A few years ago, my daughter did a school project that got us looking for information on where my grandfather came from originally.
Part of her project was to interview her grandfather (my dad) and ask him questions about the family, etc.
In our research and through the interview with my dad, we came across the Ellis Island website (http://www.ellisisland.org) and on that site there is a search function that lets you search based on name and arrival date. It so happened that we knew the year my grandfather arrived and we were able to view the actual ship's manifest, see his original arrival record and even see a picture of the ship that he arrived on.
In looking closer at the manifest, it looks like he arrived in the states with $9.75 in his pocket. Amazing to me...
The man was truly amazing to me... he comes to the states without knowing how to speak the language, moved to the west coast, did manual labor most of his life, fought and was wounded in WWI, moved back to the east coast where he raised his family and then lived a wonderful full life when he passed away at the age of 96.
I encourage anyone who had relatives arriving through Ellis Island to visit the site and reflect.
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