Resources that assist one in learning when and where ancestors entered or left a country. A primary source of information was the Passenger Arrival Records that were generated on board ship. Naturalization Records can sometimes also provide this information. Australia@ (45) Directories (5) Germany@ (2) Passenger Lists (29) Ports (5) Ships (9) United States@ (6) 1. A Historical Look at U.S. Immigration Policy - Graph showing the number of immigrants to the U.S. by decade. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Immigrant Genealogy Society - Information on the society and its German emphasis. 5. Immigrant Journey - The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park. 6. 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. 7. Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide - Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Library of Congress: Lesson Ideas - These lesson plans from the "American Memory" project at the Library of Congress include 3 units exploring Immigration. 11. 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. 12. Migrations - Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA. 13. Primer of Emigration & Immigration - PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records. 14. Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records - An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research. 15. 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. 16. Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated - Article by George G. Morgan. 17. Tracing Immigrant Origins - Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors. 18. Tracing Mormon Pioneers - Tips for those tracing their Mormon pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah. 19. Twenty Two Million Immigrants Became Americans on Ellis Island - Detailed review of Ellis Island Records. 20. Wisconsin Naturalization Records - The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records. 21. Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies - The Balch Institute documents and interprets the ethnic and immigrant experience in the United States. 22. 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. 23. Ellis Island Records - Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924. 24. 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. 25. Hamburg State Archive: Link to Your Roots - Online database of emigration lists available to genealogists. 26. Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources - Research guide and bibliography presented by the Library of Congress. 27. Immigration in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era - Bibliographic essay by Donna R. Gabaccia. 28. New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors - Immigration resources at the New York State Library. 29. Types of US Naturalization Records - Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find.

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