Immigrant reception Castle Garden

Castle Garden
If you have ancestors who emigrated to the United States before 1890, their first encounter with the new country may have been Castle Garden.

If you have ancestors who emigrated to the United States before 1890, their first encounter with the new country may have been Castle Garden. The more famous Ellis Island immigrant reception center was not put into use until 1892.

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