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==How to Find the Records==
=== Online Resources ===
=== Online Resources ===
'''Minnesota has no ports of entry. Most immigrants to Minnesota arrived at a major eastern port such as New York (New York), Boston (Massachusetts), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), or Quebec (Canada).''' See [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records'''.]]
'''Minnesota has no ports of entry. Most immigrants to Minnesota arrived at a major eastern port such as New York (New York), Boston (Massachusetts), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), or Quebec (Canada).'''
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_minnesota-usa_26&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($)
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_minnesota-usa_26&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($)
*'''1894-1954''' {{RecordSearch|2185932|United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1894-1954''' - {{RecordSearch|2185932|United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1895-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1075/ U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($), years vary by location
*'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritge; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*'''1895-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1075/ U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($), years vary by location
*'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*'''1910-1923''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2443340 Minnesota, Baudette, Warroad, and International Falls Passenger Lists, 1910-1923] at FamilySearch - [[Minnesota, Baudette, Warroad, and International Falls Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1910-1923''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2443340 Minnesota, Baudette, Warroad, and International Falls Passenger Lists, 1910-1923] at FamilySearch - [[Minnesota, Baudette, Warroad, and International Falls Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1912-1956''' {{RecordSearch|2426329|Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists, 1912-1956}} at FamilySearch - [[Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1912-1956''' - {{RecordSearch|2426329|Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists, 1912-1956}} at FamilySearch - [[Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1918''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70801 Web: Minnesota, Alien Registration Index, 1918] at Ancestry - index only ($).  
*'''1918''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70801 Web: Minnesota, Alien Registration Index, 1918] at Ancestry; index only ($).  
*'''1919''' [http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/ Iron Range Research Center, Minnesota Discovery Center]; index only ($)  
*'''1919''' [http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/ Iron Range Research Center, Minnesota Discovery Center]; index only ($)  
*'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*'''1922-1958''' {{RecordSearch|2140606|Minnesota, Duluth and Wisconsin, Superior Crew Lists, 1922-1958}} at FamilySearch - [[Minnesota, Duluth and Wisconsin, Superior Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1922-1958''' {{RecordSearch|2140606|Minnesota, Duluth and Wisconsin, Superior Crew Lists, 1922-1958}} at FamilySearch - [[Minnesota, Duluth and Wisconsin, Superior Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*[http://files.usgwarchives.net/mt/statewide/misc/fisktran.txt Index of Wagon Train Emigrants From Minnesota to Montana].
*[http://files.usgwarchives.net/mt/statewide/misc/fisktran.txt Index of Wagon Train Emigrants From Minnesota to Montana].  
====Cultural Groups====
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Minnesota+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Minnesota
 
==== Passport Records Online  ====
*'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''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===
Although many records are included in the online records listed above, there are other records available through these archives and offices. For example, there are many minor ports that have not yet been digitized. There are also records for more recent time periods. For privacy reasons, some records can only be accessed after providing proof that your ancestor is now deceased.
====National Archives and Records Administration====
*The [https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/overview '''National Archives (NARA)'''] has immigration records for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and 1982. The records are arranged by [https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-arrival.html#https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-arrival.html#where '''Port of Arrival (See Part 5).''']
:*You may do research in immigration records in person at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. 
*Some [https://www.archives.gov/locations '''National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regional facilities'''] have selected immigration records; call to verify their availability or check the online Microfilm Catalog.
*Libraries with large genealogical collections, such as the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah'''] and the [https://acpl-cms.wise.oclc.org/genealogy '''Allen County Piblic Library'''] also have selected NARA microfilm publications.
:*Order copies of passenger arrival records with [https://www.archives.gov/files/forms/pdf/natf-81.pdf '''NATF Form 81'''.]
====U.S. Citizenship and and Immigration Services Genealogy Program====
The [https://www.uscis.gov/records/genealogy '''USCIS Genealogy Program'''] is a fee-for-service program that provides researchers with timely access to historical immigration and naturalization records of deceased immigrants. If the immigrant was born less than 100 years ago, you will also need to provide proof of his/her death.
=====Immigration Records Available=====
*[https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/historical-record-series/a-files-numbered-below-8-million '''A-Files:'''] Immigrant Files, (A-Files) are the individual alien case files, which became the official file for all immigration records created or consolidated since April 1, 1944.
*[https://www.uscis.gov/records/genealogy/historical-record-series/alien-registration-forms-on-microfilm-1940-1944 '''Alien Registration Forms (AR-2s):'''] Alien Registration Forms (Form AR-2) are copies of approximately 5.5 million Alien Registration Forms completed by all aliens age 14 and older, residing in or entering the United States between August 1, 1940 and March 31, 1944.
*[https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/historical-record-series/registry-files-march-2-1929-march-31-1944''' Registry Files:'''] Registry Files are records, which document the creation of immigrant arrival records for persons who entered the United States prior to July 1, 1924, and for whom no arrival record could later be found.
*[https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/historical-record-series/visa-files-july-1-1924-march-31-1944'''Visa Files:'''] Visa Files are original arrival records of immigrants admitted for permanent residence under provisions of the Immigration Act of 1924.<ref>"Genealogy", at USCIS, https://www.uscis.gov/records/genealogy, accessed 26 March 2021.</ref>
 
