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==How to Find the Records== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_iowa-usa_18&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry | *'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_iowa-usa_18&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($) | ||
*'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at | *'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa | ||
*Immigrants would have initially arrived at one of the many ports on the coast. To search additional records, see [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']] | *Immigrants would have initially arrived at one of the many ports on the coast. To search additional records, see [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']] | ||
==== Passport Records Online ==== | ==== Passport Records Online ==== | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch — index & images | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] Index and images, at Ancestry ($) | ||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
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*The District of Columbia did not attract much overseas immigration during the nineteenth century, but a '''large transient population''' came from all parts of the nation to work as '''government officials and congressional staffers'''. Permanent residents also came from all of the states, but especially from the '''middle Atlantic region''' and from the '''upper tier of southern states'''. | *The District of Columbia did not attract much overseas immigration during the nineteenth century, but a '''large transient population''' came from all parts of the nation to work as '''government officials and congressional staffers'''. Permanent residents also came from all of the states, but especially from the '''middle Atlantic region''' and from the '''upper tier of southern states'''. | ||
*African Americans constituted African American. Slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia in 1862. | *African Americans constituted African American. Slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia in 1862. | ||
==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 [[District of Columbia Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | '''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 [[District of Columbia Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | ||
===What can I find in them?=== | ===What can I find in them?=== | ||
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*Birthplace | *Birthplace | ||
*Birth date | *Birth date | ||
*Naturalization | *Naturalization information | ||
*Arrival information, if foreign born | *Arrival information, if foreign born | ||
==In-country Migration== | ==In-country Migration== | ||
=== Migration Routes === | |||
[[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]]{{·}} [[Cumberland Road]]{{·}} [[Fall Line Road]] (or Southern Road){{·}} [[King's Highway]]{{·}} [[National Road]]{{·}} [[Potomac River]]{{·}} [[Atlantic Coast Ports]] | |||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||
The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog: | The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog: | ||
*{{ | *{{FSC|United States, District of Columbia - Minorities|subject|subject-id=99091006|disp=United States, District of Columbia - Minorities}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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