General Resource Sites

• 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.
• 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.
  • Alien Registration Records 
    Article by Joseph Silinonte.
  • Rediscovering Passenger Lists 
    Article by Kory L. Meyerink.
  • Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records 
    Article by John Philip Colletta.
  • Thirteen Reasons Why Ancestors Migrated 
    From "Along Those Lines..." by George Morgan.
• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Immigration 
• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Naturalization 
• Awesome Genealogy Directory: Genealogy: Immigration 
  A directory of immigration links, including naturalizations, oaths of allegiance, passenger lists, ports, ships and ethnic immigration.
• Destination U.S.A. 
  Actual steamship advertisements and fare schedules. Read three personal accounts of life in steerage.
• Finding Passenger Lists 1820 to the 1940s - arrivals at US ports from Europe 
  Article by Joe Beine.
• Finding Passenger Records in the Family History Library Catalog 
  Article by Joe Beine.
• From One Life to Another: A look at European Immigration 
  A historical account of 19th and 20th century immigration.
• Genealogy.com: All About Immigration and Migration 
• He is on the 1914 Manifest! 
  Article by Michael John Neill on using the Ellis Island Web site to find an entry on a 1914 manifest.
• A Historical View of U.S. Immigration Policy 
• History of International Migration Site 
  From Leiden University in the Netherlands.
• Immigrant Journeys: Collecting Stories of Coming to the US 
• Immigration And Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide 
• Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources 
  From the Library of Congress.
• Immigration 
  From the United Kingdom's familyrecords.gov consortium.
• Immigration: The living Mosaic of People, Culture, and Hope 
  Informative site on the history of immigration into the United States with interesting graphics.
  • Immigration: The Africans 
  • Immigration: The Chinese 
  • Immigration: The English 
  • Immigration: The Germans 
  • Immigration: The Irish 
  • Immigration: The Italians 
  • Immigration: The Japanese 
  • Immigration: The Jewish 
• Immigration and Ships Passenger List Research Guide 
  The goal of this Guide is to help you to use Ships Passenger Lists and other Immigration records in locating the origin of your ancestors in Europe, fill in gaps in your family history, and to lead to other avenues of genealogical research. This step by step guide is written with special consideration given for the beginner researcher. For the more experienced researcher, it includes numerous links to on-line web sites as well as illustrations of documents, examples, tips, and use of traditional resources. Also, references to on-line and off-line resources for obtaining pictures and information about your ancestor's ship is included.
• Manifest Extract Forms 
  Blank forms for extracting information from a List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the US Immigration Office at Port of Arrival.
  • 1893-1906 
  • 1907-1918 
  • 1919-1925 
  • Post 1925 
• Married to An Alien 
  Article a time when US born women lost their citizenship through marriage to non-citizens.
• Migrations Project 
• 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.
  • Caribbean Migration Histories 
  • Caribbean Roots 
  • Irish Migration Histories 
  • Irish Roots 
  • Jewish Migration Histories 
  • Jewish Roots 
  • South Asian Migration Histories 
  • South Asian Roots 
• Now What? Expert Answers to your Genealogy questions - Searching for Early Immigrants 
  Tips for finding immigrant ancestors.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: USA Naturalization Records 
• On the Road Again: Visiting the National Archives in Washington, DC, Part II (Immigration and Naturalization Records) 
  This how-to article describes the National Archives holdings on immigration and passenger list records and how to use them in genealogical research. From Pilgrims, Pioneers & Aliens, by Diana Smith.
• Primer of Emigration, Immigration, etc. 
  An article from the Polish Genealogical Society of America.
• Q & A: Naturalization 1749  
• Roland Marchand's Slide Collection - Immigration 
  Scanned photographs from various phases of the immigration process and society's views of the new arrivals.
• Roots Television 
  Roots Television is an online television network by and for avid genealogists. Videos include how-to demonstrations, conference lectures, and region-specific programming including Irish, Hispanic, British, Jewish, African-American research and more. Videos are available online, on-demand, and virtually all of them are absolutely free.
