Texas Emigration and Immigration
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Online Resources
- 1500s-1900s All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s at Ancestry; index only ($); Also at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Texas
- 1846-1948 Galveston Immigration Database 1846-1948; index only
- 1846-1849 Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Galveston Arrivals: Vol. 1; index only
- 1893-1963 Texas, Passenger Lists, 1893-1963 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1895-1956 United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956 at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Texas
- 1895-1964 All U.S., Border Crossings from Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964 at Ancestry; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Texas
- 1896-1951 Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists Arriving at Various Ports, 1896-1951 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1903-1910 Texas and Arizona Arrivals, 1903-1910 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1903-1929 Texas Laredo Index of Arrivals 1903-1929 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1903-1955 Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests, 1903-1955 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1905-1927 Texas, El Paso Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso, 1905-1927 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- 1905-1953 United States, Passenger and Crew Lists - Alien Arrivals At Eagle Pass, Texas; index & images ($)
- 1905-1954 Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes, 1905-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1906-1953 Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- 1906-1956 Indexes of vessels arriving at Brownsville, Texas, 1935-1955; Houston, Texas, 1948-1954; and at Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles, Louisiana 1908-1954 - FamilySearch, images
- 1909-1924 Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1909-1924 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1912-1965 Aransas, Texas Crew Lists, 1912-1965 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1924-1952 Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1924-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1924-1954 Texas, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, ca. July 1924-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1924-1954 Texas, Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, 1924-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1929-1955 United States, Texas, Laredo, Index to Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals, Dec 1929-Apr 1955 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1931-1964 Texas, Passenger and Crew List of Airplanes, 1931-1964 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1943-1964 Texas, Brownsville Passenger and Crew List of Airplanes, 1943-1964 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- 1944-1952 Texas, San Antonio, Alien Arrivals, May 1944-March 1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- 1945-1952 Texas, El Paso, Applications for Non-Resident Aliens Border Crossing Identification Cards, 1945-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1946-1954 Texas, Houston Arrival Manifests of Airplanes, 1946-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
- 1948-1959 Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity, June 1948-January 1959 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild at MyHeritage; index only ($)
- OliveTree Genealogy, Ships Passenger Lists to Texas
Cultural Groups
- 1901-1917 Galveston, Texas, Jewish Immigration Records, 1901-1917 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1920-1939 Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939 at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Texas
- 1844-1847 A New Land Beckoned:German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847 at Ancestry; images only ($)
- 1847-1861 A New Land Beckoned:German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861 at Ancestry; images only ($)
- Germans Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Texas
- Italians Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Texas
- Russians Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Texas
Mexican Border Crossing Records
Numerous Mexicans came to Texas in the late 19th and early 20th century. Records of 20th century Mexican border crossings are available at the National Archives and Family History Library. These include:
- Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Laredo, Presidio, Rio Grande City, and Roma, Texas, alien arrivals 1903-1909 (A3365)
- Brownsville, indexes and manifests 1905-1953 (M1502)
- Eagle Pass, chronological manifests 1905-1953 (M1758)
- Eagle Pass, alphabetical cards 1905-1929 (M1754)
- Eagle Pass, index to manifests 1929-1953 (M2040)
- Eagle Pass, mostly alphabetical manifests 1928-1953 (M2041)
- El Paso, alphabetical manifests 1924-1954 (M1757)
- El Paso, alphabetical applications for I.D. cards 1945-1952 (M175)
- Fabens, alphabetical cards 1924-1954 (M1768)
- Fort Hancock, alphabetical manifests 1924-1954 (M1766)
- Laredo, alien arrivals 1903-1907 (M2008)
- Laredo, alphabetical manifest cards 1903-1929 (A3379)
- Laredo, alphabetical manifest cards 1929-1955 (M1722)
- Progreso/Thayer, index and manifests 1928-1955 (M1851)
- Roma, index and manifests 1928-1955 (M1503)
- Ysleta, alphabetical manifests and applications for I.D. cards 1924-1954 (M1849)
- Zapata, indexes and manifests 1923-1953 (M2024)
Background
The Spanish American Genealogical Association can be a good resource to find your hispanic ancestors, whether they came from Mexico or Spain.
Passenger Arrival Records
Many people who moved to Texas originally arrived in the United States at the port of New Orleans. The National Archives and the Family History Library have passenger lists for New Orleans dating from 1820 to 1921, with indexes to 1952.
Galveston passenger lists from 1846 to 1871, 1896 to 1921, and index 1896-1951 are available at the National Archives and FHL film 830233, and are indexed in two sources:
Ships Passenger Lists, Port of Galveston, Texas, 1846-1871. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984. FHL book 976.4139/G1 W3s.
Blaha, Albert J. Passenger Lists for Galveston, 1850-1855. [Houston, Texas: A.J. Blaha], 1985. FHL book 976.4139/G1 W3b and FHL fiche 6099940. This includes some Indianola arrivals.
The National Archives and the Family History Library also have Galveston arrival lists for 1893 and 1896 to 1921 FHL films 1414827-40; 1414865-70 and indexes from 1896 to 1906 and 1906 to 1951 FHL films 1402451-60. Passenger lists and indexes are listed in the catalog under TEXAS - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION.
See also Index of Vessels Arriving at:
References
A wiki article describing this collection is found at:
Texas Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.(All of the information from the original research article has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.)