| Primer of Emigration & Immigration - PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records.
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| 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.
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| Immigrant Genealogy Society - Information on the society and its German emphasis.
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| Immigrant Journey - The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park.
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| A Historical Look at U.S. Immigration Policy - Graph showing the number of immigrants to the U.S. by decade.
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| 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.
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| Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies - Library, archive, and museum dedicated to American ethnic life and immigration history. Features events, educational materials, manuscript guide and information on fellowships.
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| Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources - Research guide and bibliography presented by the Library of Congress.
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| Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records - An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research.
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| Tracing Mormon Pioneers - Bert Nelson advises on finding pioneer ancestors. Slide show presentation, and extensive links to research early convert émigrés.
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| 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.
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| New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors - Immigration resources at the New York State Library.
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| 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.
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| Arnie's Research Guide - Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Migrations - The place to go for tracking your ancestors as they moved.
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| Books Which Document the History of Immigration - Bibliography of books available at the USC library.
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| Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated - Article by George G. Morgan.
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| Tracing Immigrant Origins - This Family History Library publication outlines how to locate where immigrants came from. These principles can be applied to almost any country.
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| Tracing Immigrant Origins - Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors.
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| Library of Congress: Lesson Ideas - These lesson plans from the "American Memory" project at the Library of Congress include 3 units exploring Immigration.
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| NARA Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals on Microfilm - An index to genealogical microfilm rolls published by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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| Wisconsin Naturalization Records - The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records.
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| Twenty Two Million Immigrants Became Americans on Ellis Island - Detailed review of www.ellisislandrecords.org.
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| Naturalization Records in USA and Canada - Searchable online naturalization records. Resource guide for finding declarations of intent, first papers, alien registrations, passport applications, petitions of naturalization, certificates of citizenship.
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| Alms House Admission Foreigners and Nativity Records - Searchable database of Almshouse records of NY City 1855-1858. These records provide immigration details, ages, and places of birth. They list immigrants to Canada, New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Boston.
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| Hamburg State Archive: Link to Your Roots - Online database of emigration lists available to genealogists.
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| From One Life to Another - This site offers a comprehensive look at late 19th and early 20th century immigration, with an emphasis on Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Swedish immigration. Visitors to the site can read interesting articles, test their knowledge, find their relative through genealogy links, and even add their own content.
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| Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services - The former Immigration and Naturalization Service. Information and services available to the public.
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| Immigration in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era - Bibliographic essay by Donna R. Gabaccia.
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| Types of US Naturalization Records - Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find.
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| 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.
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