Questions tagged [immigration]
For questions about the process and records associated with people entering and settling in a country or place to which they were not native.
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Finding info about immigrant relative in USA
Is there a site (preferably free) for accessing info about people who migrated to USA?
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Finding details about an immigration from England to New Zealand / Australia
Here is a Immigration Certificate:
According to the source it says:
Departure Date: May 1919
Departure Port: England
Ship Name: Prinzessin
Destination Port: Auckland, New Zealand
I have several ...
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Finding place of origin for Irish ancestors
I've been trying to find out more about some of my Irish ancestors.
My 3rd great-grandparents John Joseph McEvoy and Mary Murray were living in Liverpool, England in the mid-1840s, but both were ...
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Online Canadian immigration info?
A woman and three daughters were born in La Crouais, France. A cemetery record, source unknown, says another daughter was born in Plumaugat, France. But the same daughter's immigration-to-USA record ...
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Finding US or Wisconsin government official Vitus Seng
I'm chasing Vitus Seng, probably born 1809 in Bleibach, Baden, who is mentioned in a few letters by a few US immigrants originating from the same area. In 1858 he is reported to have done successful ...
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Where was Ponisci(or Pouiszi), Russia?
Before my great gran died, she tasked me in finding out more about her mothers Russian heritage. I have deducted that, before she immigrated to America, she lived somewhere called Ponisci, Russia. ...
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Finding information on Emigration ships (UK to US) in 1841
My 3x great grandfather and his family of 5 emigrated to the US , arriving in New York on 16 July 1841 from Liverpool UK on board the Ship Splendid (or Splendid of New York). Archives image
I would ...
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Extracting Complete Ship Passenger List
I am looking for the full ship record (Ellis Island, ship = Calabria, Arrival date IV.06.1911). Here is a sample : https://www.dropbox.com/s/94pj3l3nc5tusi4/1911%204%2022%20Leonidas%20Zoto%202.jpg?dl=...
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Obtaining Death Certificate Argentina
My Russian Grandfather escaped in 1948 on a ship to Buenos Aires, I have located the passengers list, his name, Cámara Nacional Electoral in Buenos Aires confirms his registration and official ...
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How (in GEDCOM) to document returning to a home previously immigrated to?
Person went from France to Canada in the 1800s but in 1914 he passed through New York from "Besaçes, Roanne, France" via Le Havre with destination listed as "home, (illegible), Canada.&...
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Finding 19th-century passenger arrivals to the United States
My great-grandfather Aloysius Deckert was born in Germany and died in Albany, New York in 1901.
How can I find his arrival in the United States?
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Finding the port for a 1905 arrival to United States?
My grandfather John Gibson Gowans immigrated the second time to the United States from Scotland on a ship called The Caledonia in 1905.
This was his 2nd time as his parents first immigrated in 1888 ...
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Traveling from Russia in 1906
My Great Grandma had to leave Russia when she was just 16, and travel to England. I know the ship she took from England to America, but I don't know how she got to England. Would it have been the same ...
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Do petitions for naturalization indicate the date of the first arrival to a country or the last time they had entered the country when filing?
In the United States in 1927, on the Petition for Naturalization (Form 2204-L), applicants would complete the line :
I emigrated from .... in ....
For example, here is a Petition FHL Film # 004112253 ...
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Missing Ship / Passenger record?
In the naturalization certificate of Leon(indas) Zoto, it is written that he arrived on April 22, 1911 in New York on the Calabria Ship. See here.
However, there is no sign of him on ancestry.com or ...
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Finding 1854 USA immigration record for Prussian ancestor
I’m trying to trace my family. At this point, I have found out my great grandfather was the 1st to enter the country. His name was William Koch. I’m not sure if that is the Americanized version. He ...
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What is this immigration year symbol on a 1900 US Census in St. Joseph County Indiana
The Instructions for Enumerators of the 1900's us Census states:
Citizenship
148. Column 16. Year of immigration to the United States.—If the person is a native of the United States, leave the column ...
