You are about to embark on the journey of your life leaving behind a life of familiarity to start a voyage of the unknown. Why? What pushed you to start all over again in America?

America is known as the land of opportunity where the streets are paved in gold. Is it really as wonderful as we have dreamed about? Or is the new world more than we have expected?

Between 1860 and 1900 Ellis Island was the beginning for many people from countries such as Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, and Poland. What was their motivation? What was their journey like?

You are about to experience Ellis Island through the writings of people that actually lived through it. You will see what life was like through photographs. You will realize the hopes, dreams, triumphs and tribulations of those that have come before us and made the United States what it is today.