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Primer of Emigration & Immigration
PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records.
www.pgsa.org
Information on the society and its German emphasis.
feefhs.org
The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park.
www.libertystatepark.com
Immigration: The Living Mosaic of People, Culture, and Hope
Covers several different ethnic groups' introduction to the U.S. Includes timeline of immigration, personal stories of both immigrants and workers at Ellis Island, and a discussion of The Statue of Liberty.
library.thinkquest.org
Tips for those tracing their Mormon pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah.
www.xmission.com
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
New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors
Immigration resources at the New York State Library.
www.nysl.nysed.gov
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
Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide
Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists.
home.att.net
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
Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online
Collection of databases comprised of the Morton Allan Directory, M1066 Microfilm series from NARA, various newspaper articles, Internet sources, and personal contributions. Can also search for ships.
www.cimorelli.com
Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA.
www.migrations.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
Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors.
www.genealogy.com
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