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How can I determine whether there are BSI (Board of Special Inquiry) minutes or records for an alien on a list of detained aliens?
How can I determine whether there are BSI (Board of Special Inquiry) minutes or records for an alien on a "List of Detained Aliens" or "Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry"? Were there always ...
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Finding George Huminski aboard Eaton Hall on 1877 voyage to South Australia
looking for George (sometimes Peter George) Huminski (Huminsky) who stated that he had arrived in South Australia on the Eaton Hall in 1877. I believe he worked his way out on the ship. Have checked ...
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Are there any extant records of Imperial subjects who moved to Britain?
I believe that one of my ancestors may have moved to Britain around the turn of the 19th century (1700s turning into 1800s) from a British colony, possibly the West Indies or the US, and landed in ...
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Identifying numbers on the United States Immigrant Identification Card
The green "Immigrant Identification Card" issued by the United States Department of Labor includes an immigration visa number, a longer red number, and in this case, a stamped black number on the ...
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How can I find the images where the data was sourced for the 'Germans to America, 1850-1897' database?
I found my ancestor in the 'Germans to America, 1850-1897' database on Family Search
FamilySearch has this info about the database:
United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897
Data files ...
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Stuwkach, Poland listed in Obituary
Trying to find out where Stuwkach, Poland refers to in my great grandmothers obituary. She was born in 1894 and immigrated in 1911 (according to the 1930 US census) was Roman Catholic
Her obit is ...
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What does un mean in the column for immigration year on the 1920 US census?
What does un mean in the column for immigration year on the 1920 United States census? Other people have a year entered.
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Original spelling of Polish surname is missing
My grandfather immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1909 with his parents. Our original surname's spelling was changed upon arrival in Canada. Since then it has been "Kerunsky" and no one kept record....
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Finding 1882-83 Immigration Record through Castle Garden
I have searched for my great Grandmother Catherine Schneider in the lists of immigrants coming through Castle Garden. She came over in 1882-1883. I have not been able to find her.
Does anyone have ...
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Arrival ports for Irish Immigrants to the US?
I'm trying to find my Irish ancestors point of entry.
My Great Great Grandparents were married in 1869 in Ireland. Their first child my Great Grandmother was born in the U.S. either New York or New ...
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Alien Passenger (1917) who became Relative to be joined (1920): how to reconcile address discrepancies?
From a previous question it was noted that a certain Alien Passenger arriving at Providence RI in 1917, gave as an Address of a female cousin to be joined:
868 Broad Street, Central Falls
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What is written in this excerpt from a Manifest of Alien Passengers for the US arriving at Providence?
I'm having difficulties reading a field from a specific column from a
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration
Officer at Port of Arrival
In this case Port of ...
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Acquisition of US citizenship by children under Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
I am pursuing recognition of German citizenship through descent. My grandparents and my father (born 1950) emigrated to the United States in 1952, with my grandfather holding German nationality. My ...
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Date and Cause of death numbers on New York Passenger list?
I am trying to find out the date and cause of death of a passenger in the New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 on Ancestry.
The passenger is ...
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Route of ships going from Norway to US in 1912
I finally was able to get the name of the ship my great-grandfather traveled to from Norway to Newport News, Virginia. That ship is the Noruega, run by Norway-Mexico Gulf Line, and I am fairly ...
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Usual ports of arrivals by nation (case of Albania)
Are there statistics on the ports of arrivals by nation?
In particular, I am interested in the ports of entries of Albanians before WWI and WWII to the US.
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Ancestors came to England on the "Belgian Mail Packet" in 1920/1921 - How to find those records?
My wife's grandmother (Annie Pieniążek, age 9) emigrated from Poland to Canada in the early 1920s. She travelled from Liverpool to Halifax on the "SS Canada", leaving 10-Feb-1921, and arriving 19-Feb. ...
