In 2025 the old "Ellis Island" database site (which I stayed up in the middle of the night to access when it first was launched on the Internet - contributing to the site crashing!) underwent some wonderful improvements thanks to major financial input: one hundred million dollar renovation to turn the museum into a state of the art experience which doubled the size of the museum.
Very basically, it's no longer just an Ellis Island site! Records from other ports of entry into the United States are going to be added to that database, an ongoing project: The plans are to include these ports. Check on progress of the project...
Baltimore, Maryland
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New Orleans, Louisiana
San Francisco, California
San Diego, California
Los Angeles (San Pedro), California
Charleston, South Carolina
Galveston, Texas
Ports in Florida
Hawaii,
Alaska,
Puerto Rico
Maybe more!
If you make it to New York City, you can go there with what you may know about your ancestor and a live person can help you use the database. "The Family History Center is located on the first floor of the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration."
STATUE OF LIBERTY ORG - THE "ELLIS ISLAND" SITE
HERITAGE STATUE OF LIBERTY - PASSENGER SEARCH (Click here to go directly to the passenger search database)
C 2026 Ancestry Worship - Genealogy BlogSpot
