Open Directory - Society: Genealogy: Emigration and Immigration
See also: This category in other languages: - Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924. - Introduces the principles of research, search strategies, and the various record types which can be used to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. - Late 19th and early 20th century immigration to the USA, with an emphasis on Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Swedish immigration. - Voyage accounts, emigration information, lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people. Extracted from government and shipping records. - The IHRC at the University of Minnesota is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. It maintains archival and library collections, sponsors academic and public programs, and publishes bibliographic and scholarly works. - New York's Tenement Museum focuses on America's urban immigrant history. The Museum's site features program information, directions, hours and online tickets and reservations. - Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA. - Immigration resources at the New York State Library. - This article in the "Illustrated London News," July 6, 1860, describes emigration from Ireland and the United Kingdom and the journey across the Atlantic. - Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors. - Detailed review of Ellis Island Records. - Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find. - The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records.
