Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Foundation
Research Ellis Island arrivals and plan visits to Liberty Island.
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.
Why it stands out
- Connects genealogy research with the official foundation behind the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island preservation work.
- Combines passenger-record discovery with museum, education, oral-history, and visit-planning resources in one place.
- Includes commemorative programs such as the Wall of Honor and founder/steward registries, not just standard archival search.
- Covers both the monument and immigration-site context, helping users understand the records historically.
Good to know
- Research coverage is centered on Ellis Island and related foundation collections, not every U.S. immigration port or record set.
- Saving and purchasing documents requires creating an account and accepting the site’s terms.
- The site mixes archival research with tickets, donations, memberships, and shopping, so some sections are transactional rather than research-focused.
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Family historians tracing ancestors who may have arrived through Ellis Island can search arrival records and related immigration materials. Plan a visit to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, or the immigration museum. Find classroom resources about U.S. immigration history and national monuments. Explore oral histories and notable passenger stories for context beyond raw records. Contribute to preservation efforts through donations, memberships, or registry programs.
Ellis Island arrival records search; Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island history sections; visitor and ferry ticket links; National Museum of Immigration information; educational resources; famous passenger profiles; oral history project; American Immigrant Wall of Honor search; donation, membership, shop, and registry options.
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Free passenger-arrival records for tracing U.S. immigrant ancestors.
Genealogy & family-history researchThe 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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Genealogy & family-history researchThis 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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- U.S. National Archives Immigration Records — archives.gov/research/immigration
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