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Castle Clinton (Castle Garden) National Monument

From the National Park Service. Located in Battery Park on the southern-most tip of Manhattan, Castle Garden was the arrival point of some eight million immigrants who entered New York harbor from 1855 to 1890. It was the Ellis Island of its day.

CASTLE-GARDEN Mailing List (Archived on RootsWeb)

For anyone with a genealogical interest in Castle Garden, the first center in the United States for processing arriving immigrants, which was founded by New York State on an island off the southwest tip of Manhattan in 1855.

FamilySearch - New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 (Castle Garden) ^FREE

Passenger lists for over 13 million immigrants arriving in New York City from 1820 through 1891. NARA publication M237: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. This collection is being published as records become available.

Immigrant's Story - Castle Garden

From the New York Times of December 23, 1866.

Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York

A book by Friedrich Kapp.

One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Alternate search functions for many online databases. Includes tools for immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust research.

Resources for Finding New York Passenger Lists 1847-1897

A guide for locating passenger records in the Castle Garden era.

Steve Morse's One-Step Castle Garden Search Engine

One-Step search of Castle Garden immigration records covring the years 1851 to 1891. This search requires a subscription to a pay-for-use database.

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