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 The Irish, French, Italians, and Chinese tended to settle in San Francisco. The Mexicans, Russians, and Japanese settled mostly in the Los Angeles area, as did Anglo-Saxons from the Midwest. Few Blacks settled in California until World War II. Those from the southern states usually went to Los Angeles or Oakland.
-== California Pioneer Project ==
+==Immigration Records==
+'''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another.  Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[California Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]]
+===What can I find in them?===
+====[[California Emigration and Immigration #Online Resources|Information in Passenger Lists]]====
+*'''Before 1820''' - Passenger lists before 1820 included '''name, departure information and arrival details'''.  The names of wives and children were often not included.
-The Native Daughters of the Golden West have a [http://www.ndgw.org/PRosterIndex/mainindex.html free 35,000 name index] of California pioneer biographical sketches on the Internet. These pioneers resided or were born in California before December 31, 1869. The biographical sketches are permanently archived in individual volumes of 500 pioneers each in the California Room Library at the Native Daughters of the Golden West Home, San Francisco. New submissions are welcome. For a small fee the biographical sketches can be photocopied.
+*'''1820-1891''' - Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for '''each immigrant’s name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin''', but not the city or town of origin.
-For a more complete explanation, see their [http://www.ndgw.org/PRosterIndex/rostermain.html Roster of California Pioneers] Internet page.
+*'''1891-1954''' - Information given on passenger lists from 1891 to 1954 included:
+**name, age, sex,
+**nationality, occupation, marital status,
+**last residence, final destination in the U.S.,
+**whether they had been to the U.S. before (and if so, when, where and how long),
+**if joining a relative, who this person was, where they lived, and their relationship,
+**whether able to read and write,
+**whether in possession of a train ticket to their final destination, who paid for the passage,
+**amount of money the immigrant had in their possession,
+**whether the passenger had ever been in prison, a poorhouse, or in an institution for the insane,
+**whether the passenger was a polygamist,
+**and immigrant's state of health.
-'''Tips'''
+*'''1906--'''  - In 1906, the '''physical description and place of birth''' were included, and a year later, the '''name and address of the passenger’s closest living relative in the country of origin''' was included.
-*Only the name of the pioneer has been indexed; others recorded in the submission, such as family members, are not included in the index.
+====[[California Emigration and Immigration#Passport Records Online|Information in Passports]]  ====
-*The full record may contain the full name of pioneer, place and date of birth, marriage and death, date of arrival in California, method of travel, name of rail or vessel; states lived in prior to California, place and year of California residence; where educated, profession or occupation, public offices held; names of children; parents' names; name, address, relationship of informant (if any); date of registration and other comments.
+Over the years, passports and passport applications contained different amounts of information about the passport applicant. The first passports that are available begin in 1795. These usually contained the individual's name, description of individual, and age. More information was required on later passport applications, such as:
+*Birthplace
+*Birth date
+*Naturalization&nbsp;information
+*Arrival information, if foreign born
+====California Pioneer Project====
+The Native Daughters of the Golden West have a [http://www.ndgw.org/PRosterIndex/mainindex.html free 35,000 name index] of California pioneer biographical sketches on the Internet. The full record may contain
+*the full name of pioneer,
+*place and date of birth, marriage and death,
+*date of arrival in California,
+*method of travel, name of rail or vessel;
+*states lived in prior to California,
+*place and year of California residence;
+*where educated, profession or occupation, public offices held;
+*names of children;
+*parents' names;
+*name, address, relationship of informant (if any);
+*date of registration and other comments.
+==References==
+<references/>
 {{California|California}}
-<br>
-'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:&nbsp;'''<br>
-*[[California, Los Angeles Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|California, Los Angeles Passenger - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
-*[[California, San Francisco Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953 - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
-<br>
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