One stop is in the Bowery area of Lower Manhattan at the Tenement Musuem, mentioned above. Beyond that, search out some of the ethnic organizations (there are mnay fraternal organizations alive and well and selling life insurance these days).

Also listed above is a link for The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook. I've been helping Tom proof the pages (scanned to digitize it for a new offset printing) and update the list of ethnic organizations. Once the new printing is out (this summer), have your library get a copy through interlibrary loan if you don't want to buy a copy (though it is well worth the price, with great recipes and it does make very interesting reading--each family recipe is accompanied by memories of the people who came through Ellis). The list is updated with web addresses.

SRS