... If Your Name was Changed at Ellis IslandDescribes, in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914. Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the station. |
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Introduction | 6 |
people leave their homelands? ཡ | 12 |
Would everyone in your family come together? | 18 |
Copyright | |
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