  • Program Guide 
    • Immigration 
• RootsWeb Guide Lesson 15 - Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors 
• RootsWeb Guide Lesson 16 - Naturalization Records 
• Tracing an Ancestor Who Was an Immigrant 
  • African-Americans 
  • Africans 
  • Asians 
  • Jewish 
  • West Indians 
• Tracing Immigrant Origins 
  From FamilySearch.org.
• USA & Canadian Naturalization & Citizenship Records 

Home Children

• British Home Children 
  A site for listing the names of the individual British Home Children.
• British Home Children Mailing List 
  A mailing list for those interested in researching the 100,000 British Home Children who were emigrated to Canada by 50 child care organizations to work as indentured farm labourers (1870-1940). Archives: browse or search.
• Labouring Children: British Immigrant Apprentices to Canada, 1869-1924 
  A book by Joy Parr.
• National Archives of Canada - Home Children (1869-1930) 
  Between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement. Members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa are locating and indexing the names of these Home Children found in passenger lists in the custody of the National Archives of Canada.
  • Home Children Search 
    A searchable online index for the years 1869 to 1930 is available online.
• Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search For A Stolen Identity 
  A book by Perry Snow.
• Quarriers Charity  ~ Scotland
  Originally Orphan Homes of Scotland located at Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.
  • Genealogy 
    For assistance in tracking relatives cared for by Quarriers in the past, including those who went to Canada.
  • History 
    • Canada 
• William Quarrier Home Children Association 
  An association of Scottish "home children" and their families.
• Young Immigrants to Canada 
  When the topic of child immigrants to Canada is raised many people first think of Barnardo's. Some may know about Annie Macpherson, Maria Rye, Fegan Homes, Dr. Stephenson and the National Children's Home or even some of the Roman Catholic organizations. This web site represents research into all of the organizations which brought children and young women to Canada between 1833 and 1935.

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Center for Migration Studies  ~ New York
• Emigrantregistret*Kinship Center-sv Swedish Emigration Research Archives in the City of Karlstad, the Province of Värmland.
• Finding Aid to Naturalization Records at the Connecticut State Library 
• Forschungsstelle Deutsche Auswanderer in den USA - DAUSA  ~ Oldenburg, Germany
  Research center at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität.
• Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - Utvandring - Emigration  ~ Norway
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Library Services 
  Materials on immigration studies.
• Immigrant-institutet  ~ Sweden
  Immigrant Institute in Borås works as a national documentation center on immigration.
• Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota 
  An international resource on American immigration and ethnic history.
• Immigration Museum  ~ Melbourne, Australia
• Immigration - Research Collections in American Immigration 
• Indexes to Naturalization Records in the State Archives of Michigan 
  Includes online indexes for selected counties.
• Institute of Migration - Siirtolaisuusinstituutti  ~ Turku, Finland
  • Emigrant Register 
    400,000 entries from passenger and passport records.
• Maryland Immigration Digital Library 
• Maryland State Archives Immigration and Naturalization 
• Museum of Tolerance - Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves  ~ Los Angeles, California
  Exhibit on the family & personal histories of several noted Americans including Maya Angelou, Billy Crystal, Carlos Santana & Joe Torre.
• NARA - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration 
  • Access to Archival Databases (AAD) 
    • Genealogy/ Personal History 
    • Immigrants 
      Includes Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine. These materials identify 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York, 1846-1851, and the ships on which they arrived. Approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list Ireland as the native country.
  • Genealogists/Family Historians 
    • Genealogical Resources at the National Archives 
    • Immigration Records (Ship Passenger Arrival Records) [Page 1] 
    • Immigration Records (Ship Passenger Arrival Records) [Page 2] 
      • Available 1800-1959 Immigration Records 
        Alphabetical list of ports.
    • Research Topics of Genealogical Interest 
• National Archives of New Zealand: Holdings: Migrations Reference Guide 
  Shipping records, immigration 1840-1880s, immigration 1880s-1970, special group/nationality migrations, other sources of immigration information, emigration.
• National Archives of Scotland - Guide to Emigration Records 
• Norsk Utvandermuseum / The Norwegian Emigrant Museum 
• Paso al Norte Immigration History Museum  ~ El Paso, Texas
  Preserves the history of El Paso as the "Ellis Island of the Southwest".
