The Passenger Search database on www.statueofliberty.org allows you to look for family members who arrived at Ellis Island from 1820 to 1957. Nearly 65 million passenger records are available for searching, and while some passenger records are more complete than others, the information may reveal name, age, date of arrival, ship name, nationality, birthplace, occupation, last residence overseas, and final destination - some even have information about how many bags a passenger had, the amount of money they carried, and where they stayed on the ship.
Chronicling America - Historic America Newspapers contains millions of digitised newspaper pages from 1777-1963 covering many US states and territories. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress, new batches of data from partner institutions are regularly added.
