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Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources

Internet Resources on Immigrants Arrivals

Cyndi's List - Immigration and Naturalization
Listing of relevant Internet resources grouped by broad subject category.

Cyndi's List - Ships and Passenger Lists
Listing of relevant Internet resources grouped by broad subject category.

Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
From Ancestry.com and the Hamburg State Archive, a searchable database (in German) of passengers on ships departing the port of Hamburg. This resource is available free of charge, but users must register with Ancestry.com to access the full-text passenger lists.

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
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
Website for a research center at the University of Minnesota, with information about the Center's publications and research collections.

TheShipsList Home Page
Website to assist those seeking information on immigrant vessels, with an emphasis on English-speaking countries. Includes ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and links to related sites.

The Genealogy Page
From the National Archives and Records Administration's website. Provides finding aids, guides and research tools for using genealogical materials located in NARA research rooms and regional facilities.
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  May 17, 2006

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