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  • Free passenger-arrival records for tracing U.S. immigrant ancestors.

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    The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Foundation provides an online search tool for historical U.S. arrival records, including Ellis Island and other ports of entry. The collection is aimed at family-history research and covers records from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, with supporting guidance for interpreting immigrant names and search results.

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  • Research Ellis Island arrivals and plan visits to Liberty Island.

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    The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Foundation site combines visitor information, educational material, and historical collections related to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Its discovery tools include an Ellis Island arrival records search, famous passenger material, educational resources, and an oral history project, alongside ticketing, donation, membership, and commemorative registry options.

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  • Guidance for tracing U.S. arrivals through federal passenger manifests.

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    This National Archives guide explains how to locate U.S. passenger arrival records for people entering from foreign ports, mainly from 1820 through 1982 with known gaps. It covers what details manifests may contain, where records are held, how to request copies, and when to use partner genealogy sites, FOIA, or USCIS instead.

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