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Ethnicity :: Society
By Ethnic Group :: Genealogy
Immigration :: Issues
Immigration :: Legal Information

Immigration - PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records.

404 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.
Meta Description: [ The home of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Ellis Island is the symbol of American immigration and the immigrant experience. Use our Free Search to find your immigrant ancestors arriving through the Port of New York at Ellis Island between 1892 and 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.
Meta Description: [ This outline introduces the principles, search strategies, and various record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. These principles can be applied to almost any country. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Table of contents of Destination America by Maldwyn Allen Jones. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1976. ]

404 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.
Meta Description: [ Library and archival materials supporting the study of immigration from Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, and the Near East ]

404 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.
Meta Description: [ resources for teachers provides an index - by themes, topics, diplines or eras - to teacher created lesson plans using primary sources from the American Memory collections - from the leaning Page, The library of Congress. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ The 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.
Meta Description: [ The Migrations.org Site is the place to go for tracking your ancestors as they moved. ]

New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors - Immigration resources at the New York State Library.

Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records - An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research.
Meta Description: [ With the emergence of technological products catered to immigration research, finding your immigrant ancestor has never been easier, or more convenient. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Do you know where your ancestors came from? Do you know what influenced their decision to migrate? Do you know why your ancestors settled where they did? The answers to these questions can help you better understand your ancestors and, in turn, help you develop better hypotheses about them. In... ]

Tracing Immigrant Origins - Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors.
Meta Description: [ An online tutorial/course in genealogical research. ]

Tracing Mormon Pioneers - Tips for those tracing their Mormon pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Meta Description: [ The purpose of this page is to provide 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.
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Types of US Naturalization Records - Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find.
Meta Description: [ A summary of the basic types of Naturalization records a researcher can generally find. ]

Wisconsin Naturalization Records - The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records.