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== How Do I Search This Collection? ==
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==
You can search the index or view the images or both. To begin your search, it is helpful to know:
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
*The name of the individual
*The name of the individual
*The date of arrival or name of port
*The date of arrival or name of port


=== Search the Index ===
=== Search the Index ===
Search by name by visiting the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2072742? Collection Page].
{{Search Collection Link
#Fill in the search boxes on the Collection Page with the information you have
| CID=CID2072742
#Click '''Search''' to show possible matches
}}


=== View the Images ===
=== View the Images ===
View images in this collection by visiting the [https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https://familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/2072742?/waypoints Browse Page].
View images in this collection by visiting the '''{{RecordSearch|2072742|Browse Page|access=browse}}'''
# Select '''NARA Roll Number-Contents''
# Select the '''NARA Roll Number-Contents''' to view the images.
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{{Tip | More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2072742 Maryland, Baltimore, passenger and crew lists of vessels and airplanes, 1954-1957]. Click on camera icon to see images.}}
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]].
 
 
For more tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line article [[FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks]].
 
{{Tip | More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2072742 Maryland, Baltimore, passenger and crew lists of vessels and airplanes, 1954-1957]. Click on camera icon to see images.}}
 
==What Do I Do Next?==
==What Do I Do Next?==
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
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*Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived, and then look for the Naturalization Petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts and then in state, county, or city courts. An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved. Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process
*Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived, and then look for the Naturalization Petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts and then in state, county, or city courts. An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved. Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process
*Learn foreign and “Americanized” names  
*Learn foreign and “Americanized” names  
*Learn the place of origin and find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.  Also search for military, land and probate records
*Learn the place of origin and find vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death
*Use the information to find additional family members in censuses
*Search for military, land and probate records
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
*Use the information to find additional family members in census records
*[[Maryland Church Records| Church Records]] often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900
*Search for church records


=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===   
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===   
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*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   
*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   
*Try variant spellings of your ancestor’s name
*Try variant spellings of your ancestor’s name
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well 
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names
*Search the indexes and records of [[Maryland, United States Genealogy]]
*Search in the [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=189642&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Maryland%2C%20Baltimore%22%20%2Bkeywords%3Aimmigration FamilySearch Library Catalog]
 
== Citing This Collection ==
== Citing This Collection ==
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


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