California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Record Description
Record Group	RG 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Collection years	1893-1943
Microfilm Publication	A3362. Partnership Lists of Chinese Firms in San Francisco, California and Nationwide, 1893-1907; and Index to Chinese Departing from San Francisco, 1912-1943. 2 rolls.
National Archives Identifier	4497917 414
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California Emigration and Immigration
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California Archives and Libraries
Related Websites
NARA Prologue Article Case Files from the Chinese Exclusion Era
NARA Reference Report Chinese Immigration into the Port of San Francisco,1882-1957
NARA Collection Description A3362
US GenWeb Project
NARA Chinese Immigration
Archive
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What is in the Collection?

This collection contains images of partnership lists of Chinese firms in San Francisco, California, and nationwide, 1893-1907; and index of Chinese departing from San Francisco, California, 1893-1943. The collection is part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The collection corresponds with NARA publication A3362 part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1893-1943.

Collection Content

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  Departure List

What Can this Collection Tell Me?

Information found in this collection may include:

• Name
• Nationality
• Destination
• Name of vessel
• Amount paid
• Date of departure
• Name of company providing transportation

How Do I Search the Collection?

To begin your search it is helpful to know at least one of the following:

• The name of your ancestor.
• The age and birth place of your ancestor.
• The date of departure.
• The destination of your ancestor.

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 family or 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:
To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links:
⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page
⇒Select the appropriate "NARA Roll Number" which takes you to the images.

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 in the records to find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, ship’s manifests, birth, marriage, and census records.
• Use the information in each record to find additional family members.
• Repeat this process with additional family member’s records 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 California, United States Genealogy.
• Search in the California 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:

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 California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1893-1943.

Image Citation:
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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 California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1893-1943.

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