Ellis Island Records! BEST Search Strategies

The free Ellis Island Passenger Search database is home to 65 million records of passengers arriving at the Port of New York from 1820 to 1957. Kathryn Marks, Manager at The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation explains the best strategies for finding your ancestors' passenger list records in the Passenger Search Database on the Ellis Island website. Along the way, you'll learn some surprising facts about Ellis Island and these invaluable records that will have your genealogy jumping for joy! ✔ SHOW NOTES: lisalouisecooke.com/2023/06/29/ellis-island-record… Get all my video show notes pages here: lisalouisecooke.com/elevenses/ (Premium Member Bonus Downloadable PDF in the Resources section.) 💎 Become a Premium Member here: lisalouisecooke.com/premium-membership/ ⌚ Jump to Video Sections: 0:00 Introduction (More to come) 00:45 What are passenger lists 01:07 Information in the records 02:16 Other records 04:09 Years covered Port of NY Records 04:16 Castle Garden Records Years 04:47 19th century records Customs Lists 05:17 Ellis Island Fire Destroyed Records 05:56 When Ellis Island closed 06:06 Where were passenger lists created 06:21 How to search Passenger List search website 06:51 Wild card search Ellis Island records 08:45 Brickwall search strategies 11:52 Finding Italian Ancestors 12:07 Finding Jewish Ancestors 12:25 Searching Families 12:47 Pre-Ellis Island (Castle Garden) Records 👍 & 💬 SUPPORT: Please give this free video a thumbs up, & comment thank you! – Lisa ⭐Get your official Elevenses with Lisa mug: genealogy-gems.myteespring.co... 🛒 Shop my store: www.shopgenealogygems.com/ (Books, video tutorials and cheat sheets.) ▶ 👀 VIDEOS TO WATCH NEXT: Elevenses with Lisa Playlist:    • How to Find Old Maps for FREE at the ...   ✏FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP & receive my BONUS genealogy search cheat sheet. lisalouisecooke.com/newsletter-form/ Join the Genealogy Gems Family: 💎 My Genealogy Gems Website: lisalouisecooke.com/ 💎 The Genealogy Gems Podcast: lisalouisecooke.com/podcasts/ 📘 Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/GenealogyGems/ ▶ Twitter: twitter.com/LisaCooke 📷 Instagram: www.instagram.com/genealogygemspodcast/ 📌 Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/lisalouisecooke/ #genealogy #ellisisland

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