PASSENGER ARRIVAL RECORDS
In this part of the Center the records of more than 22 million immigrants, passengers and crewmembers who entered through the Port of New York and Ellis Island between 1892-1924 are, for the first time, available in the electronic database for easy access.

Information from these valuable documents covers 11 fields of information including:

• Immigrant's given name
• Immigrant's surname
• Ethnicity
• Last residence (town & country)
• Date of Arrival
• Age of Arrival
• Gender
• Marital Status
• Ship of Travel
• Port of Departure
• Line number on manifest

IMMIGRATION HISTORY EXPLORATION
This software program includes stories of people who have successfully researched their family histories and the motivation behind the desire to search for their families' roots.

FAMILY HISTORY SCRAPBOOK
This area provides Foundation members with the opportunity to create their own family history scrapbooks with personal family documents, records and photos.

HOW THE CENTER WORKS
Eleven computer kiosks in select locations in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum highlight the research activities available in the American Family Immigration History Center^TM and offer a preliminary search to ascertain if an individual's records are included in the database.

INTERNET ACCESS
Access to all of the Center's programs is available over the Internet at www.ellisislandrecords.org. Individuals will be able to:

• Research and access family immigration records
• Create a Family History Scrapbook (available to Foundation members only)
• View the Immigration History Exploration presentations
• Order copies of passenger manifests and ships' pictures and other Center products.