Emigration and Immigration

Canadian Genealogy Centre: Immigration Records - A description of the passenger arrival records in Canada, 1865-1935, and their availability. Searchable online database of records 1925-1935.
www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020118_e.html

Ellis Island Records - Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924.
www.ellisislandrecords.org/

Family Search: Tracing Immigrant Origins - Introduces the principles of research, search strategies, and the various record types which can be used to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown.
www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/tracing_immigrant_origins.asp

From One Life to Another - Late 19th and early 20th century immigration to the USA, with an emphasis on Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Swedish immigration.
library.thinkquest.org/26786/

Immigrant Journey - The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park.
www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm

Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century - Voyage accounts, emigration information, lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people. Extracted from government and shipping records.
www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html

Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide - Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists.
home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html

Immigration History Research Center - 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.
www.ihrc.umn.edu

Library of Congress: Lesson Ideas - These lesson plans from the "American Memory" project at the Library of Congress include 3 units exploring Immigration.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/theme.html

Lower East Side Tenement Museum - 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.
www.tenement.org/

Migrations - Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA.
www.migrations.org

New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors - Immigration resources at the New York State Library.
www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/tracimmi.htm

Primer of Emigration & Immigration - PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records.
www.pgsa.org/primer.htm

Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records - An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research.
www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=5079

Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated - Article by George G. Morgan.
www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=1436

The Tide of Emigration - This article in the "Illustrated London News," July 6, 1860, describes emigration from Ireland and the United Kingdom and the journey across the Atlantic.
www-adm.pdx.edu/user/frinq/pluralst/tide.htm

Tracing Immigrant Origins - Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors.
www.genealogy.com/uni-immi.html

Twenty Two Million Immigrants Became Americans on Ellis Island - Detailed review of Ellis Island Records.
www.epinions.com/content_19030773380

Types of US Naturalization Records - Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find.
www.genealogybranches.com/naturalization.html

Wisconsin Naturalization Records - The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records.
www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/natlzn/