Only immigrants who had traveled in the often unsanitary conditions of third class (steerage) were subjected to the Ellis Island inspections; wealthier passengers from first and second class were ...

If the ship passed its health inspection, the first and second-class passengers would be interviewed and processed onboard. During Ellis Island's first few decades, immigrants to the US did not ...

As the very first person to pass through Ellis Island’s immigration station, Moore’s arrival was met with much fanfare and her name was cemented in the history books. However, the story of ...

This article contains SPOILERS for 1923 season 2, episode 3.Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) had a harrowing trip through Ellis Island in 1923 ... to Alexandra's first moments in America.

The majority of immigrants who passed through California’s immigration station, Angel Island ... passengers by nationality and class. Europeans and others in first and second class were usually ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On January 1, 1892, Ellis Island in New York City officially opened. It became one location where millions of immigrants arriving to the United ...

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. A new $100-million project aims to revitalize ...

Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of people who were processed on Ellis Island before its immigration facility closed in 1954. In 2014, she told the BBC about reaching the gateway to the US ...