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FamilySearch - Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954 ^FREE

This collection contains an index to Canadian border entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1954 and corresponds with NARA collections M1461, M1463, M1464, M1465.

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 United States, 1789-1930 | Harvard Library

From the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program.

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.

List of Canada

Migrants-FC : Site Migrants

Immigrants to the United States from France. This site is in English, free to use and no registration required.

NARA Access to Archival Databases (AAD) - Germans to America Passenger Data File, 1850 - 1897

National Dialogues on Immigration

Beginning in January 2014, twenty museums and historic sites across the United States launched the National Dialogues on Immigration Project: a bold, new public initiative to use historical perspective to foster dialogue on immigration issues among people with diverse perspectives and backgrounds through visceral encounters with the past. Continuing throughout 2015, this cross-regional series is designed to spark a new national conversation on critical immigration themes of Citizenship and American Identity, Restrictions and Legality, Borders and Freedom of Movement, and Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

NaturalizationRecords.com - American Passport Records & Applications

Search for your ancestors in free Naturalization Records in U.S.A. and Canada. Find Declarations of Intent, First Papers, Alien Registrations, Passport Applications, Naturalization Petitions and Citizenship Certificates.

Nordic and Scandinavian Emigration to the United States

Compiled by subject specialists at the Library of Congress, this guide provides print and online resources for researching the genealogy of Scandinavian and Nordic families in the U.S., along with key national, state, and local histories.

Pilgrim Ship Lists By Date

Pilgrim Ship Lists from the early 1600's, from England to America.

Price & Associates: Immigrant Servants Database

The Immigrant Servants Database is a project designed to help Americans trace the European origins of their colonial ancestors. It is predicted that over 100,000 immigrant servants (indentured servants, convict servants, and redemptioners) will be identified.

Spanish Immigrants in the United States

Our primary goal is to create a multi-media archive that will document the history of Spanish immigrants in the United States.

St. Albans Lists FAQ

St. Albans Lists are lists of immigrants who crossed the border from Canada into the U.S. between 1895 and 1954. This site provides links to reel numbers (NARA and LDS) and explains how to obtain the reels.