| Internet Resources: Immigrant Arrivals |
| This guide describes a few of the major resources available on the Internet for locating information on immigration to the United States.
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| Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. |
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| Features the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Institute is a museum and library dedicated to collecting and interpreting materials drawn from America's ethnic, racial, and immigrant experiences. Contains the hours of operation and directions to the Institute. Posts contact information via mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail. Highlights the museum, the library, the Electronic Information Center, and education programs. |
| Cyndi's List - Immigration & Naturalization |
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| More than 72,500 links! 60,150 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 120 categories. Another 12,350+ uncategorized new links in the works. |
| Cyndi's List - Ships & Passenger Lists |
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| More than 72,500 links! 60,150 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 120 categories. Another 12,350+ uncategorized new links in the works. |
| Ellis Island on-line |
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| Sponsored by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, this site contains a searchable database of more than 22 million passengers and crew members who came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between the years 1892 and 1924. Includes information about the American Family Immigration History Center on Ellis Island, information about the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, and a searchable file of the names on the American Immigrant Wall of Honor. |
| Hamburg: Link To Your Roots |
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| The Hamburg Emigration Lists are a data bank which includes the personal data of 5 million people who emigrated via Hamburg from 1850 to 1934. It is now available for your personal use, starting with the years 1890-1893. This data bank will then grow, on a regular basis, year by year. The first phase will include the data on emigrants from 1890 to 1914. At a later date the years 1850 to 1934 will be included and |
| Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. |
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| The site offers several thousand ship passenger lists, compiled by a group of volunteers who decipher and transcribe their lists and then upload them to the Guild's Web site. |
| Immigration History Research Center |
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| "Founded in 1965, the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. The IHRC collects, preserves, and makes available archival and published resources documenting immigration and ethnicity on a national scope. These materials are particularly rich for ethnic groups that originated in eastern, central, and southern Europe and the Near East -- those who came to this country during the great wave of migration that gained momentum in the 1880s and peaked in the first decades of this century." Located at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, the Center "is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history." The site contains a searchable catalog of its archival and library research catalogs, information on doing family history research at the Center, and links to related sites |
| TheShipsList Home Page |
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| TheShipsList Home Page TheShipsList was established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest. |
| The genealogy page |
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| A page of the National Archives and Records Administration's Web site. The Genealogy Page provides finding aids, guides and research tools for using genealogical materials, including immigration and naturalization records, located in their research rooms and regional facilities. Also includes links to other genealogical resources on the Internet. |