• Ragunda Emigrant & Genealogical Research Center  ~ Sweden
• Research Center for German Emigrants in the USA 
• Svenska Emigrantinstitutet / The Swedish Emigrant Institute  ~ Sweden
  The national collection and museum on Swedish emigration history.

Locality Specific

• 19th Century Emigration to the North Americas 
  From The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and the Belfast Telegraph.
• Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - Naturalization Records 
• Ancestry.com 
  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
  • Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 
  • Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830 
  • Jewish Transmigration Bureau Deposit Cards, 1939-1954 (JDC) 
    Original source: Jewish Transmigration Bureau Files and Index. New York: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives.
• Articles 
  Articles pertaining specifically to 18th century German emigration research.
• A Brief History of Chinese Immigration to America 
• CEMLA - Centro De Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos 
  To promote and disseminate academic study of migration to and from the Americas. Over twenty years of migration studies in Argentina.
• Danish Emigration late 1800s 
• Danish Immigration to America: An Annotated Bibliography of Resources at the Library of Congress 
• Emigrants from Ireland (mostly Ship's Lists) 
  Over 9,000 names. To access the records you must be a member (free) and logged-on.
• Emigration from Wales 
• Emigration Guide  ~ Australia
• Emigration Port Hamburg 
  Excellent online presentation of why Hamburg was a major port of departure for immigrants, how the were treated, what they faced, and how the process of departure worked.
• From Huddled Masses to the White House - Irish Immigration to America From the 1800s to the Present 
• Goin' To Chicago 
  Companion web site to the PBS documentary film about the largest internal migration in U.S. history - the move that led millions of African Americans from the South to the cities of the North and West of the United States.
• German and American Sources for German Emigration to America 
• German Genealogy: Emigration from Germany to America 
• German Immigration and Emigration 
• Idaho State Historical Society - Naturalization Records at the Public Archives and Research Library 
  Staff and interns at the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives have created an index to naturalization records held by the L&A. The index includes name, date, record type, and source of the information. The page also includes a brief overview of the naturalization process and information on how to contact staff for additional information.
• Immigrant Communities in Maryland 
  A scholarly review of immigration into Maryland from the very first colonists to modern immigrants.
• Irish Passenger Lists Research Guide - Irish Immigration Records 
  A bibliography of books, CD-Roms, microfilm & online databases for finding Irish immigration records in the U.S.
• The Making of a Melting Pot - Irish Immigration to America From 1700 to the early 1800s 
• Mexican Migration Project / Proyecto Sobre Migracion Mexicana 
  An ongoing binational research effort that aims to study and document the process of Mexican migration to the United States.
• Migrations in Luxembourg - A historical sketch 
  • Luxembourg emigration in the 19th century 
  • The Luxembourgers in America 
• Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848-1888 by Nick Evans- The Solem, Swiggum & Austheim Ship Index 
• Norwegian Emigration to USA 1825-2000 
• Olive Tree Genealogy: 17th Century Immigrants to New York Registry 
• Pioneer Sikh Asian East Indian Immigration to the Pacific Coast from Punjab 
  Includes a chronology, historical photos, and a list of research specialists.
• A Scattering of Seeds - The Creation of Canada 
  Companion web site to the television series about immigrants to Canada.
• The Transatlantic Crossing, Norwegian emigrants on the Atlantic 
  Story of how the Norwegians going to America in the time between 1825 and 1925 would travel. Also gives some insight into the amazing development in how ships were constructed and the transportation arranged to meet the demands of the increasing number of people on the move. Even though this is about the experience of Norwegian emigrants, the experiences and conditions of travel will be much the same regardless of nationality.
• Transportation to America and the West Indies, 1615-1776 
  Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.
• Transportation to Australia 1787-1868 
  Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Emigration/Migration Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained for years by John Fuller. This site indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Immigration 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• AUS-CONVICTS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the ships used to bring immigrants to Australia. Subjects include ports of entry and departure, ship descriptions and history, passenger lists, and other related information. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 1788-1842. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the history and genealogy surrounding the Tasmanian (formerly Van Diemens Land) convicts and their records in other states of Australia and in the United Kingdom. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-CONVICT Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in prisoners from the British Empire, including the "Parkhurst boys", who were sent to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-PASSENGERLISTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding passenger lists for those ships that carried our ancestors to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ex-army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships carrying prisoners from the British Empire to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• BoatFolks Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the ancestors and descendents of immigrants arriving in the United States prior to 1700.
