Nearly half of all Americans have ancestors who came here through Ellis Island, but this was only one of many ports of entry for ships; some others were Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. Ask someone in your family about how your grandparents or great-grandparents came to this country. If your ancestors came from Canada or Mexico, how would they have entered America?
VIDEO CREDIT: "Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island." Thomas A. Edison, Inc. filmed, July 9, 1903. Copyright, July 24, 1903. Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920, Library of Congress.
