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I have found the following references on immigration and passenger lists.
Passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at New York, New York, 06/16/1897-07/1957
We have digitized 2 documents from this series: the "List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival, R.M.S. CARPATHIA" and the "List of U. S. Citizens (For the Immigration Authorities), R.M.S. CARPATHIA." These lists document survivors from the S. S. TITANIC that were taken aboard the R.M.S. CARPATHIA.
The remainder of this series consists of passenger lists submitted upon arrival at New York, New York. The act also required that the collector submit a quarterly report or abstract, consisting of copies of these passenger lists, to the Secretary of State, who was required to submit such information at each session of Congress. After 1874, collectors forwarded only statistical reports to the Treasury Department. The lists themselves were retained by the collector of customs. Customs records were maintained primarily for statistical purposes. This microfilmed series is held by the Textual Archives Services Division Old Military and Civil Records (Washington, DC).
Keywords: R.M.S. Carpathia
To Retrieve the documents relating to the Titanic enter
Keywords: Titanic
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Landing Reports of Aliens, 1798-1828
3 multi-page volumes have been digitized from this series. The digitized documents relate to Section 2 of an Act passed on April 14, 1802, which required all persons who were aliens and desired naturalization to report to the Clerk of the Court. They were to provide the Clerk with certain information and were then given a certificate of this registration. Information requested was: name of alien, race, place of birth, age, nationality, occupation, date and place of arrival in the United States, and the reason for entering the United States. These records are held by NARA's Mid Atlantic Region (Center City Philadelphia, PA).
Keywords: Landing Reports of Aliens
Selected Naturalization Petitions, Declarations, and Oaths, 1798-1861
14 multi-page documents from this series created by the United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division, have been digitized. Naturalization records document an individual's intention and petition to the United States requesting citizenship. The three phase naturalization process is then completed by the oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Additional information such as applicant's age, occupation, and arrival information is often found in these records. These documents are held by NARA's Southeast Region (Atlanta, GA).
Keywords: Naturalization petition in the first Keywords box, and
Keywords: Savannah
in the second Keywords box.
Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1943-1978
327 documents from this series have been digitized. The digitized documents relate to naturalization records created by the United States District Court, Sixth Division of Minnesota (Fergus Falls). Among the digitized items are declarations of intention, petitions for naturalization, certificates of loyalty, and certificates of arrival. Information about a petitioner includes his/her name, residence, nationality, date and place of birth, date of admission into the U.S. for permanent residence, marital status, and number of children. The digitized documents are held by NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago, IL).
Keywords: Fergus Falls
Selected Documents from the San Francisco District Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
17 multi-page documents relating to case files of alien individuals considered to be a threat to the United States have been digitized. Included are the investigation files for the case against Harry Bridges, an Australian citizen who became active in longshore labor unions in San Francisco, and was later accused of being a communist. Also included is the Enemy Alien Case File (12016/1106) of Ernst Hamann, a German native who arrived in the U.S. a few days after President Wilson's anti-enemy alien proclamation of April 6, 1917. These records are held by NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco, CA).
To retrieve the 3 multi-page documents relating to Harry Bridges enter:
Keywords: Harry Bridges
To retrieve the 14 multi-page documents relating to Ernst Hamann enter:
Keywords: Ernst Hamann