Yintoni ngaphezulu kwesigidi seMelika esifana ngayo? Ookhokho babo bafudukela kwisiQithi i-Ellis okanye esinye sezikhululo zokufudukela eNew York. UkuKhangela koSapho kwaye IStatue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. ibhengeze namhlanje yonke ingqokelela yeeLayini zokufika kwabahambi i-Ellis Island eNew York ukusuka ku-1820 ukuya ku-1957 ngoku ziyafumaneka kwi-intanethi kuzo zombini iiwebhusayithi zinika ithuba inzala ukuba ifumane ookhokho babo ngokukhawuleza nangaphandle kwentlawulo.
Ekuqaleni yayigcinwe kwi-microfilm, i-9.3 yezigidi zemifanekiso yeerekhodi zabakhweli baseNew York ezithatha iminyaka eyi-130 zafakwa kwikhompyuter zaza zalungiswa kumzamo omkhulu ngamavolontiya e-Family Search ali-165,590. Isiphumo sendawo yokugcina ulwazi yasimahla ekhompyutheni enamagama angama-63.7 ezigidi, kubandakanya abafuduki, abasebenzi kunye nabanye abakhweli abahamba besiya nase-United States ngezibuko elikhulu lokungena.
"Isiseko sonwabile ukwenza ukuba ezi rekhodi zokungena zifikeleleke kuluntu simahla okokuqala," utshilo uStephen A. Briganti, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeThe Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. "Oku kugqibezela isangqa seminyaka yethu sisebenzisana neqela elivela kwiFamilySearch, eliqale ngokubonelela uluntu ngofikelelo olungazange lubonwe kumnombo wabo kunye nokukhokelela kwinto ebanzi kwihlabathi liphela edibanisa eyadlulayo neyangoku."
Ingqokelela eyandisiweyo inokukhangelwa kwiwebhusayithi yeSitatimende seLiberty-Ellis Island Foundation okanye kwi-FamilySearch, apho ifumaneka khona kwiiqoqo ezintathu, ezimele amaxesha amathathu ahlukeneyo okufuduka.
- Uluhlu lweNew York Passenger (uLuhlu lweNqaba yaseNqaba) ngo-1820-1891
- Uluhlu lweNew York Passenger Arrists (i-Ellis Island) 1892-1924
- ENew York, abagibeli baseNew York kunye noLuhlu lweeCrew 1925-1957
Uluhlu lweNew York Passenger Arrists (i-Ellis Island) eyapapashwa ngaphambili ukusuka ngo-1892 ukuya ku-1924 nayo yandiswa ngemifanekiso ekumgangatho ophezulu kunye namagama ongezelelweyo angama-23 ezigidi.
Inqanawa ibonakalisa uluhlu lwabakhweli, amagama abo, ubudala, indawo yokugqibela yokuhlala, ngubani obaxhasayo eMelika, izibuko lokuhamba, kunye nomhla wokufika kwabo kwizibuko laseNew York kwaye ngamanye amaxesha lolunye ulwazi olunomdla, njengemali abayiphetheyo kubo, inani leebhegi, kwaye apho bahlala khona enqanaweni ngexesha loseyile yabo evela phesheya kolwandle.
Kwizigidi zabantu baseMelika, isahluko sokuqala kwibali lobomi babo kwiLizwe elitsha sabhalwa kwisiqithi esincinci sase-Ellis esikumantla eNew York Bay kunxweme lweManhattan Island. Kuqikelelwa ukuba ama-40 eepesenti abantu baseMelika bayinzala yabo bafudukayo, ubukhulu becala besuka kumazwe aseYurophu kwisithuba esisusela kowe-1892 ukuya kowe-1954. Izigidi zabo zadlula kwiziko labaphambukeli besiQithi i-Ellis kwindlela eya kubomi “kumhlaba wabakhululekileyo”.
Eyona nto ingaziwayo kukuba into esiyazi namhlanje njenge- “Ellis Island” yayingekho ngaphambi kuka-1892. I-Ellis Island eyandulelayo — iCastle Garden — yayiliziko lokuqala labaphambukeli eMelika. Namhlanje yaziwa ngokuba yiCastle Clinton National Park, ipaki enembali engamanzi engamahektare angama-25 engaphakathi kweBhetri, enye yeepaki ezindala zeNew York City kunye nendawo yokundwendwela kubakhenkethi abatyelele iStatue of Liberty ne-Ellis Island.
IStatue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation ngumbutho ongajonganga nzuzo owasekwa ngo-1982 wokunyusa ingxowa mali nokongamela ukubuyiselwa kwembali yeSitampu soKhuseleko kunye ne-Ellis Island, esebenza ngokubambisana neNational Park Service / neSebe laseMelika laseKhaya. Ukongeza ekubuyiseleni izikhumbuzo, iSiseko senza iimyuziyam kuzo zombini iziqithi, iAmerican Immigrant Wall of Honor®, iAmerican Family Immigration Center Centre, kunye nePeopling of America Center® eyaguqula imyuziyam yaba yi-Ellis Island Museum of Immigration. . Iprojekthi yayo entsha iya kuba yiSitampu esitsha soLondolozo lweMbali. Isibonelelo seSiseko sixhase ngemali ngaphezulu kweeprojekthi ze-200 kwezi ziqithi.
I-FamilySearch International yeyona ntlangano inkulu yokuzalwa emhlabeni. I-FamilySearch ngumbutho ongajonganga nzuzo, oqhutywa ngamavolontiya oxhaswe liCawe likaYesu Krestu weNtsuku Zokugqibela. Izigidi zabantu zisebenzisa iirekhodi zoSapho lokuKhangela, izixhobo kunye neenkonzo ukufunda ngakumbi ngembali yosapho. Ukukunceda kolu sukelo lukhulu, uPhando lweNtsapho kunye nabandulelayo bayo bebesoloko beqokelela, begcina, kwaye besabelana ngeerekhodi zomlibo kwihlabathi liphela ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-100. Abaxhasi banokufikelela kwiinkonzo zoPhando zoSapho kunye nezixhobo zasimahla kwi-Intanethi kwiFamilySearch.org okanye kumaziko angaphezu kwama-5,000 129 eembali zosapho kumazwe ali-XNUMX, kubandakanya neThala leNtsapho leMbali eSalt Lake City, e-Utah.
