Immigration records can tell you where an ancestor came from, the key to research in another country.
Records to look for
- Passenger arrival lists, which become more detailed after 1906
- Naturalization records: declarations of intention and petitions
- Census answers about year of immigration and citizenship
- Passport applications
Where to look
Try the National Archives, FamilySearch, the free Ellis Island passenger search and the USCIS Genealogy Program for some 20th-century files.
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