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New York Immigration Administration

The differences in immigration administration between Castle Garden and Ellis Island, including record-keeping and preservation.

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Jan 27, 2026

How did Castle Garden vs. Ellis Island recordkeeping differ for arrivals in the 1880s?

and represented two different eras of immigration administration, and those differences show up plainly in surviving records: Castle Garden was a state-run, 19th-century depot whose passenger lists we...