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This is the master project or portal for the Angel Island Arrivals series. We will have sub-projects broken down by decade. The first sub-project will be Angel Island Arrivals: 1910-1920. Summary Immigration Timeline The experience for Asian immigrants in this period was quite different. In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, severely restricting immigration from China. ...
This project is a sub-project for U.S. arrivals before Ellis Island opened. Please add your ancestors or other relatives who arrived during this period. ==afterwards we will work on a portal/master project!== ==Summary==* Immigration timeline By the 1880's, steam power had shortened the journey to America dramatically. Immigrants poured in from around the world: from the Middle East, the M...
Daily Logs of a Round-the-World Voyage 1882-1883 ====On December 12, 1882 Noyes Frederick Avery and his step brother Frank Wilder Foster set sail from New York harbor on the square rigged schooner "Jacob E. Ridgway" bound for Yokohama, Japan on the first oceanic leg of their round-the-world journey. The voyage took them around the Cape of Good Hope, sailing on through the Indian Ocean, through ...