New immigration records site
Castlegarden.org is now up and running. The Battery Conservancy launched the site and offers a place to look up immigrants who came to America prior to when the Ellis Island lists began. You can do the search yourself, but to obtain a copy of the records, it costs $45. The database contains New York passenger lists from 1820 when immigrants went through Castle Garden immigration station to 1892 when the Ellis Island lists began.