General Resource Sites

• Ancestry.com - Learning Center - Learn More 
  Thousands of FREE, searchable how-to articles from Ancestry.com publications such as Ancestry Magazine, the Ancestry Weekly Discovery and the Ancestry Monthly Update.
  • A Medium Mouth: What Will the U.S. Passport Applications Collection Reveal About Your Ancestors? 
    Article by Jana Lloyd.
  • Tips from The Pros: Looking at Passport Applications 
    Article by Michael John Neill.
  • Using Ancestry: The Passports Database 
    Article by Michael John Neill.
  • Using Ancestry: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 
    Article by Juliana Smith.
• Footnote.com - Passport Applications, 1795-1905 
  Letters and Applications for US Passports, NARA M1372. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
• Genealogy.com - Overheard in GenForum: Passports -- Primary or Secondary Material? 
  Q&A by Rhonda R. McClure.
• Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide 
  • Section 9.0 - Passport Records 

Locality Specific

• Canadian Genealogy Centre - Library and Archives Canada 
  Includes all physical and online genealogical services of Library and Archives Canada.
  • Passports 
  • Passports held at Library and Archives Canada 
• Passeport Canada / Passport Canada 
  • The History of Passports 
    From the Canadian Passport Office.

Finland
    See also: Cyndi's List - Finland / Suomi

• Finnish Passport Records 
  • Borough Administrator's Passport List 1882-1903 
    The Åland Islands.
  • Sheriff's Passport List 1863-1916 
    The Åland Islands.
• Institute of Migration - Siirtolaisuusinstituutti  ~ Turku, Finland
  • Emigrant Register 
    400,000 entries from passenger and passport records.

Germany
    See also: Cyndi's List - Germany / Deutschland

• German Genealogy: US Passport Applications, 1795-1924, Part 1 
  A list of microfilm numbers for the Family History Library. Includes special passport applications were issued between 1829-1897, and indexes covering 1829-1894.
  • Part 2 
  • Part 3 
  • Part 4 
  • Emergency Passports 
  • Special Passports 

Miscellaneous

• Guide to Doukhobor Passport & Visa Records 
• If my ancestor had an Italian passport, what sort of information is on file and how can I obtain it? 
  From PIE - Frequently Asked Questions on Italian Genealogy. Quotes Trafford R. Cole's book Italian Genealogical Records: How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical, & Other Records in Family History Research.
• JRI-Poland JGS NY and JHI Project (Polish Aliyah Passports) 
  Project to index genealogical collections at the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny). The 'Passports' collection in the Archives of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland (Warsaw) consists of 3,754 Polish passports issued primarily during the 1930s to Polish citizens going to what was then British Mandate Palestine.
• Katharina (Borowski) Nowicki's German Passport 
  Scanned image of a 1928 German passport.
• Nansen's Inventions 
  Includes a brief description and scanned image of a "Nansen Passport", an international passport for European refugees issued after the First World War.
• Passport Index from the Azores to Hawaii - Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy 
• Passport Records 1828-1836, Mexican Records from the Port of Entry at Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory 
  A circular dated 19 November 1825 from the Government of Mexico ordered each Mexican state and territory to make a monthly report of the number and movements of foreigners. The report was to be made to the Secretaria de Relaciones Interiores y Exteriores in Mexico City. All foreigners entering Mexico at Santa Fe were required to register and obtain passports at the Custom House.
• Passports  ~ Australia
  • The History of Passports in Australia 

United Kingdom & Ireland
    See also: Cyndi's List - United Kingdom & Ireland Index

• 1837online.com  ~ United Kingdom
  Pay-per-view web site. Search the indexes for free.
  • The Archive of Names of Passport Applicants 
    Digitised images of the original indexes of Names of Passport Applicants from the records of the Foreign Office; Chief Clerk's Department and Passport Office. The original indexes are held by The National Archives, London, England under the series title FO 611 and are made available here under license. These cover the years 1851-1862 and 1874-1903.
• The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides  ~ U.K.
  • Passport Records - Domestic Records Information 60 
• Passports 
  Scanned example documents of Scottish passports from the Scottish Archives Network.

United States
    See also: Cyndi's List - United States Index

• Guide to Immigration Records and Ship's Passenger Lists-Section 9.0 - Passport Records 
  Explains how to approach U.S. passport records for genealogical research.
• NARA - Genealogists/Family Historians - Passport Applications  ~ U.S.
  Extensive information on what records are available through NARA & research strategies.
• Passport Index from the Azores to Hawaii - Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy 
• Passports Can Offer Proof of Identification 
  Article by Bob Brooke.
• Passports to the Cherokee and Creek Nations 
  From the Georgia Secretary of State.
• Special Passport Applications 1829-1887 
• U.S. Department of State - Passports 
  • Obtain Copies of Your Passport Records 

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Passports 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State 
    A book by John C. Torpey.
  • The Passport: The History of Man's Most Travelled Document 
    A book by Martin Lloyd.
  • Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia, 1810-1820 
    A book by Mary Bryan.
  • Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823: Indian, Spanish & Other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North & South Carolina 
    A book by Dorothy W. Potter.
• Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823 - Indian, Spanish and Other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina 
  A book by Dorothy Williams Potter. For sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.

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