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Records in the places where emigrants settled sometimes provide the town of origin and other information. To learn about these records, use handbooks, manuals, and research outlines for those areas. | Records in the places where emigrants settled sometimes provide the town of origin and other information. To learn about these records, use handbooks, manuals, and research outlines for those areas. | ||
===United States=== | === United States === | ||
''' | '''Passenger lists.''' Most Italian emigrants to the United States arrived at the ports of New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Boston. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the records and indexes of each of these ports from 1820 to 1945. If your ancestor emigrated after 1893, the passenger list will probably list the place of birth and last known residence. See the United States Research Outline (30972) for more information about United States passenger lists. | ||
* ''Italians to America, Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1880–1899''. | '''Immigration lists.''' A published list and index of Italian emigrants to America is: | ||
*''Italians to America, Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1880–1899'' | |||
'''Online Passenger lists. '''A searchable database of Italian emigrants to America: | |||
*NARA has recently made: Data Files Relating to the Immigration of [http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=4433&cat=GP44&bc=sl&col=1002 Italians to the United States], documenting the period 1855 - 1900 available over the internet. | |||
=== Immigration into Italy === | === Immigration into Italy === | ||