• BRITISHHOMECHILDREN Mailing List 
  A mailing list for those interested in researching the 100,000 British Home Children who were emigrated to Canada by 50 child care organizations to work as indentured farm labourers (1870-1940). Archives: browse or search.
• CANADA-IMMIGRANTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding people who emigrated to Canada. Archives: browse or search.
• CASTLE-GARDEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Castle Garden, the first center in the United States for processing arriving immigrants, which was founded by New York State on an island off the southwest tip of Manhattan in 1855. Archives: browse or search.
• ELLIS-ISLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Ellis Island which was established in 1890 at the southeast foot of Manhattan, New York as a federal processing center for arriving immigrants when the Treasury Department assumed control of immigration in New York harbor and New York officials refused continued use of Castle Garden. Archives: browse or search.
• FirstShips Mailing List 
  For research and sharing of information on those people who came to New England on the first ships, their lives, why they came here, their ancestors and descendants wherever they may be, as well as those who married into these families.
• GEN-Emigrants Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ancestors who emigrated from Britain to America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. including both why and how they emigrated.
• GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in passenger lists for ships from Germany. Archives: browse or search.
• GL-PASSENGERS Mailing List 
  For the posting of passenger lists of ships sailing from ports along the St. Lawrence River and throughout the five Great Lakes in the middle of North America. Archives: browse or search.
• IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding Irish immigration to the United States. See the Irish-American Mailing List  website for more information. Archives: browse or search.
• IMMI-GRAND Mailing List 
  For those attempting to do genealogical research whose grandparents (or parents) arrived in the USA after 1875. Archives: browse or search.
• LA-IMMIGRANTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding immigrants to the United States who settled in Louisiana. Archives: browse or search.
• MIGRATION-PATTERNS Mailing List 
  For discussing the migration patterns of families and "cluster" moves of towns in the United States. Archives: browse or search.
• SCT-HIGHLAND-CLEARANCES Mailing List 
  For for genealogical discussions surrounding the Battle of Culloden (Scotland) resulting in the involuntary migration of many Scottish families known as the Highland Clearances in order to learn where these displaced Scots went, who they went with, where they eventually settled, and most important - why they left. Archives: browse or search.
• SHIPS_FROM_ENGLAND Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the immigration and emigration by ships from England. Archives: browse or search.
• TheShipsList Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the ships our ancestors migrated on. Subjects include emigration/immigration, ports of entry, ports of departure, ship descriptions and history, passenger lists and other related information. Archives: browse or search.
  • TheShipsList Home Page 
    TheShipsList mailing list was established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest.
• SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the immigrants from the United Kingdom to South Africa prior to 1900. Archives: browse or search.
• SOUTH-AM-EMI Mailing List 
  A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding emigrants from the United Kingdom to South America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Archives: browse or search.
• UFO-ROOTS Mailing List 
  For those whose ancestors arrived from outer space to make connections with others sharing this problem, discuss their ancestry, and provide advice on possible avenues for further research. Archives: browse or search.
• USA-Naturalizations Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding naturalization records in the United States and the best ways to find ancestors in these records. Archives: browse or search.
• US-IMMIGRANTS-POST-1800 Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding immigrants to the United States who arrived after 1800. Archives: browse or search.
• US-IMMIGRANTS-PRE-1800 Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding immigrants to the United States who arrived prior to 1800. Archives: browse or search.
• US-SHIPSLISTS-POST1820 Mailing List 
  For the posting of information and queries regarding all aspects of the ships that carried our ancestors from place to place after 1820 including ship descriptions, ports of arrival and departure, passenger lists, fleet lists, shipping schedules, and wreck data. Archives: browse or search.
• US-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1820 Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ship passenger lists, immigration records, naturalization records and ships' lists substitutes for immigration to the United States before 1820. Archives: browse or search.

