The following URLs have excellent source material for researching heritage.
We suggest you visit:

Library of Congress, American Memory Collection containing Immigration/Ellis Island photography archives.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html

Using online resources to find personal stories on immigration:
http://atschool.org   (and click on Resources, and no, there is no "www" at the beginning)

Public Broadcasting Resources on Immigration Experiences
http://www.pbs.org

WNET-TV local pbs web site in NYC with "Voices" program teacher resources:
http://www.thirteen.org/
http://www.thirteen.org/nyvoices/video.html
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/index.html

The official Ellis Island web site for researching family members coming through Ellis Island at the turn of the 20th century:
http://www.ellisisland.org

This site has information about immigration history:
http://www.fairus.org

This includes a timeline of immigration policy and links to other immigration sites:
http://www.closeup.org/immigrat.htm

This site is about immigrants in the early 1900's, the government policy towards them, and how they werereceived here:
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture08.html
 

This site tells what life was like in the early 1900's if you were an immigrant:
http://web.simmons.edu/~wrightj/nyc/immigrate.html
 

These are different sites related to forms and paperwork for immigration and naturalization:
http://www.us-immigration-attorney.com
http://www.visapro.com
http://www.us-immigration-services.com/us21.html
http://www.usvisa.com/process_times.htm
http://www.howtoimmigrateusa.com
 

**Please note that at the writing of this page, these sources were available.  Web site addresses often change, and so we would welcome updates should these links become new ones.
 
 
 

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