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Immigration records help the family historian to understand the movements of their ancestry as they relocated to different parts of the world.

Featured Immigration Records:
 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
 The Ellis Island Experience
 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
 Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
 Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1956
 California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957
 New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945
 Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
 Passenger & Immigration Lists Index, 1500s - 1900s

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19-Century Emigration of 'Old Lutherans' from Eastern Germany to Australia, Canada, and the United States
19th-Century Emigration from Kreis Simmern (Hunsrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany to Brazil, England, Russian Poland, and USA
A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776
A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773
A List of Alien Passengers Bonded from January 1, 1847, to January 1, 1851
A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692
A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1718-1759
A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847
A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861
Alaska Alien Arrivals, 1906-1949
American Emigrant Ministers, 1690-1811
American Migrations 1765-1799
An Alphabetical Index to Ulster Emigrants to Philadelphia, 1803-1850
Aransas, Texas Crew Lists, 1912-1965
Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 1: 1820-1871
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 2: 1820-1873
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 3: Galveston Texas 1846-1871
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 4: 1820-1870
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 5: 1820-1873
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 6: 1820-1863
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 7: 1820-1835
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 8: 1845-1849
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788 - Free Index
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791
Baden, Germany Emigration Index, 1866-1911 - Free Index
Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872
Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
Bonded Passengers to America (9 vols. In 3)
Bonded Passengers to America (Volumes I and II) 1615-1775 & 1617-1775
Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 - Updated!
Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1903-1957
Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
Boston Port Arrivals and Immigrants, 1715-16, 1762-69
Boston, 1821-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Boston, Massachusetts Passenger Lists, 1884
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930
Box Elder County, Utah Certificates of Citizenship Record Books, 1868-1869
Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records (in German) - Free Index
Bremen, Germany Sailors Registry, 1824-1917 (in German)
Bremen, Germany Ships Crew Lists, 1815-1917 (in German)
British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812
California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957
Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One
Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two
Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London, 1617-1778
Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775
Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York
Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1957
Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775
Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830
Dutch Immigrants to America, 1820-1880
Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894
Early American Immigrations
Early New York Naturalizations
Early Ontario Settlers
Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666
Emigrants from England to the American Colonies, 1773-1776
Emigrants from Fellbach (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany), 1735-1930
Emigrants from France (Haut-Rhin Department) to America. Part 1 (1837-1844) and Part 2 (1845-1847)
Emigrants from Ireland to America, 1735-1743
Emigrants from Ireland, 1847-1852
Emigrants from Saxony (Grandduchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) to America, 1854, 1859
Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (Now Niedersachsen), Germany, Mainly to the United States,1830-1849
Emigrants from the Principality of Hessen-Hanau, Germany, 1741-1767
Emigrants from West-German Fuerstenberg Territories (Baden and the Palatinate) to America and Central Europe 1712, 1737, 1787
Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819
English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660
English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1661-1733
Florida Passenger Lists, 1898-1951
Galveston Passenger Lists, 1896-1948
Going to America
Great Migration Begins Index: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 (in German)
Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934 (in German)
Hawaii Chinese Exclusion Index
Hawaii Passenger Lists, 1942-1948
Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776
Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775
Immigrants to the Middle Colonies
Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750
Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750
Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, 1907-1924
Indexes to Seamen's Protection Certificate Applications and Proofs of Citizenship
Iosco County, Michigan Naturalization Index, 1885-1910 - Free Index
Irish Emigrants in North America [1670-1830], Part Six
Irish Emigrants in North America [1775-1825]
Irish Emigrants in North America, Part Four and Part Five
Irish Emigrants in North America, Part I
Irish Emigrants in North America, Part II
Irish Emigrants in North America, Part III
Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839
Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849
Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851
Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806
Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
Italian Passengers to Louisiana, 1905-10
Italians in Poland
Juab County, Utah Citizenship Certificate Stubs, 1908-1928
Laramie County, Wyoming Naturalization Records, 1867-1920
Later Scots-Irish Links, 11575-1725 Part Four
Later Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725 Part Three
Later Scots-Irish Links, 1725-1825
Massachusetts Crew Lists, 1917-1943
Michigan Eastern District Naturalizations
Michigan in the Civil War
Michigan Passenger and Crew Lists, 1903-1965 - New!
