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• Ancestors in Americas - Three part series from PBS that presents the story of early Asian immigrants to the Americas from the 18th century to the early 20th century. It includes an Asian-American timeline and a resource site with further links.
• Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation - Angel Island in San Francisco Bay was used as a detention center for Asian immigrants from 1910-1940.  Click on "Past" to experience an historical and pictorial perspective of Asian immigration.
• The Border (Also available in Spanish) - Companion site to the PBS program of the same name it offers an interactive timeline, text timeline and a map that shows how the border has shifted since 1873 for Mexico and the U.S.  Read about the people who live in towns along the border in both countries and their link to both cultures.
• Center for Immigration Studies - This site discusses the impact of immigration on the United States with full references and articles.   It also offers valuable information on other immigration related topics including refugees, legal and illegal immigration, terrorism and national security.
• Ellis Island: Interactive Tour - Tour Ellis Island or relive the immigration experience of a young Polish boy.  When you take the virtual tour of Ellis Island, be sure to click on the "More about Ellis Island" link for information on medical exams, detainment, and leaving Ellis Island.
• Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Ethnic and Religious Organizations - This site provides brief, but useful summaries about the various ethnic and religious groups that immigrated to the United States. Each entry also provides links to ethnic organizations that can provide additional information that specific group.
• Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Major Ports of Exit and Entry - This site provides the major ports of exit and entry for ships carrying immigrants from Europe and Britain.
• From One Life to Another - This student created site explores the flood of immigrants from Europe to the United States during the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. With timelines and articles this site covers the reasons so many left their homelands and traveled to the land of dreams, including the Jewish, Irish, Italians and the Swedish.
• History Channel: Ellis Island - This site contains an informative article on the hardships faced by immigrants as they moved through the interview process upon their arrival at Ellis Island. Click on the "Reborn into America" link to read about the immigrant's struggles to enter the United States.
• The Immigration Experience - This site offers an historical overview of immigrant processing before Ellis Island which didn’t open until January 1, 1892.
• Interviews with Today’s Immigrants - Collection of interviews oral and in print format documents the immigrant experience in from the last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. A pull down globe allows the user to pick a region of origin which will bring up a list of interviews of immigrants from that area.
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum - Take a virtual tour of a tenement located at 97 Orchard Street, on the lower east side of Manhattan. See the typical living conditions of immigrants who remained in New York following their arrival in the United States.
• The Peopling of America - Click on a time period to learn how many people from specific countries came to the U.S. and why.
• Spartacus Encyclopedia: Immigration - Focusing primarily on European Immigration, this site provides a wealth of information in the immigrant experience. Look at the article written about the various immigrant groups to learn about why these groups chose to immigrate and their experiences once they arrived in the United States. This site will also provide information on the shipboard journey to the states, information about prominent immigrants in America, and facts about immigration by time period.

• The Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.: The Immigrant Experience - This site is presented by the American Family Immigration History Center part of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. The site is divided into two sections. The first section is the Peopling of Americas which offers a timeline of the various waves of immigration and why. The second part called Family Histories explores 6 Americans from different backgrounds researching their immigrant ancestors.

Last updated: 05/21/08