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• American Ancestors - St. Albans Passenger Arrival Records

  Article by Michael J. Leclerc, from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

• Ancestry.com - Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 $

  Original source: Library and Archives Canada. Border Entries. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Microfilm reels: T-5461-T-5507, T-15249-T-15344, T-15346-T-15393. 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 - British Columbia, Canada, Border Entries and Passenger Lists, 1894-1905 $

  Original source: Land Border Entries and Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1894-1905. Micro Publication A3445. RG 85. 7 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, 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 - Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One $

  Original source: The original records from which this database has been prepared are housed in a number of archives and libraries across Canada. 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 - Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two $

  Original source: The original records from which this database has been prepared are housed in a number of archives and libraries across Canada. 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 - Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1963 $

  Original source: Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests. The National Archives at 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 - U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 $

  Original source: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 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 - 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.

• Ancestry.com - U.S., Records of Aliens Pre-Examined in Canada, 1904-1954 $

  Several original sources including: Records of Aliens Pre-Examined; Examination Record; and Head Tax Certificates. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954 (St. Albans Lists)

  An article by Marian L. Smith for Prologue Magazine, Fall 2000, Vol. 32, No. 3.

• FamilySearch - Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956 ^FREE

  This collection contains arrival and departure manifests at Eastport, Idaho from 1924-1956. It corresponds with NARA Publication A3460: Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eastport, Idaho, 1924-1956.

• FamilySearch - Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954 ^FREE

  This is an alphabetical card file manifest of individuals entering the United States through the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954. Includes a few records of persons entering at Port Huron, Sault St. Marie, and other Michigan ports. Corresponds to NARA Publication M1478: Card Manifests (Alphabetical) of Individuals Entering Through the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954.

• FamilySearch - Montana Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals and Departures, 1923-1956 ^FREE

  This collection contains manifests of vessels arriving at Chief Mountain, Cut Bank, Del Bonita, Gateway, Great Falls, and Roosvile, Montana, 1923-1956, and of departures from Great Falls, Montana, 1944-1945. The records usually include the person

• 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 - 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.

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  • A3416 - Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Portal, North Dakota, 1915

    Compiled by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens

  • Card manifests (alphabetical) of individuals entering through the Port of Detroit, Michigan, 1906-1954 : NARA RG21 publication M1478

  • Manifests of alien and citizen arrivals at Babb, Montana, June 1928-October 1956 : National Archives microfilm publications, A3386; Record Group (RG) 85

  • Manifests of alien arrivals at Ambrose, Antler, Carbury, Fortuna, Noonan, Northgate, Portal, Sherwood, and Westhope, North Dakota, January 1921-December 1952

  • Manifests of alien arrivals at Chief Mountain, Cut Bank, Del Bonita, Gateway, Great Falls, and Roosville, Montana, 1923-1956, and of alien departures from Great Falls, Montana, 1944-1945

  • Manifests of alien arrivals at Havre, Loring, Opheim, Raymond, Turner, Westby, and White Tail, Montana, 1924-1956

  • St. Albans District manifest records of aliens arriving from foreign contiguous territory : arrivals at Canadian border ports from January 1895 to June 30, 1954 ; Indexes (Soundex), 1895-1952

  • St. Albans District manifest records of aliens arriving from foreign contiguous territory : records of arrivals through small ports in Vermont, 1895-1924

  • United States border crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956

  • Vermont, St. Albans Canadian border crossings, 1895-1924

• FamilySearch Wiki - Canada Border Crossings, 1925 and later (National Institute)

  Details the years covered by arrivals lists.

• FamilySearch Wiki - United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States (FamilySearch Historical Records) ^FREE

  This article describes multiple collections. The collections consist of indexes of aliens and citizens crossing into the United States from Canada through various ports of entry along the U.S.-Canadian border between 1895 and 1956.

• FamilySearch Wiki - US Immigration Canadian Border Crossings ^FREE

  From 1895 through 1954, records were kept of many people who crossed the border from Canada into the United States.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings ^FREE

  About the FamilySearch database. 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.