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MyHeritage has vastly improved the immigration record experience compared to the Ellis Island website. If you have immigrant ancestors who arrived in the late 1800s-early 1900s, be sure to check out MyHeritage this week.
To celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month and the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence, MyHeritage is offering free access to U.S. immigration records from June 1–5, 2026.
The free access includes 56 immigration collections with 206.1 million records covering passenger lists, arrivals, and naturalization documents from major gateways like Ellis Island and Castle Garden. In these records, researchers can discover the ship their ancestors traveled on or the records documenting their path to citizenship.