=====Requesting a Record=====
*[https://genealogy.uscis.dhs.gov/ '''Web Request Page'''] allows you to request a records, pay fees, and upload supporting documents (proof of death).
*[https://www.uscis.gov/records/genealogy/genealogical-records-help/record-requests-frequently-asked-questions '''Record Requests Frequently Asked Questions''']
 


====Minnesota Historical Society====
====Minnesota Historical Society====
The Minnesota Historical Society has '''Alien Registration Records made in February 1918''', listing most non-U.S. citizens in Minnesota. The indexes and records are on microfilm but are not at the FamilySearch Library. The registration form gives name, place of birth (sometimes the town), port of entry, date of arrival, names of children, and occupation.  
The Minnesota Historical Society has Alien Registration Records made in February 1918, listing most non-U.S. citizens in Minnesota. The indexes and records are on microfilm but are not at the Family History Library. The registration form gives name, place of birth (sometimes the town), port of entry, date of arrival, names of children, and occupation. Contact the Minnesota Historical Society Library at the address listed in the "[[Minnesota Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" article for further information.  
<br>
====Immigration History Research Center====
'''[[Minnesota Historical Society]]'''<br>345 Kellogg Boulevard W.<br>St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 USA <br>Telephone: 651-296-2143<br>Fax: 651-297-7436<br><br> [http://www.mnhs.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:webmaster@mnhs.org/ Email]
Information about immigrant groups from eastern and southern Europe is at the Immigration History Research Center described in the "[[Minnesota Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" article.
:The Minnesota Historical Society Library acts as a [http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/index.htm State Archives], including a great genealogical collection, histories, biographies, newspapers, indexes, local, county, school district, city, and state or county government records, historical documents, and unpublished personal papers. Ethnic groups covered: Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Germans, and American Indians.ks, and genealogical data.<br>
*[http://reflections.mndigital.org/ Reflections Website]
 
====[https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc Immigration History Research Center]====
'''Immigration History Research Center'''<br>
311 Elmer L. Andersen Library<br>
222 21st Ave S<br>
Minneapolis, MN 55455<br>
<br>
Email:ihrc@umn.edu<br>
Telephone: 612-627-4208<br>
Fax: 612-627-4190<br>
*[https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc '''Website''']
*[https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc/immigrant-stories '''Immigant Stories''']<br>
 
The Immigration History Research Center’s collection is national in scope but includes European immigration to Minnesota by Czechs, Poles, Byelorussians, Carpath-Rusins, Finns, Greeks, Italians, Russians, also Albanians, Armenians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Estonians, Hungarians, Jews, Latvians, Lithuanians, Macedonians, Romanians, Serbs, Slavs, and Ukrainians. The immigrants are from central, eastern, and southern European countries.
 
====[https://www.mndiscoverycenter.com/research-center/genealogy/ Iron Range Research Center]====
'''Iron Range Research Center<'''br>
Minnesota Discovery Center<br>
1005 Discovery Drive<br>
Chisholm, MN 55719<br>
<br>
Phone: (218) 254-7959<br>
Email: info@mndiscoverycenter.com<br>
*[https://www.mndiscoverycenter.com/research-center/services/ '''Research Services''']
===== Minnesota Alien Registration Index - 1918  =====
The repository for these records is the [https://www.mndiscoverycenter.com/research-center/genealogy/ '''Iron Range Research Center'''], a library and archive devoted to Minnesota research in Chisholm, Minnesota.<br>
'''Content of the index information: '''
*Name
*City and county of residence
*Age
*Roll and frame number
'''A 35-question form was required and much personal information can be found in the original registration. '''
 
The Minnesota Alien Registration of 1918 registered all foreign born individuals living in Minnesota and who had not yet become citizens. Registration was completed in all 87 Minnesota counties.
 
A 35-question form was required and much personal information can be found in the original registration.
 
