Stephen A. Briganti wins the 2014 Friend of History Award
Stephen A. Briganti, the president of the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation, wins the 2014 Friend of History Award.
Genealogy Round Up, March 4
Ohio 8-year-old turns $20 into priceless gift, then-and-now images and 18th-century London paintings meet Google Street View – in pictures.
Genealogy Round Up, January 13
111-year-old Syracuse Irish woman the longest-living person in Irish history. Shame on us that we can't find the funding to protect our history!
Genealogy Round Up, September 23
93-year-old goes to Ellis Island to learn about her mother's journey to America, family portrait of flood victim finds its way back home and 2 DNA stories.
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Board
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. announced today that Christopher “Kip” Forbes and Jeffrey Gural have joined its Board of Directors.
Smolenyak Classic: Finding Knute Rockne in the Ellis Island Database
The manifest that included Knute Rockne had been difficult to find. I decided to have a go at finding the record myself, and I discovered that he was indeed remarkably well-hidden in the database.
Genealogy Round Up, March 7
The first part of the Annie Moore movie, "From Cork to New York". A chance to help make history! "Revolutionary Voices": A Last Muster Film.
Genealogy Round Up, February 28
What do Kelly Clarkson and Christina Applegate have in common? Does Jon Stewart look like his great-grand-uncle?
Seton Shields Genealogical Grant Awarded to Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
I hold a special place in my heart for Ellis Island, so when it was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy, it seemed a fitting time to make a donation to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
Genealogy Round Up, February 7
Annie Moore of Ellis Island, Great Swedish Adventure and Emigration Isle web documentary illustrates periods of Irish emigration over the past 200 years