New York Emigrant Processing Locations
and
How to Date a Tombstone
Submitted by: HOST GFS Maria@aol.com
Did your ancestor enter the United States through New York Harbor? There were several places they might have entered.
1 Aug 1855 - 18 Apr 1890 Castle Garden
19 Apr 1890 - 31 Dec 1891 Barge Office
1 Jan 1892 - 13 June 1897 Ellis Island
14 Jun 1897 - 16 Dec 1900 Barge Office
17 Dec 1900 - 31 Dec 1924 Ellis Island
FromMid-Atlantic Germanic Society Sept 1997
Pioneer era Wooden Markers
1796 - 1830 Slate or common fieldstone
1830 - 1849 Flat topped hard marble
1845- 1868 Round or pointed soft marble with cursive inscriptions
1850 - present Masonic four-sided stones
1860 - 1900 Pylons, columns and all exotic -type monuments
1870 - 1900 Zinc monuments
ca 1900 Granite, now common, came into use about 1900
From the Genealogical Society of Monroe County Newsletter Feb. 2002
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