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Lecture: Stories from Ellis Island

with Fred Voss

Sunday, April 27, 2025

The Historical Society of Rockland County invites you to join us for 

Stories from Ellis Island

with Fred Voss


When:

Sunday, April 27, 2025,
1:00 pm SHARP

Where:

Lower-level Community Room, HSRC History Center, 20 Zukor Road, New City

Price:

$5.00 (Space is limited, and reservations are required)

Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892 ,as the nation’s first federal immigration entry point. During the next thirty-two years it was by far the busiest U.S. inspection station, processing 12.5 million people, each hoping for a chance at a new life. It is estimated that 40 percent of Americans can trace their roots back to immigrants who came through Ellis Island.

 

Did you have relatives who came through Ellis Island? Did the inspectors detain them? Were they treated at the island’s hospitals? Fred Voss will provide an overview of the workings of Ellis Island: how immigrants arrived; how they were processed through the different parts of the facility; and what might mean a long stay on the island or a return-ticket home. He will also dive into those squiggles on ships’ manifest and how to decipher them.

 

About the presenter: Fred Voss is a professional genealogist and a former volunteer tour guide at Ellis Island National Park. Fred Voss is a professional genealogist, researcher, and educator. He has been doing personal genealogy for more than thirty-five years and is a trustee and education chair for the Genealogical Society of Bergen County.

To reserve your seat, click on the Brown Paper Tickets logo:

Or download and fill out the PDF form below and return it, with payment, by April 25, 2025, to Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956:

2025 Stories of Ellis Island Registration PDF

Or call the Museum Office at (845) 634-9629 Wednesdays-Fridays & Sundays, 12-4 pm.


Please note: Space is limited for this lecture. Reservations are required. A waiting list will be compiled, and available spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. 


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The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York. www.RocklandHistory.org.

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