Texas, El Paso, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso - FamilySearch Historical Records

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El Paso, Texas,  United States
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Record Description
Record Type	Card Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission
Record Group	RG 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Collection years	1924-1954
Microfilm Publication	M1757. Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, Texas, Ca. July 1924-1954. 97 rolls
National Archives Identifier	414
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Border Crossing Records from Mexico
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El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1924-1952
Port of El Paco Arrivals, 1905-1927
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What is in the Collection?

The collection consists of images of card manifests of aliens granted temporary admission to the United States at the port of El Paso, Texas. This collection corresponds to NARA microfilm publication M1757: Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, Texas, ca. July 1924-1954

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Manifest

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  Deposition

What Can this Collection Tell Me?

The records may contain any of the following:

• Port and date of departure
• Port and date of entry
• Name of ship
• Country of citizenship
• Name of passenger, including maiden name of women
• Names of persons accompanying passenger
• Age, gender, marital status and occupation of passenger
• Date and place of birth of passenger
• Address of last permanent residence
• Name and address of friend or relative at last address
• Final destination
• Name and address of friend or relative in U.S.
• Physical description and distinguishing marks
• Who paid for passage
• Purpose of visit

How Do I Search the Collection?

To begin your search, it is helpful to know:

• The full name of your ancestor
• The approximate date of immigration

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

Search by Name by visiting the Collection Page:
Fill in your ancestor’s name in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about those in the list to what you already know about your own ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page:
To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links:
⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page
⇒Select the appropriate "NARA Roll Number - Contents" which takes you to the images.

Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

With either search keep in mind:

• There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
• You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.
• Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.

For tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line article FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks.

What Do I Do Next?

When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

Use passenger lists to:

• Learn an immigrant’s place of origin
• Confirm their date of arrival
• Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
• Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests.
• If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct.
• Continue to search the passenger lists to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who may have immigrated at the same time.
• If your ancestor has an uncommon surname, you may want to obtain the passenger list of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

• Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names.
• Look for an index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records.
• Search the indexes and records of nearby localities.
• Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor.
• Search the indexes of other port cities.

Citing this Collection

Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.  

Collection Citation:

Collection Citation: The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection.

Record Citation (or citation for the index entry):

When looking at a record, the citation is found below the record. You can search records in this collection by visiting the search page for Texas, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, ca. July 1924-1954.

Image Citation:
This template has been deprecated and is no longer used.

When looking at an image, the citation is found on the Information tab at the bottom left of the screen. You can browse through images in this collection by visiting the browse page for Texas, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, ca. July 1924-1954.

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