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Tracing Immigrants Arrival Search Tactics (view source)
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For recent immigrants (usually after 1880), naturalization and immigration documents often include a specific town of origin. For earlier immigrants, the most useful information is the immigration date. With it you can usually find other information in passenger lists and other records. You can learn the date of immigration from some census records and most naturalization records. To approximate an arrival date, you can learn the immigrant's first— | For recent immigrants (usually after 1880), naturalization and immigration documents often include a specific town of origin. For earlier immigrants, the most useful information is the immigration date. With it you can usually find other information in passenger lists and other records. You can learn the date of immigration from some census records and most naturalization records. To approximate an arrival date, you can learn the immigrant's first— | ||
*Child to be born in the new country. | |||
*Residence in the new country. | |||
*Land purchase. | |||
*Appearance in church records. | |||
If you know the name of the ship an immigrant came on, you can use lists of ship arrivals to find possible dates of arrival. However, some ships landed several times a year in the same country, making the arrival date harder to estimate. | If you know the name of the ship an immigrant came on, you can use lists of ship arrivals to find possible dates of arrival. However, some ships landed several times a year in the same country, making the arrival date harder to estimate. | ||
See the “Emigration and Immigration” and “Naturalization and Citizenship” sections | See the “Emigration and Immigration” and “Naturalization and Citizenship” sections. | ||
= Search Other Jurisdictions = | = Search Other Jurisdictions = | ||