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
FamilySearch Resources
Border Crossing Records from Mexico
Texas Emigration and Immigration
El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1924-1952
Port of El Paco Arrivals, 1905-1927
Texas Genealogy
Texas Archives and Libraries
Related Websites
NARA Mexican Border Records
NARA Immigration Records
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National Archives and Records Administration

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

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Texas, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, ca. July 1924-1954.

What Can these Records 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

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Manifest

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  Deposition

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.

Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information in the list to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct person. You may need to compare several persons in the list before you find your ancestor.

Search by Name by visiting the Collection Page.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page then select the appropriate "NARA Roll Number - Contents".

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

What Do I Do Next?

Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

• Use the information to find other records such as emigrations, port records, ship’s manifests, birth, christening, census, and land records.
• Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
• Use the information to find additional family members.
• Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
• Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

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

• Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
• Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
• If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
• Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
• Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
• Search the indexes and records of Texas, United States Genealogy.
• Search in the Texas Archives and Libraries.

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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