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Rhonda R. McClure Genealogical Services 
  Solid experience in most of the United States as well as Canada, France and Italy, with regional specialties in New England, New York, Midwest and Southern states. In addition to these regions, there are certain research specialties including immigrant research (going beyond the basic passenger lists), Native American research, compiling of family histories, and editing.

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 - Immigration  and Naturalization 
  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.
  • Across the Waters: Ontario Immigrants' Experiences, 1820-1850 
    A book by Frances Hoffman.
  • African American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • American Migrations 1765-1799. The lives, times, and families 
    A book by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • American Immigration: A Student Companion 
    A book by Roger Daniels.
  • Asylum for Mankind: America, 1607-1800 
    A book by Marilyn C. Baseler.
  • Atlas of American Migration 
    A book by Stephen A. Flanders.
  • Better Than Gold: An Immigrant Family's First Years in Brooklyn 
    A book by Fannie Silver.
  • Britain to America: Mid-Nineteenth-Century Immigrants to the United States 
    A book by William E. Van Vugt.
  • Carpatho-Rusyn Americans (The Immigrant Experience) 
    A book by Paul Robert Magocsi.
  • Chinese Americans: The Immigrant Experience 
    A book by Dusanka Miscevic.
  • Coming to America : A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life 
    A book by Roger Daniels.
  • Cuban American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • The Dutch in America: Immigration, Settlement, and Cultural Change 
    A book by Robert P. Swierenga .
  • Dutch Immigrants in U. S. Ship Passenger Manifests, 1820-1880: An Alphabetical Listing by Household Heads and Independent Persons 
    A book by Robert P. Swierenga.
  • Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America 
    A book by Kerby A. Miller.
  • Emigrants and Expats: A Guide to Sources on UK Emigration and Residents Overseas (Public Record Office Readers Guide) 
    A book by Roger Kershaw.
  • Emigrants from Fellbach, 1735-1930 (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) 
    A book by Clifford N. Smith.
  • Erie County, Pennsylvania Naturalization 1825-1906 
    A book by the Erie Society for Genealogical Research.
  • Faith and Family: Dutch Immigration and Settlement in the United States, 1820-1920 
    A book by Robert P. Swierenga.
  • The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America 
    A book by Edward Laxton.
  • Genealogists Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors 
    A book by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack.
  • German American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • German Immigrant Servant Contracts: Registered at the Port of Philadelphia, 1817-1831 
    A book by Farley Grubb.
  • Germans from Russia: Index of naturalization records in Whitman County, Washington, 1860-1942 
    A book by Janet Margolis Damm.
  • German Revolutionists of 1848: Among Whom Many Immigrants to America  
    A book by Westland Publications.
  • The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Immigration to America: An Interactive History With Removable Documents and Artifacts 
    A book by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.
  • The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 
    A CD-ROM by Robert Charles Anderson.
  • The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South 
    A book by Parke Rouse.
  • Guide to Information Resources in Ethnic Museum, Library, and Archival Collections in the United States 
    A book by Lubomyr R. Wynar.
  • Historical Aspects of the Immigration Problem: Select Documents 
    A book by Edith Abbott.
  • How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York 
    A book by Jacob A. Riis.
  • How They Came: German Immigration from Prussia to Missouri 
    A book by Anita M. Mallinckrodt.
  • The Huddled Masses: The Immigrant in American Society, 1880-1921 
    A book by Alan M Kraut.
  • Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York 
    A book by Friedrich Kapp.
  • Immigration, Migration and Settlement in the United States: A Genealogical Guidebook 
    A book by Marilyn Lind.
  • Immigration: Select Documents and Case Records 
    A book by Edith Abbott.
  • An Index to Naturalization Records in Pre-1907 Indiana County Courts 
    A book by the Indiana Historical Society.
  • Invisible Immigrants: The Adaptation of English and Scottish Immigrants in Nineteenth-Century America 
    A book by Charlotte Erickson.
  • Irish American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • Irish Americans: The Immigrant Experience 
    A book by William D. Griffin.
  • Irish Women and Irish Migration 
    A book by Patrick O'Sullivan.