==Finding Town of Origin==
Records in the countries emigrated from are kept on the local level. You must first identify the '''name of the town''' where your ancestors lived to access those records. If you do not yet know the name of the town of your ancestor's birth, there are well-known strategies for a thorough hunt for it.
*[[U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin|'''U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin''']]
 
==Background==
==Background==
*Pre-statehood residents of Minnesota were primarily American Indians and French and British immigrants.  
*Pre-statehood residents of Minnesota were primarily American Indians and French and British immigrants.  
*After 1858 settlers in Minnesota generally came from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and New York. After 1860 thousands of immigrants came from Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Canada, and Denmark.
*After 1858 settlers in Minnesota generally came from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and New York. After 1860 thousands of immigrants came from Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Canada, and Denmark.
*According to the 2017 American Community Survey, 5.1% of Minnesota's population were of Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race): Mexican (3.5%), Puerto Rican (0.2%), Cuban (0.1%), and other Hispanic or Latino origin (1.2%).The ancestry groups claimed by more than five percent of the population were: '''German (33.8%), Norwegian (15.3%), Irish (10.5%), Swedish (8.1%), and English (5.4%).'''
*Minnesota has the country's largest '''Somali''' population, with an estimated 57,000 people, the largest concentration outside of the Horn of Africa.<ref>"Minnesota: Demographics", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota#Demographics, accessed 6 April 2021.</ref>
==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 [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]]
===What can I find in them?===
====[[Minnesota 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. 
*'''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.
*'''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.
*'''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.


====[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration#Passport Records Online|Information in Passports]] ====
== Websites ==
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 
*[http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/genealogy/collections/alienregistration/index.htm Iron Range Research Center 1918 Minnesota Alien Registration Index]
*Birth date
*Naturalization information
*Arrival information, if foreign born
====[https://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/search/ Minnesota Alien Registration Index - 1918 ] ====
'''A 35-question form was required and much personal information can be found in the original registration.'''<br>
Content of the '''index''' information:
*Name
*City and county of residence
*Age
*Roll and frame number


==In-country Migration==
=== Tips ===
=== Minnesota Migration Routes ===


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==For Further Reading==
Copies of the original alien registration document are $10 per search. Payment is preferred by Visa or Master Card through the website.<br>
The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog:
*{{FSC|United States, Minnesota - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1067990786|disp=United States, Minnesota - Emigration and immigration}}
*{{FSC|United States, Minnesota - Emigration and immigration - History|subject|subject-id=261825825|disp=United States, Minnesota - Emigration and immigration - History}}
*{{FSC|United States, Minnesota - Emigration and immigration - Indexes|subject|subject-id=754532171|disp=United States, Minnesota - Emigration and immigration - Indexes}}
*{{FSC|United States, Minnesota - Minorities|subject|subject-id=2063493397|disp=United States, Minnesota - Minorities}}
*{{FSC|United States, Minnesota - Minorities - Biography|subject|subject-id=365368853|disp=United States, Minnesota - Minorities - Biography}}
*{{FSC|United States, Minnesota - Minorities - Periodicals|subject|subject-id=2053610203|disp=United States, Minnesota - Minorities - Genealogy - Periodicals}}
*{{FSC|United States, Minnesota - Minorities - History|subject|subject-id=700322676|disp=United States, Minnesota - Minorities - History}}


== References  ==
== References  ==


''[[Minnesota, United States Genealogy|Minnesota]] Research Outline''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
''[[Minnesota, United States Genealogy|Minnesota]] Research Outline''.&nbsp;Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department,&nbsp;1998, 2001.  


:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Minnesota has no ports of entry. Most immigrants to Minnesota arrived at a major eastern port such as New York (New York), Boston (Massachusetts), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), or Quebec (Canada).

Minnesota Historical Society[edit | edit source]

The Minnesota Historical Society has Alien Registration Records made in February 1918, listing most non-U.S. citizens in Minnesota. The indexes and records are on microfilm but are not at the Family History Library. The registration form gives name, place of birth (sometimes the town), port of entry, date of arrival, names of children, and occupation. Contact the Minnesota Historical Society Library at the address listed in the "Archives and Libraries" article for further information.

Immigration History Research Center[edit | edit source]

Information about immigrant groups from eastern and southern Europe is at the Immigration History Research Center described in the "Archives and Libraries" article.

Background[edit | edit source]

  • Pre-statehood residents of Minnesota were primarily American Indians and French and British immigrants.
  • After 1858 settlers in Minnesota generally came from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and New York. After 1860 thousands of immigrants came from Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Canada, and Denmark.

Websites[edit | edit source]

Tips[edit | edit source]

  1. When you enter information into the search box, the results will also include other databases on this site.

Copies of the original alien registration document are $10 per search. Payment is preferred by Visa or Master Card through the website.

References[edit | edit source]

Minnesota Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.

NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.
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