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'''Contents.''' Manifests may include each passenger's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and birthplace. The manifests are reproduced in two series: | '''Contents.''' Manifests may include each passenger's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and birthplace. The manifests are reproduced in two series: | ||
*'' | *''St. Albans District manifest records of aliens arriving from foreign contiguous territory : arrivals at Canadian border ports from January 1895 to June 30, 1954'': {{RecordSearch|1803785|'''United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956'''}} Includes records from seaports and railroad stations all over Canada and the northern United States. These manifests provide two types of lists: | ||
- | *''Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929-1949''. {{RecordSearch|2185163|'''Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954'''}}. These list travelers to the United States from Canadian Pacific seaports only. | ||
'''Border Crossing Indexes'''. In many cases, index cards were the only records of the crossings. These cards are indexed in the four publications below. | |||
''Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924''. (400 rolls; FHL films {{FHL|452590|title-id|disp=1472801-3201}}.) | ''Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924''. (400 rolls; FHL films {{FHL|452590|title-id|disp=1472801-3201}}.) A [[Soundex|Soundex]] is a surname index organized by the way names sound rather than how they are spelled. Names like Smith and Smyth are filed together. | ||
''Soundex Index to Entries into the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1924-1952''. (98 rolls; FHL films {{FHL|452590|title-id|disp=1570714-811}}.) | ''Soundex Index to Entries into the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1924-1952''. (98 rolls; FHL films {{FHL|452590|title-id|disp=1570714-811}}.) | ||
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