  • Italian American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • Italy's Many Diasporas 
    A book by Donna R. Gabaccia.
  • Japanese American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • Jewish American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • Jewish Americans: The Immigrant Experience 
    A book by Hasia R. Diner.
  • Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939 
    A book by Daniel Soyer.
  • Jewish Immigrants of the Nazi Period in the U.S.A. : Guide to the Oral History Collection of the Research Foundation for Jewish Immigration 
    A book by Herbert A. Strauss.
  • Journey of Hope: The Story of Irish Immigration to America 
    A book by Kerby Miller.
  • Locating Your Immigrant Ancestor: A Guide to Naturalization Records 
    A book by James C. Neagles.
  • Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy 
    A book by Louis Desipio.
  • Mexican American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • Migration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World 
    A book by Alison Games.
  • Migration in a Mature Economy: Emigration and Internal Migration in England and Wales 1861-1900 
    A book by Dudley Baines.
  • New Homes in a New Land German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861 
    A book by Ethel H. Geue.
  • New Land Beckoned German Immigration to Texas 
    A book by Chester Geue.
  • New York Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index: 1907-1924 
    A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
  • Nineteenth-Century Emigration from the Siegkreis (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Mainly to the United States) 
    A book by Clifford N. Smith.
  • Nineteenth-Century Emigration of 'Old Lutherans' from Eastern Germany (Mainly Pomerania and Lower Silesia to Australia, Canada, and the United) 
    A book by Clifford N. Smith.
  • Norway to America : A History of the Migration 
    A book by Ingrid Semmingsen.
  • Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860 
    A book by Theodore Christian Blegen.
  • Norwegian Migration to America The American Transition 
    A book by Theodore C. Blegen.
  • Pacific Pioneers: Japanese Journeys to Hawaii and America, 1850-80 
    A book by John E. Van Sant.
  • A Pattern of Government Growth 1800-1860: The Passenger Acts and Their Enforcement 
    A book by Oliver MacDonagh.
  • The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas 
    A book by Gerard Chaliand.
  • Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
    A book by Randolph Boehm.
  • Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe, 1880-1930 
    A book by Mark Wyman.
  • Scandinavian American Family Album 
    A book by Dorothy Hoobler.
  • Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the 'Immigrant Menace' 
    A book by Alan M. Kraut.
  • Special Sorrows: The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish Immigrants in the United States 
    A book by Matthew Frye Jacobson.
  • They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins 
    A book by Loretto Dennis Szucs, Dennis L. Szucs.
  • They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Ship 
    A book by John Philip Colletta.
  • Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America 
    A book by Marianne S. Wokeck.
  • Ulster Emigration to Colonial America, 1718-1775 
    A book by R. J. Dickson.
  • Why They Left: German Immigration from Prussia to Missouri 
    A book by Anita M. Mallinckrodt.
  • Wuerttemberg Emigration Index 
    A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
  • Wuerttemberg Emigration Index (Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, Vol 7 
    A book by Trudy Schenk.
  • Wuerttemberg Emigration Index (Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, Vol 8) 
    A book by Trudy Schenk.
• Ancestry.com - Iosco County, Michigan Naturalization Index, 1885-1910 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Birds of Passage 
  Book for sale of Italian immigrants who departed Palermo, Sicily and arrived at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1859-1901.
• eBay Listings: Immigration, Passenger Lists 
  Online auction service for buying & selling.
• Emigration 
  A series of CD-ROM databases for sale regarding Swedish emigration. Including "The Swedish Emigration 1869-1930", "The Göteborg Emigration 1750-1930", "Emigrated Sailors 1812-1930", & "Swedish American Church Archives".
• Genealogical.com - Immigration/Passenger Lists/Naturalizations 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776 
    A CD-ROM by Genealogical.com.
  • The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660 
    A book by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775 
    A book by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 
    A book by David Dobson.
  • Emigrants in Chains 
    A book by Peter Wilson Coldham.
  • Going to America 
    A book by Terry Coleman.
  • Guide to Naturalization Records in the United States 
    A book by Christina K. Schaefer.
  • Immigrants to America, 1600s-1800s 
    A CD-ROM for sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.
  • Immigrants to Pennsylvania, 1600s-1800s 
    A CD-ROM for sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.
