Yini abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyikhulu baseMelika abafana ngayo? Okhokho babo bathutha badabula i-Ellis Island noma esinye seziteshi zokuthuthela eNew York Harbor esandulelayo. Usesho lomndeni futhi IStatue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. umemezele namuhla lonke iqoqo le-Ellis Island New York Passenger Arrists Lists kusuka ngo-1820 kuya ku-1957 manje selitholakala ku-inthanethi kuwo womabili amawebhusayithi linikeza ithuba inzalo ukuthi ithole okhokho bayo ngokushesha futhi mahhala.
Zazigcinwe ekuqaleni kwi-microfilm, izithombe eziyizigidi eziyi-9.3 zamarekhodi omlando wabagibeli baseNew York ahlanganisa iminyaka eyi-130 afakwa ekhompyutheni futhi akhonjwa ngomzamo omkhulu ngabazinikele abangama-165,590 online Family Family. Umphumela uba i-database yamahhala engasesheka ku-inthanethi equkethe amagama ayizigidi ezingama-63.7, kufaka phakathi abokufika, abasebenzi, nabanye abagibeli abaya nababuya e-United States ngetheku elikhulu lokungena lesizwe.
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- Izinhlu Zabagibeli baseNew York (Castle Garden) 1820-1891
- Izinhlu Zokufika Kwabagibeli baseNew York (Ellis Island) 1892-1924
- ENew York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists 1925-1957
Izinhlu Zokufika Zabagibeli ZaseNew York ezake zashicilelwa phambilini (Ellis Island) ezisuka kowe-1892 kuya kowezi-1924 nazo zanwetshwa ngezithombe ezisezingeni eliphakeme kanye namagama angeziwe ayizigidi ezingama-23.
Umkhumbi ukhombisa uhlu lwabagibeli, amagama abo, ubudala, indawo yokugcina yokuhlala, obaxhasayo eMelika, itheku lokuhamba, kanye nosuku lwabo lokufika eNew York Harbour futhi kwesinye isikhathi eminye imininingwane ethokozisayo, enjengokuthi baphathe malini phezu kwazo, inani lezikhwama, nalapho bahlala khona emkhunjini ngesikhathi useyili wasuka phesheya kwezilwandle.
Ezigidini zabantu baseMelika, isahluko sokuqala endabeni yezimpilo zabo eNew World sabhalwa esiqhingini esincane i-Ellis Island esisenhla neNew York Bay ngasogwini lweManhattan Island. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi amaphesenti angama-40 abantu baseMelika baphuma kulabo abafuduka, ikakhulukazi emazweni aseYurophu esikhathini esisuka ku-1892 kuya ku-1954. Izigidi zabo zadlula esikhungweni sabokufika e-Ellis Island ngendlela eya ekuphileni “ezweni labakhululekile”.
Iqiniso elaziwa kancane ukuthi lokho esikwaziyo namuhla njenge- “Ellis Island” kwakungekho ngaphambi kuka-1892. Owandulela u-Ellis Island — uCastle Garden — empeleni wayeyisikhungo sokuqala sabokufika eMelika. Namuhla yaziwa ngokuthi yiCastle Clinton National Park, ipaki yomlando wamanzi angamahektare angama-25 ngaphakathi kweThe Battery, elinye lamapaki amadala eNew York City nendawo yokuhamba yezivakashi ezivakashela iSitatimende Sokukhululeka ne-Ellis Island.
IStatue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo eyasungulwa ngonyaka we-1982 yokuqongelela izimali nokwengamela ukubuyiswa okungokomlando kweSitatimende Sokukhululeka ne-Ellis Island, esebenza ngokubambisana noMnyango Wezangaphakathi waseNational Park Service / US. Ngaphezu kokubuyisa izikhumbuzo, iSisekelo sakha iminyuziyamu kulezi ziqhingi zombili, i-American Immigrant Wall of Honor®, i-American Family Immigration History Center®, nePeopling of America Center® eguqule umnyuziyamu waba yi-Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration . Iphrojekthi yayo entsha kuzoba iSitatimende esisha seLiberty Museum. Ukunikezwa kweSisekelo kuxhase amaphrojekthi angaphezu kwe-200 kulezi ziqhingi.
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