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A Historical View of U.S. Immigration Policy

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American Refuge: The Impact of European Religious Societies on Immigration and Settlement Patterns in America

Article by Rickie Lazzerini. An exploration of the various relgious groups that immigrated to America from Europe to escape religious persecution. This paper concentrates on those groups that sought to isolate themselves from mainstream society in utopian, communal and agricultural societies and why they were attracted to America.
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Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Immigration

Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Naturalization

Ancestry.com Wiki - The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by Arlene H. Eakle and Johni Cerny. A revised edition, edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking. In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of The Source and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Blood and Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and More: Finding Information on US Immigrants

FamilySearch Blog - 5 Online Resources to Help You Find Your Immigrant Ancestors

Finding Passenger Lists 1820 to the 1940s - arrivals at US ports from Europe

Article by Joe Beine.

Finding Passenger Records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Article by Joe Beine.

Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors at Ancestry.com

Findmypast - Search - Immigration & Travel $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Fold3 - Naturalization Records $

Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

History of International Migration Site

From Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Immigrant Ancestors Project

Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources

From the Library of Congress.

Immigrant Journeys: Collecting Stories of Coming to the US

Immigration And Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide

Immigration, Naturalization and Ships Passenger List Extract Forms

Blank forms for extracting information from a List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the US Immigration Office at Port of Arrival. From the Capital Area Genealogical Society.

Migration Institutions

The Migration Museum Web Community aims to offer a web interface to assist the growth of the migration museum network, to support the activities of migration museums and to facilitate the interactions among them. Includes links to partner museums in a variety of countries.

Moving Here - 200 Years of Migration to England

Online searchable database of digitized photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of the past 200 years.