Genealogical Library
Immigration/Ellis island
Take a look at the 2005 Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards
Those wishing to search the Ellis Island database using Steve Morse's amazing tools should
be aware that they are located at www.stevemorse.org. Please update your bookmarks!
be aware that they are located at www.stevemorse.org. Please update your bookmarks!
- They Came to America - Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors
Companion to the PBS They Came to America special. Includes a process and worksheets designed to focus your research. - 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
- August 18, 2007 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "So That's What He Looked Like!"
- June 22, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Immigrant Bonanza"
- 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 article - "Speeding Up Your Search for Immigrants"
Read this article in PDF format. Includes photos and screenshots.
Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Ancestry magazine. Or click here to read without images - May 14, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Finding Knute Rockne in the Ellis Island Database"
- April-June 2004 - Genealogical Computing article - "Steve Morse: A Genealogical Mensch"
- 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.
Published by and provided here with the kind permission of Family Chronicle. - July 22, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "A Stoop on Orchard Street"
- January 30, 2003 - Ancestry Magazine article - "They Came To America"
- January 2, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "PBS Special on 8 January 2003: They Came To America"
- December 5, 2002 - Ancestry Daily News article - "New Ellis Island Database Search Tools"
- August 7, 2002 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Finding Missing Manifests in the Ellis Island Database"
- July 16, 2002 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Ellis Island Database Tips"
- 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 - April 25, 2002 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Ellis Island Experiment"
- April 17, 2002 - Ancestry Daily News article - "How Accurate Is the EIDB Transcription?"
