âNew York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924.â FamilySearch, 23 Feb. 2018, familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ND-LLHR?cc=1368704&wc=4FMB-7KL%3A1600302329. Accessed 5 Oct. 2021.
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- âNew York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924.â FamilySearch, 23 Feb. 2018, familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ND-LLHR?cc=1368704&wc=4FMB-7KL%3A1600302329. Accessed 5 Oct. 2021.
- Timestamp
- 10/5/2021 17:13:48
- URL for full object
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ND-LLHR?i=7&wc=4FMB-7KL%3A1600302329&cc=1368704
- Citation for full object
- âNew York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924.â FamilySearch, 23 Feb. 2018, familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ND-LLHR?cc=1368704&wc=4FMB-7KL%3A1600302329. Accessed 5 Oct. 2021.
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- ELLISISLANDRECORDS
- General description of the complete original artifact
- Ellis Island was the center of control for immigration in New York. These records contain the information of all registered immigrants who entered New York city through Ellis Island from 1892-1924. The records contain information on each passenger's occupation, their marital status, and date of birth among many other categories. Because of Ellis Island's important role in immigration to the United States and specifically New York, these records serve as an important tool for understanding the background and conditions of different immigrants arriving to New York in this time period.
- Estimated number of records in data set
- 24541009
- Estimated number of fields if this were a database
- 20
- Estimated time to digitize all records in set (hours)
- 100
- Time period when data was created
- 19th Century
- Organization creating data
- Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
- Individual who created data (if known or guessable).
- Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
- Shortcomings of this taxonomy for data set (if any)
- Although the records contain excesive amounts of information from each passenger arriving to Ellis Island, the manner in which each document is organized allows the reader to easily find the information they are looking for. The fields in each record are clearly specified and although the legibility of the handwriting is complicated it is easy to understand the information regarding each passenger.
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- In previous history courses I had learned about the importance of Ellis Island in the transformation of New York in the 19th century. It would be fascinating to be able to further analyze individual records in order to understand the conditions in which people were migrating to the United States and most importantly what types of questions the government wanted to know from those who were entering the country. Based on the categories of these records, one can understand the priorities and concerns the authorities had about each individual immigrant.
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