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• "Angel Island: Guardian of the Western Gate" - Article published in Prologue, the quarterly journal of the National Archives and Records Administation.
• Angel Island Immigration Station - Historical information about Angel Island State Park in California, site of the Immigration Station, a National Historic Landmark, which played a role in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
• Angel Island--Panoramic View - Photo held by the Library of Congress.
• Castle Clinton - Description of Castle Clinton which later bacame Castle Garden, a common point of arrival for immigrants before Ellis Island was opened in 1890.
• Castle Garden and Ellis Island - Brief History of Castle Garden and Ellis Island.
• Ellis Island Photographs - Wilton Tifft's photos taken before and after Ellis Island was restored.
• Ellis Island Stereoscopes at UC, Riverside - The Keystone-Mast collection of stereoscopic photographs in the early 20th century documented immigration through the most famous point of entry, Ellis Island.
• Ellis Island's Wall of Honor - Search for an ancestor's name or have it added to the Wall of Honor at Ellis Island. A listing found here does not necessarily indicate that immigrant came through Ellis Island.
• HistoryChannel.com - Ellis Island - Images, text, and sound files follow the immigrant experience.
• New York's Immigrant Processing Centers - History of the Barge Office, Castle Garden and Ellis Island for genealogy and passenger researchers.
• Pier 21 Society - Between 1928-1971, at Pier 21 on the Halifax waterfront, 1.5 million immigrants first set foot on Canadian soil.
• U.S. Ports of Entry and Their Records - Where INS records for each port are stored.
• Victoria, Australia - Public Records Office has an online database for Immigration to Victoria 1852-1879.