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• A Historical View of U.S. Immigration Policy

• 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

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

• 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.

• Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors at Ancestry.com

• Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors on Ancestry.com ^FREE

  A free 7-page how-to article from the Ancestry.com Learning Center.

• 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  Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents.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.

• 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.

• 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: 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