>From 1855 until 1891 Castle Garden was used to process immigrants to the US through New York City. In 1892 that function was moved to Ellis Island where it remained until 1924. Castle Garden was built as a fort to defend New York City in 1812; became known as Castle Clinton in 1815 (after New York Governor DeWitt Clinton) and was used as an entertainment center until 1855 when it became the immigration center. It was originally built a short distance off shore with a causeway connecting it to Manhattan, but in the last half of the 19th century the surrounding tidal flats were filled in and now support Battery Park. The brick shell of the fort or castle now stands in Battery Park. No records are kept there now. They are probably with NARA. Perhaps someone on the list well versed in immigration records can comment on that. Kelvin Kean Elverson, Pennsylvania