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Wisconsin Naturalization Records
The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/...
Hamburg State Archive: Link to Your Roots
Online database of emigration lists available to genealogists.
http://www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staats...
Twenty Two Million Immigrants Became Americans on Ellis Island
Detailed review of Ellis Island Records.
http://www.epinions.com/content_1903077338...
Immigrant Journey
The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park.
http://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.h...
Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated
Article by George G. Morgan.
http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/colum...
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.
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealog...
Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources
Research guide and bibliography presented by the Library of Congress.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/toc/becites/ge...
A Historical Look at U.S. Immigration Policy
Graph showing the number of immigrants to the U.S. by decade.
http://showme.missouri.edu/~socbrent/immig...
Immigration: The Living Mosaic of People, Culture and Hope
This Thinkquest site includes regulations of immigration to America, Ellis Island activities and life in the new country.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/
Ellis Island Records
Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924.
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
Immigration in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era
Bibliographic essay by Donna R. Gabaccia.
http://www.h-net.org/~shgape/bibs/immig.ht...
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.
http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc
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.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/...
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.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archiviane...
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.
http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/frinq/pluralst...
Primer of Emigration & Immigration
PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records.
http://www.pgsa.org/primer.htm
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Focuses on America's urban immigrant history in New York.
http://www.tenement.org/
Immigrant Genealogy Society
Information on the society and its German emphasis.
http://feefhs.org/igs/frg-igs.html
Tracing Mormon Pioneers
Tips for those tracing their Mormon pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah.
http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.h...
Library of Congress: Lesson Ideas
These lesson plans from the "American Memory" project at the Library of Congress include 3 units exploring Immigration.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson...
From One Life to Another
An in-depth look at the flood of immigrants who arrived on America's shores during the 19th century. Virtual tours show how they lived beforehand and how their migration transformed not only their lives, but the culture of a nation.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26786/
Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide
Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists.
http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.ht...
Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records
An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research.
http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancma...
Types of US Naturalization Records
Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find.
http://www.genealogybranches.com/naturaliz...
Migrations
Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA.
http://www.migrations.org
New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors
Immigration resources at the New York State Library.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/tracim...
Tracing Immigrant Origins
Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors.
http://www.genealogy.com/uni-immi.html
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
The Balch Institute documents and interprets the ethnic and immigrant experience in the United States.
http://www.balchinstitute.org/
Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online
Lists the names and sailing dates of hundreds of ships, including those sailing from Le Havre and Marseille between 1890 and 1930, which brought the Cimorelli family to the U.S.
http://www.cimorelli.com/safe/shipmenu.htm
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