Ellis Island Oral Histories Now Online
Starting today, a collection of more than 1,700 recorded oral histories from immigrants who arrived in the United States through Ellis Island will be available free online. The histories were recorded by the National Park Service starting in the 1970s and, until now, were only available to those visiting the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
Thanks to Ancestry.com, the tapes are now part of the site’s United States Immigration Collection. Not only can you check out the Ellis Island Oral History – which is free from today to Monday – as well as 170 million records including lists of passengers who immigrated to America between 1820 and 1960, more than 7 million citizenship and naturalization records, border crossings and passport applications, and more.
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