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Contents: Names of passengers holding passport or migration permits and the names of their parents, places of residence or origin, dates of migration, destinations, relationships with other passengers or party members, and vital information such as birth dates, marriage dates, children, etc. | Contents: Names of passengers holding passport or migration permits and the names of their parents, places of residence or origin, dates of migration, destinations, relationships with other passengers or party members, and vital information such as birth dates, marriage dates, children, etc. | ||
===Immigration Records of Arrival Countries=== | |||
===What can I find in them?=== | |||
====[[Italy 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: | |||
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*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, | |||
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*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. | |||
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*'''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. | |||
====[[Italt Emigration and Immigration#Passport Records Online|Information in Passports]] ==== | |||
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 information | |||
*Arrival information, if foreign born | |||
== References == | == References == | ||