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17th Century Hollanders - Sketches of Seventeenth-Century Hollanders

Seventeenth-Century Persons Who Lived in Holland and North America: Genealogical and Historical Notes on Their Lives, Families and Activities. Original research projects by Cor Snabel and Elizabeth A. Johnson. Within these pages you will find articles on many persons from Holland and the neighboring countries near it. Many of these people came to the North American colonies in the 1600's, or had family members who did. Interesting information we would like to share here may include family and genealogical data on persons living on both sides of the Atlantic, and sometimes in Brazil or even in places in Eurpoe before they moved to Holland.

Ancestry.com - Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1957 $

Original source: Lists of Aliens Arriving at Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Laredo, Presidio, Rio Grande City and Roma, Texas, May 1903 - June 1909, and at Aros Ranch, Douglas, Lochiel, Naco and Nogales, Arizona, July 1906 - December 1910, NARA microfilm publication A3365, 5 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Columbus, New Mexico, 1917 - 1954, NARA microfilm publication A3370, 7 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Naco, Arizona, May 24, 1908 - ca. December 1952, NARA microfilm publication A3372, 18 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Dutch Immigrants to America, 1820-1880 $

Original source: Various Ports. Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820--1873. M575. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, MD, 1820--1891. M255. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, MA, 1820--1891. M277. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; New Orleans, Louisiana. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1820--1902. M259. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; New York, New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820--1897. M237. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, PA, 1800--1882. M425. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Search Immigration & Emigration Records

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

Ancestry.com - U.S., Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1914-1966 $

Original source: Multiple sources, see description. These passenger and crew departure lists from both ships and aircraft were recorded on a variety of forms that were then turned over to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Before You Cross the Pond: Five Places to Find Your Ancestor in America -

Five places to find your ancestor's records in America, including many links to genealogical record sites.

BYU Idaho - Special Collections & Family History - Japanese Immigrants to the United States 1887-1924

Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts - 1866

Chinese Immigration Records

A guide from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Emslanders to the American Mid-West

Devoted to the identification of 19th century German emigrants who came to America from that part of Hannover known today as Emsland, Niedersachsen, and settled in the mid-western United States.

FamilySearch - United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956 ^FREE

This database contains an index of aliens and citizens crossing into the U.S. from Canada via various ports of entry along the U.S.-Canadian border between 1895 and 1956. Data courtesy of Ancestry.com.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Migration Timeline 1784 to 1839 (National Institute)

Famine Irish Immigration Data : 1846 - 1851

This site contains an extensive searchable database of records on over half a million passengers who arrived at the United States between 1846 through 1851 and identified their country of origin as Ireland or ethnicity as Irish.

Findmypast - United States, Canadian Border Crossings $

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

GenealogyMagazine.com - Belgian Migrations: Walloons Arrived Early in America

'If your roots go back to the early settlements in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania or the Middle Atlantic States you may have Walloons

Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: Immigration to the US, 1789-1930

A web-based collection of historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression. Concentrating heavily on the 19th century, Immigration to the US includes over 400,000 pages from more than 2,200 books, pamphlets, and serials, over 9,600 pages from manuscript and archival collections, and more than 7,800 photographs.

Immigration to the US, Immigration, Railroads, and the West

From the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program.

JewishGen - Manifest Markings - Board of Special Inquiry

To better understand the process that created Lists of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry (Board of Special Inquiry, or BSI), follow the case of one Roumanian Jewish immigrant and his family who were held for a hearing.

JewishGen - Manifest Markings - Record of Detained Aliens

Beginning in 1903, at New York (Ellis Island), new forms came to be filed with each manifest and bound in the manifest volumes. One of these is the list or Record of Detained Aliens. Information on the record helps to clarify why a given immigrant was detained, how long they remained in detention, and how the case was resolved.

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