California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

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|CID=CID2443318   

|title=California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards, 1883-1924

| LOC_01 = California

| LOC_02 = San Francisco

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| record_group_nr = 85

| record_group_title =[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/085.html Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service]  

| start_year = 1883

| end_year = 1924

| micro_pub_nr =A3381  

| micro_pub_title = Register of Federal Court Cases Related to Chinese Americans and Chinese Immigrants Arriving at or Departing from San Francisco, ca. 1916-and Head Tax Cards of Alien Seamen Examined at San Francisco, California,1921-1924.   

| arrangement = By Court Cases and by Head Tax  

| NAID =[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4477273 4477273]414

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== What is in This Collection? ==

This collection contains a register of court cases related to Chinese immigrants arriving at or departing from San Francisco, California for the years 1883 to 1916. It also contains tax cards of foreign crew members examined at San Francisco, California for the years 1921 to 1924.  

The court case index cards are arranged numerically by court case number. The tax cards are arranged numerically by ship arrival number. These records correspond with NARA publication A3381 part of Records Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.  

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== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==

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*The name of the petitioner

*The name of the claimant

*The name of the defendant

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*Name  

*Sex  

*Purpose for entering the U.S.

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== Collection Content ==

=== Samples Images ===

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== How Do I Search This Collection? ==

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:  

*The approximate date of immigration

*The port of arrival or departure

If you do not know this information, check the census records after 1900.  

=== Search the Index ===

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=== View the Images ===

=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]].

== What Do I Do Next? ==

Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information.  

=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===

*Search for naturalization records

*Search for military records

*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names  

*Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived. Then look for the naturalization petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts, then in state, county, or city courts. An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved. Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process

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