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Seeking information about Immigration to America from Austria?
My Great Grandfather, Joseph F. Kohl was born in Austria in 1860. Sometime in his life, he moved to America where his wife Vincencia Puhair gave birth to their child Frank James Kohl. I was wondering ...
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Finding German immigrant family named Karl in US (1850s/1860s)?
I have an ancestress, Margaretha Karl. I know a fair amount about her, but not as much as I would like. (Isn't that always the case?)
She married Edward McHorney about 1860 (no record that I can find,...
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Reading city, town or name under Father in 1910 immigration record?
This is from the Father column in a document of immigration from 1910. I am trying to discover the name of the town/city/region in Russia they came from.
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What was the process for getting started with farming in the 1920s in Saskatchewan?
If Europeans arrived in Saskatchewan with the intention to stay permanently and become farmers, what would the process have been like in 1924? Would they have to wait or be granted land before ...
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Seeking Canadian immigration record for Pater Vavaruk/Varvarook who came from Romania 1910-1915?
My Grandfather Peter came to Canada from Romania anywhere between 1910-1915 to Quebec by ship. His last name was Vavaruk, Vavruk, or Varvarook.
He later ended up with the last name Warll. The ...
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Correct spelling of Austrian surname Wasmanski?
My family has always always spelled our last name Wasmanski. On my grandfathers Declaration on Intention it is spelled Waksmunski. He was from Austria. I have seen so many different spellings of the ...
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Cannot find an immigrant in the 1860/70 US Census
In the US Census from 1860 and 1870, I am looking for a German immigrant named Gustav Adolf (or Adolph) Neumann, born October 27, 1824 in Leipzig, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany, who immigrated to the ...
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Why would the spelling of a town in Romania be changed upon arrival in Canada?
My relatives might have been from a place called Sânmihaui, Romania. They were German-speaking. Upon arrival in Canada, the name of where they were from was changed and such place on the immigration ...
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Finding a town in Russia-Poland from 1910
On the passenger manifest arriving March 25, 1910, it shows my great grandfather, Stanislaw Zaniewski as being from "dawewicz" Russia. We are trying to track down his birth or baptismal records. He ...
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Finding UK immigration record for Isaac Gabriel of Russia?
I have located Isaac in the 1871 census, 29 years old and resident in London. He was not included in the 1861 census so I have concluded that he arrived in uk sometime between 1861and 1871. He became ...
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Finding immigration and surname record russia to Leeds uk
My great grandfather Jacob Masson came to Leeds in c.1900 from Odessa area i think in Russia, now Ukraine.
I would like to find out his original surname and any passenger and immigration records.
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How Piasecki was spelled originally?
The Piasecki family originally is from Poland. They came to Ellis island, then ended up in Connecticut. I know that there is no connection to the Piasecki’s who have to do with helicopters.
I am ...
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Deciphering lines from 1909 Ellis Island record?
I am trying to read some lines from an Ellis Island record.
The record is from 1909 and I managed to read everything except the details of the contact/address for the person in question.
It is the ...
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What are "I"-prefixed travel document numbers on INS Form I-415 ship manifests?
On the INS Form I-415 being issued in 1952, there is a column that refers to "travel document no." and "nationality". Nationality is obvious, but the travel document number is not.
What does a travel ...
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What happened to Gustav Adolf Neumann - part II?
In light of former questions asked on Genealogy Stackexchange like What happened to Gustav Adolf Neumann, 1859 immigrant to the US? and Finding clues for a missing immigrant in the 1870 Census?, I ...
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Did the Ryan family leave a footprint in England when immigrating to New Zealand in 1875 and 1883?
I’m researching how my Ryan family left Ireland. Jeremiah (Jerry, Joseph) Ryan and Mary Hayes took 3 children Bridget (Bid), Honora (Norah) and Thomas Ryan. Martin Frances Ryan stayed behind. They ...
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