Genealogy Research

Daniel Senie

I am doing Genealogy research of my family and related folks. Here is a list of surnames I am working with. If you've got any data to swap, please drop me email at dan@senie.com. What I need most at present is access to the records of Castle Garden. This was the point of entry for immigrants before Ellis Island was opened. Castle Garden, also known at times as Castle Clinton, still stands in the Battery Park area of lower Manhattan. This structure was originally built as a fortress off the tip of Manhattan, but when the land was filled in, it came to be part of Manhattan.

If anyone reading this page has information on where the records from Castle Garden are located, and how one might access them, I'd be quite interested. Most, if not all, of my ancestors entered the United States via the port of New York, at Castle Garden.


Send any comments or suggestions to webmeister@senie.com