It may surprise no one to see names like "The Russo Family" from Sicily, Italy, or Anton Ivanovich Malygin from St. Petersburg, Russia, inscribed on Ellis Island's American Immigrant Wall of Honor ...

Immigrants, national dignitaries and newly inducted American citizens assembled yesterday to recall the heyday of Ellis Island and to unveil the seven-year, $156 million restoration of the ...

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. A new $100-million project aims to revitalize ...

Christina Ellis has welcomed plenty of eager patrons through the years to Ellis Island. Long before Ellis became the property’s vice president of development, she was a middle school student ...

Annie Moore was the first immigrant who walked through the doors when Ellis Island opened more than 130 years ago. These days, there are statues of her in Ireland and at the historic US site.

But it’s not the wall you’re thinking of. We’re talking about the American Immigrant Wall of Honor at Ellis Island: 770 stainless steel panels engraved with the names of about 775,000 ...