My children descend from a variety of cultures.

The BRIGHT family relocated from Pennsylvania to the booming riverfront town of Wyandotte, Kansas, shortly after the Civil War.

The MOORE family, of Scots-Irish descent, lived in the upcountry of South Carolina for a hundred years or more.

The THADEN family came from German immigrants and Tennessee Scots-Irish clans.

The NICHOLAS family originated in Tripoli and Beirut, Syria, and lived among a Syrian colony in Jacksonville, Florida.

The HAHN and LUTES families raced for land in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893 and had been ever on the frontier prior to that time.

The ROMEO and MOTTA families immigrated to this country at the turn of the century from Sicily.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Video Footage of Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island

This short footage has deep meaning for us as we think of our immigrant ancestors walking the same path from the ferry to customs house.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island
Scroll to the bottom to find the video.

1 comment:

  1. So interesting. I wonder if they were calling names, or what, because if you notice, not all of them were walking in at the same time. Or, maybe the lingerers are just talking, and then notice that it's about time they left too.

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