnell
April 26, 2018 - Medium - "Why Hasn’t Devin Nunes Assimilated Yet?" by Megan Smolenyak
April 14, 2018 - Medium - "On the Prowl for Bruce Springsteen’s Irish Roots" by Megan Smolenyak
April 7, 2018 - The Roanoke Times - "CASEY: How would Rep. Bob Goodlatte's immigrant ancestor have fared under immigration reform?" By Dan Casey
March 21, 2018 - Medium - "Why Are Children and Grandchildren of Immigrants So Eager to Keep Immigrants Out?" (Rep. Bob Goodlatte) by Megan Smolenyak
February 13, 2018 - Medium - "Chain Migration: What’s Changed?" by Megan Smolenyak
December 31, 2016 - The Huffington Post - "125th Anniversary of Annie Moore and Ellis Island Reminds Us Why We Should Welcome Immigrants" by Megan Smolenyak
April/May 2016 - Irish America Magazine - Digital Edition [Pages 76 - 78] - "Annie Moore's Long Lost Irish Cousins" by Megan Smolenyak
March 30, 2016 - Megan Smolenyak YouTube Channel - "Annie Moore, 1st to arrive at Ellis Island, serenaded by her Irish cousin, tenor Paul Linehan" by Megan Smolenyak
March 30, 2016 - Irish America - "Celebrating the 2016 Irish America Hall of Fame" by Adam Farley
March 30, 2016 - The New York Times - "A New Verse in the Ballad of Ellis Island's First Immigrant" by Sam Roberts
October 26, 2015 - Huffington Post - "Best-Selling Author Lisa See Offers Valuable Chinese-American Genealogy Resource" by Megan Smolenyak
May 20, 2015 - Huffington Post - "Multi-Layered Celebration at Ellis Island" by Megan Smolenyak
January 23, 2014 - Irish Fireside - "The Best Genealogy Websites for Finding Your Irish Roots" by Megan Smolenyak
January 12, 2014 - The Post-Standard - "111-year-old Syracuse Irish woman the longest-living person in Irish history" by Sean Kirst
January 9, 2014 - Irish Central - "The longest-lived person ever born in Ireland? Kathleen Snavely, 111, here in greater Syracuse" by Sheila Langan
March 13, 2013 - The Kerryman - "A letter from America gets a reply - 29 years on!" by Dónal Nolan Read this article in PDF format
March 5, 2013 - Huffington Post - "Letter to Ireland Answered -- 28 Years Later" by Megan Smolenyak
December 17, 2012 - Huffington Post - "How You Can Help Ellis Island Rise Above the Waters" by Megan Smolenyak
October 28, 2011 - Huffington Post article - "Statue of Liberty: A Look Back On Her 125th Birthday" by Megan Smolenyak
October 3, 2011 - Huffington Post article - "Seeds of a Trans-Atlantic Reunion" by Megan Smolenyak
April 15, 2011 - Huffington Post article - "2011 Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards" by Megan Smolenyak
December 16, 2010 - Huffington Post article - "Steven Tyler: I've Got a Crush on Steven Tyler's Grandfather" by Megan Smolenyak
August 18, 2010 - Huffington Post article - "Following the Trail of the Oldest Living Irishwoman" by Megan Smolenyak
May 21, 2010 - Huffington Post article - "Bret Michaels: The Rusyn Roots of the Rock of Love" by Megan Smolenyak
May 11, 2010 - Huffington Post article - "Annie Moore and Bruce Springsteen: Living the Dream" by Megan Smolenyak
Bruce Springsteen at Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards
April 22, 2010 - Huffington Post article - "2010 Ellis Island Awards: A Useful Reminder of the American Dream" by Megan Smolenyak
March 8, 2010 - Huffington Post article - "120 Years of Smolenyaks in America: A Note of Gratitude from a Great-Granddaughter" by Megan Smolenyak
October 15, 2008 - The Irish Echo article - "Annie's Place" by Ray O'Hanlon
October 13, 2008 - Irish Times article - "Ellis Island's first immigrant honoured" by Lucy Kennedy
October 8, 2008 - The Irish Echo article - "Annie's Day" by Ray O'Hanlon
October 3, 2008 - Huffington Post article - "Seeds of a Trans-Atlantic Reunion" by Megan Smolenyak
December 28, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Ellis Island Re-Launches"
November 2, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Database Diving in the Hamburg Emigration Database"
October 21, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Database Diving in Ancestry's Immigration Collection"
July 16, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Ships Lists Form for the Ellis Island Database"
May - June 2004 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Speeding Up Your Search for Immigrants" Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots.
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May 14, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Finding Knute Rockne in the Ellis Island Database"
April 26, 2003 - The Oklahoman article - "Book Facilitates Finding Immigrant Ancestors" by Sharon Burns.
April 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "US Passport Applications" Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots.
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May/June 2002 - Family Chronicle article - "Maximizing Your Mileage from the Ellis Island Database" Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots. Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle. Text also available at About.com