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Using this guide to Ellis Island.org will help you understand the website by giving you a step-by-step guide to using the site. I have used this site to research my family heritage and it was helpful. If you have AOL parental controls you need to have pre teens or higher to get on to the site. To get home from anyplace on this site just click on Ellis Island.org at the top of the page.
Passenger Search
Here you can search for an immigrant that came through
Ellis Island between the years of 1892 through 1924. To do so you have
to click on the words “Passenger Search” near the top of the page. Then
click on “new search” if you are starting a new search or click on “saved
search” if you have already started a search and have saved it. If you
click new search a space on the screen will appear where you type in the
name of the passenger who came through Ellis Island. Once you have typed
in the correct name on the correct lines, and the country they came from
next to where it says country (Origin) click continue. If they have the
name on record, a list of people will come up, then select the correct
person. When selected a list of information about the person will appear.
If they don't have the name on typed on record, a list of options will
appear. Select the one you like by clicking on the white circle next to
the option you like. Then click on “Search on the checked name choice”.
If a list of names appears, select the correct name, information on the
person will appear. If the list of options appears again the option you
just selected will not be on the list. From here you can select another
option and continue searching by repeating the steps.
The Immigrant Experience
In this page there will
be two links. They are:
Family History
If you click on family history
some pictures of people will appear you can click on any one of the pictures
to read their stories on immigration
The People of America
In the people of America
a timeline and graph will appear. You can click on each section of the
time line to get information about each time period. At the bottom of the
page there are “next time period” and “last time period” using them you
can change to another time period.
Purchases
You can purchase items on
this site as well
Gift Shop
You can buy items at the
gift shop by clicking on “Gift Shop” and then click on the item you want
to purchase (Remember to get your parents permission before purchasing
anything).
Find and Purchase Passenger Documents
Here you can purchase copies
of passports, birth certificates, tickets and other important papers. To
do so type in the name of the passenger and you can purchase their documents.
Wall of Honor
Here you can search the Wall of honor by clicking
on “search now” under the wall of honor. Then click on “search the wall”
and type in the name of the person and the name of the country they came
from, then click on “start search”. If the name of the person is on he
wall of honor a grid will appear with the name. Under the grid is a subscription
for Ellis Islands to e-mail you about changes on the wall. Other parts
of the wall of honor are
| History Center News | Read about the Ellis Island web site. |
| Discover your Roots | Gives you a summary of what you can do on the Ellis Island site. |
| Link to your Heritage | They tell you that you can also go to geneology.com to research your family heritage. |
| Honor your Grandparents | In here it tells you a few ways to honor the people who came here. |
| Related Links | Lists a few links to related sites. |
| Ellis Island.org | Brings you to home. |
Build a Family Scrapbook
You can build a family scrapbook or view public
scrapbooks. To build a scrapbook you need to be a member, if you are not
a member and you want to become one you can by going down to where it says
“become a member for $45.00 a year. If you don't want to become a member
you can look through public scrapbooks. You can do so by clicking “search
public scrapbooks” then you can search for a scrapbook by title, keywords
and/or member names
The Center on Ellis Island
Here there is a place that will help you prepare
for a visit to the site. You can prepare for a “search session” or a “scrapbook
session” they can help you prepare by telling you about the subject the
session is about. On the bottom of the home page there is a brought to
you by area each one of the symbols in this area is a link to that site.
Another thing about this site is there might be advertisements in the box
on the right side of the row of black boxes.
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