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Castle Garden CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.

Ellis Island Throughout the last decade, widespread use of technology and the Internet have fueled significant advancements in the field of genealogy making it more popular now than ever before. In response to the frequent questions from the millions of visitors to Ellis Island each year, we offer some basic assistance to help you in the pursuit of your own family history.

Ethnic Index The Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) was organized in 1992 as an umbrella organization that promotes family research in eastern and central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions. It provides a forum for individuals and organizations focused on a single country or group of people to exchange information and be updated on developments in the field. While it primarily serves the interests of North Americans in tracing their lineages back to a European homeland, it welcomes members from all countries

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is a website containing 9,000+ free passenger lists in 10 volumes for use in genealogical research.

Immigration Ship Passenger Lists Genealogy Resources & Records - Immigrant Ship Lists has actual Italian, Scottish, German and Irish ship passenger lists, as well as links to other emigrant ships manifests online.

Italian Passenger Lists This site contains passenger lists for immigrant ships from Sicilian ports of embarkation.