Search the Statue of Liberty website for information on passenger ship immigrant arrivals at Ellis Island.
Another means to search Ellis Island and other ports of entry for passenger records is the Passenger List Search.
Access records for immigrant passenger lists in New York City center between 1820 and 1891 using the FamilySearch website for New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891.
Search immigrant records for Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924 with the FamilySearch website for New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924.
Use the Soundex Converter site to search surname variations.
Access this site on Enumeration Districts, which are the areas by which the census was counted. Find maps and more using this resource.
The Death Indexes website features a directory of links to online death indexes, death certificates or notices, obituaries, and burial records.
Ancestry provides this site on Social Security Death Index records.
The Find A Grave website provides a means of searching for cemetery records, graves by name, or graves by date or location.
The National Park Services provides a site on Civil War records. Use this resource to search the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System for ancestors who may have participated.
The Civil War Archive features the option to search regimental indexes, battle reports, and even soldiers' letters and diaries.
The National Archives page for Military Records provides a helpful resource for genealogists on military records.
Search Military Indexes for a directory of links to military records and indexes online.