  • Immigrants to the New World, 1600s-1800s 
    A CD-ROM for sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.
  • Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871 
    A CD-ROM for sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.
  • Scottish Immigrants to North America, 1600s-1800s. The Collected Works of David Dobson 
    A CD-ROM for sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.
  • The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 
    A book by Charles Edward Banks.
• Hamburg Emigration List Name Permutations 
  Software for sale which generates alternate spellings of surnames.
• How to Find Your Immigrant Ancestor - Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 
  Tips on using these volumes by Filby.
• Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals 
  A select catalog of National Archives microfilm.
• Long Journey for Sevenpence - Assisted Immigration to New Zealand from the United Kingdom 1947-1975 
  A book available from the Victoria University Press.
• Mormon Immigration Index 
  CD-ROM for sale from the LDS church. Database of approximately 93,000 immigrants who traveled from various international ports to the United States between the years 1840 and 1890. Information in this database includes the age, country of origin, ports of departure and arrival, the company leader assigned to each voyage, and general voyage information.
• Mormon Immigration Index Press Kit 
  Includes sample journal entries, photographs, and information on the database.
• Naturalization and Citizenship Indexes in the Canada Gazette 1915-1951 
  Describes a book for sale which indexes the publication of naturalizing Canadian citizens from 1815 to 1951.

Records

• 1915-1932 Canadian Naturalization 
  Online searchable index.
• Ancestry.com - Baden, Germany Emigration Index, 1866-1911 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. This database contains the names of over 28,000 persons who left Baden between 1866 and 1911. Each entry includes the emigrant's name, residence or place of birth, and the year of departure. Original source: adishen Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe. Auswanderer, 1866-1911. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Microfilm of card index by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976-1978.
• Ancestry.com - Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records (Auswanderungsakten Brandenburg, Preußen) 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. This database contains 17,500 names of emigrants leaving Brandenburg. Each record provides the emigrant's name, age, occupation, residence, destination and year of emigration. Original source: Auswanderungskartei (emigration cards) located at Brandenburgishes Landeshauptarchiv in Potsdam, Germany or Family History Library microfiche #6109219-6109220 (54 total fiches).
• Ancestry.com - Wasatch County, Utah Citizenship Certificate Stubs, 1907-1924 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Wasatch County, Utah. Utah. District Court (Fourth District: Wasatch County). Citizenship certificate stubs, 1907-1924. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Utah State Archives and Records Service. Series 85182.
• Ancestry.com - Wasatch County, Utah Naturalization Record Books, 1896-1906 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Wasatch County, Utah. Utah. District Court (Fourth District: Wasatch County). Naturalization record books, 1896-1935. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Utah State Archives and Records Service. Series 84056.
• Ancestry.com - Wuerttemberg, Germany Emigration Index 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. This database contains the names of approximately 60,000 persons who made application to emigrate at Wuerttemberg from the late eighteenth century to 1900. The information supplied on each person includes: name, date and place of birth, residence at time of application and application date, and microfilm number. Original source: Schenk, Trudy. Wuerttemberg Emigration Index. Vol. I-VIII. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Ancestry, Inc., 1986.
• Anderson Public Library  ~ Indiana
  • Indiana Room 
    • Naturalization Records 
      Persons who applied for naturalization at the Madison County courthouse between the years 1890-1958.
• Arkansas Naturalization Records Index 1809-1906 
  Searchable index of the WPA (Work Projects Administration) Naturalization Records Project for Arkansas.
• Assisted Immigrants Indexes  ~ Australia
  Searchable online indexes from State Records New South Wales.
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving at Port Phillip, 1839-51 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving at Moreton Bay (Brisbane), 1848-59 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney, 1860-79 
  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney, 1880-96 
• The Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800 
  Online searchable database of over 20,000 transcribed pages from the newspaper including personal names, place names, and ship names.
• Bremen Passenger Lists 1920 - 1939 
  Online searchable database of passenger lists.
• By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954 (St. Albans Lists) 
  Article by Marian L. Smith.
• Convicts Transported to Virginia, 1633-1638 
  Selected transcripts.
• Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank / German Emigrants Database 
  From the Historisches Museum Bremerhaven. Intends to provide a searchable database of all European emigrants who emigrated to North America from German ports between 1820 and 1939. Sources are passenger lists. Current database may be searched at the museum in Bremerhaven or by mail for a fee.
• Digitalarkivet - Emigrants  ~ Norway
  Searchable online databases.
• Colorado State Archives Naturalization Records 
  Excellent site providing information on the naturalization process in general complete with scanned documents as examples. Gives an inventory of the naturalization records held by the Archives on a county-by-county basis.
  • Background History of the United States Naturalization Process 
• Declarations of Intention, 1906-1930  ~ Westchester County, New York
• Early Arrivals Records Search 
  Online searchable index to casefiles for early immigrants to San Francisco and Hawaii.
• Emigrants From England 1773-1776 
  Search the index to Emigrants From England 1773-1776. This set of records has over 6,000 names of immigrants from England to USA.
• Emigration Port Hamburg 
  Excellent online presentation of why Hamburg was a major port of departure for immigrants, how the were treated, what they faced, and how the process of departure worked.
• Emigration Records 
  Searchable online database from the Scottish Archive Network. Between 1852 and 1857, the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society assisted almost 5000 individuals to leave western Scotland for Australia.
• Emigration Site for Finnmark County, Norway 
  The emigration list contains names of people who emigrated from Alta and Vadsø, Finnmark, North-Norway area, via Trondheim between 1867 - 1925 to USA and Canada.
• Emigration to The United States in 1847 
  Extracted from The Ocean Plague by a Cabin Passenger, Boston, 1848.
• Finding Historical Information 
  A guide for genealogists and historians to assist in their research of Colorado vital records.
• Finding Immigration Records - U.S. 
  Including a scanned image example.
• Genealogy Quest: Georgia Naturalizations Searchable Database 
  Contains the names and miltary units of soldiers who were admitted to become citizens of the United States of America in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia on 12 June 1918.
• Genealogy Quest: South Carolina Naturalizations 
  A searchable database of persons admitted to United States Citizenship by the U.S. courts in South Carolina from 1790 to 1800.
• A Gold Mine of Naturalization Records in New England 
  Article by Walter V. Hickey.
• A Guide to St. Louis, Missouri Naturalization Records 
  Article by Joe Beine.
• A Guide to Finding US Naturalization Records 
  By Joe Beine.
  • Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes & Databases 
  • Types of U.S. Naturalization Records - A Summary for Genealogy Researchers 
• Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850–1934 Resource Guide 
• Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 
• Historic Emigration Office 
  Will search the Hamburg Passenger Departure Lists for a fee.
• Howard County Indiana Naturalization Records 
  Found in various order books of the local courts prior to 1907.
• Wisconsin Naturalization Records 
  From the Wisconsin Historical Society. This is an outstanding web site about Naturalization in general and Wisconsin records in particular.
• [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
  How to Get Your Ancestor's Papers from the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
• Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals 
  A select catalog of National Archives microfilm.
• Immigrants at Grosse-Île 
  Online searchable database of over 33,026 immigrants who stayed at the Grosse-Île Quarantine Station between 1832 and 1937.
• Immigration Records  ~ McLean County, Illinois
  Online index.
• Immigration Records 
  From National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
• Immigrants Recruited by the Launceston Aid Immigration Society  ~ Tasmania, Australia
• Immigration to Canada in the Nineteenth Century - Ships - Emigration Reports - Emigration Handbooks 
  Contains pointers to many other ships lists and sources.
• Index of the Petitions for Naturalization at the Osage County Courthouse 
  From the Osage County Genealogical Society. ~ Lyndon, Kansas
• Index to Chester County Naturalizations, 1798-1906  ~ Pennsylvania
  Searchable online index.
• Index to Naturalization Petitions, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria), 1909-1920 
  Index to NARA RG 21 M1648 - Three of the five rolls indexed were petitions filed by WW1 soldiers stationed at Camp Humphries, now Ft. Belvoir. Counties include Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William & Stafford and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas & Manassas Park.
• Indiana State Digital Archives 
  • Naturalization Records 
    Datasets county by county.