
The Jewish Widows and Orphans Home, later the Jewish Orphans and now Jewish Regional Services, was founded in 1856. Please add Geni profiles of anyone associated with the organization, the building, the residents, and the philanthropy to this project.==notables==* Baroness Clara de Hirsch * Bessie Margolin * Isidore Newman ==history==From Jewish Children's Home MEDIA NOLA: A Project of Tulane U...
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...