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Ellis Island
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Ellis Island From The Beginning Many people that came from Ellis Island came from many countries from Northern and Western Europe. Later on more people started to come from Southern and Eastern Europe. Also Jews were coming because of political and economic issues. http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island
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Ellis Island http://www.sbschools.org/schools/bc/mediacenter/immigration/images/ellis_island.jpg
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Ellis Island Open and Closed Ellis Island opened in 1862 as a federal immigration station it was open for 62 years but it had closed in 1954. It was estimated that 42 percent in the US citizens had family members that was in Ellis Island. http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island
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People In Ellis Island
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Ellis Island Closed for Good After many decades Ellis Island was closed for good. Considering that millions of people had enter it was closing down. The services that was used in Ellis Island was moved to New York City http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/12/newsid_3963000/3963251.stm
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