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US History, Hart: Migration/Immigration Project: Tracing Ancestor Immigrants

Ancestry.com

TIPS:

  • Your best bet is to start with the "Quick Links" section: Select birth, marriage, and death records if you know dates and full names of the individuals you want to search.
  • From there, you can also access the Social Security Administration's death index (1935-2014), if searching Ancestry's records above does not work.
  • From the home page you can also search the US Census records going back to the early 19th century

Advanced Searching: Use the "View in Card Catalog" (Green button) under the "Featured Data Collections" to filter by location: 

  • Australia
  • Canada Europe
  • Mexico 
  • USA
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America

Family Search

Ports of Entry: East & West

East Coast: Ellis Island, New York

West Coast: Angel Island, California

**Be sure to check out "Immigrant Voices",  an archive of immigrants' personal stories on the Pacific coast**

 

Fold 3: Specializing in US Military Records

National Archives