The vessel still has some original details, including tongue-and-groove siding, and from the outside it still looks much as it did carrying passengers to Ellis Island. On the passenger deck ...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.

There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.