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| image = [[Image:Immigrants Behold the Statue of Liberty.jpg|300px]] | |||
| caption = <center>Arriving immigrants behold the {{wpd|Statue of Liberty}}.</center> | |||
| below = <br>. . . Give me your tired, your poor, <br> | |||
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, <br> | |||
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. <br> | |||
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, <br> | |||
I lift my lamp beside the golden door! <ref>Emma Lazarus, excerpt from {{wpd|The New Colossus}} in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 March 2012).</ref> <br> | |||
<center>{{wpd|Emma Lazarus}}, 1883</center> | |||
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The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article provides several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in New York. The [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. | |||
=== Online Resources === | === Online Resources === | ||
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2467808 New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted, 1917-1957], index | *[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2467808 New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted, 1917-1957], index | ||
*{{RecordSearch|2299396|New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942}} - index and images | *{{RecordSearch|2299396|New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942}} - index and images | ||
=== Immigration Records === | === Immigration Records === |
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