A Historical Look at U.S. Immigration Policy
Graph showing the number of immigrants to the U.S. by decade. |
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
The Balch Institute documents and interprets the ethnic and immigrant experience in the United States. |
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
The former Immigration and Naturalization Service. Information and services available to the public. |
Canadian Genealogy Centre: Immigration Records
A description of the passenger arrival records in Canada, 1865-1935, and their availability. Searchable online database of records 1925-1935. |
Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online
Collection of databases comprised of the Morton Allan Directory, M1066 Microfilm series from NARA, various newspaper articles, Internet sources, and personal contributions. Can also search for ships. |
Ellis Island Records
Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924. |
Family Search: Tracing Immigrant Origins
Introduces the principles of research, search strategies, and the various record types which can be used to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. |
From One Life to Another
Late 19th and early 20th century immigration to the USA, with an emphasis on Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Swedish immigration. |
Hamburg State Archive: Link to Your Roots
Online database of emigration lists available to genealogists. |
Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources
Research guide and bibliography presented by the Library of Congress. |
Immigrant Genealogy Society
Information on the society and its German emphasis. |
Immigrant Journey
The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park. |
Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century
Voyage accounts, emigration information, lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people. Extracted from government and shipping records. |
Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide
Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists. |
Immigration History Research Center
The IHRC at the University of Minnesota is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. It maintains archival and library collections, sponsors academic and public programs, and publishes bibliographic and scholarly works. |
Immigration in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era
Bibliographic essay by Donna R. Gabaccia. |
Immigration: The Living Mosaic of People, Culture, and Hope
Covers several different ethnic groups' introduction to the U.S. Includes timeline of immigration, personal stories of both immigrants and workers at Ellis Island, and a discussion of The Statue of Liberty. |
Library of Congress: Lesson Ideas
These lesson plans from the "American Memory" project at the Library of Congress include 3 units exploring Immigration. |
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
New York's Tenement Museum focuses on America's urban immigrant history. The Museum's site features program information, directions, hours and online tickets and reservations. |
Migrations
Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA. |
New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors
Immigration resources at the New York State Library. |
Primer of Emigration & Immigration
PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records. |
Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records
An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research. |
The Tide of Emigration
This article in the "Illustrated London News," July 6, 1860, describes emigration from Ireland and the United Kingdom and the journey across the Atlantic. |
Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated
Article by George G. Morgan. |
Tracing Immigrant Origins
Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors. |
Tracing Mormon Pioneers
Tips for those tracing their Mormon pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Twenty Two Million Immigrants Became Americans on Ellis Island
Detailed review of Ellis Island Records. |
Types of US Naturalization Records
Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find. |
Wisconsin Naturalization Records
The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records. |
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