Minnesota Crew Lists, 1929-1952
Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1854-1957
More Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775
Namen von Einwanderern in Pennsylvanien aus Deutschland, der Schweiz, Holland, Frankreich u. a. St. von 1727 bis 1776 (Names of immigrants in Pennsylvania from Germany, Switzerland, Holland, France and other countries from 1727 to 1776)
Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775
Naturalizations in America and the West Indies, 1740-1782
New Brunswick, Canada, Passenger Lists: 1834
New England Founders, 1602-1630
New England Immigrants, 1700-1775
New England Irish Pioneers - Free Index
New Jersey Early Germans
New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834
New South Wales, Australia 1828 - 1842: Bounty Immigrants List - Free Index
New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 - New!
New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 - New!
New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 - New!
New World Immigrants, Vol. I
New World Immigrants, Vol. II
New York Chinese Exclusion Index
New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1890 - Free Index
New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1891 - Free Index
New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24
New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
New York Petitions for Naturalization
New York Port, Ship Images, 1851-1891
New York Southern District Court, Korean War Military Naturalization Index, 1950-1955
New York Southern District, World War II Military Naturalization Index, 1941-1946
New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Vol. I
Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Vol. II
Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality . . .
Oregon Passenger and Crew Lists, 1888-1957
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1834
Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829
Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819
Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20
Passenger Arrivals, 1819-1820
Passenger Ships and Images
Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684
Passengers from Ireland
Passengers to America
Passengers Who Arrived in the U.S., September 1821-December 1823
Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance
Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, Vol. 2
Pennsylvania German Pioneers - Free Index
Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, Vol. I
Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, Vol. II
Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1740-73
Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia (Meeting), 1682-1750
Persons of Quality Original Lists
Philadelphia German Immigration, 1700-75 - Free Index
Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records
Philadelphia, 1800-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Indentures, 1771-1773
Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory
Port Arrivals and Immigrants to the City of Boston, 1715-1716 and 1762-1769
Rensselaerswyck, New York Settlers, 1630-58
Rhode Island Passenger Lists
Rhode Island Passenger Lists by Maureen A. Taylor
San Francisco Chinese Exclusion List
San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. I [1850-1864]
San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. II [1850-1851]
San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists. Vol. III: November 7, 1851 to June 17, 1852
Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674
Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-74
Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772
Scots On the Chesapeake, 1607-1830
Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957
Shasta county, California, Naturalization Records: 1852 - 1932
Ship Passenger Lists from Holland to New Netherland: Miscellaneous Ships
Ship Passenger Lists from Ireland to America: Miscellaneous Ships
Ship Passenger Lists to New York: Miscellaneous Ships
Ship Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia, Canada: Miscellaneous Ships
Ship Passenger Lists to Pennsylvania: Miscellaneous Ships
Ship Passenger Lists to the Carolinas: Miscellaneous Ships
Ship Passengers Arriving in Canada (Letter A): 1919-1924
Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850. Vol. II
Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828
Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828. Vol. III
Some Emigrants to Virginia - New!
Sons of Utah Pioneers - Card Index, 1847-50
Sons of Utah Pioneers Membership Applications
South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850
Swedish Emigration Records, 1783-1951 (in Swedish)
Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century
The Bristol Registers of Servants
The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783
The Germans of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1783
The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783
The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Supplement 1607-1707
The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640
The Wandering Irish in Europe
Titanic Survivors, Carpathia Passenger List, 1912
Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650
U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 - New!
U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 - Updated!
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Utah Naturalization Declarations of Intention, 1878-1895
Utah Pioneers, 1847-50
Virginia Huguenot Refugees, 1700
Virginia Immigrants, 1623-66
Wasatch County, Utah Citizenship Certificate Stubs, 1907-1924
Wasatch County, Utah Naturalization Record Books, 1896-1906
Wisconsin Crew Lists, 1925-1969
Wuerttemberg, Germany Emigration Index - Free Index
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