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Records in this collection
- Winthrop Fleet Passenger List, 1630
- Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1846-1851
- Boston Passenger Lists, 1846-1851
- British & Irish Roots Collection
- California Northern District Naturalizations, 1850-1989
- California, Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Wilmington Passenger Lists, 1900-1948
- California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953
- Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811
- Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1945
- Florida, Tampa Passenger Lists, 1898-1945
- Germans to America, 1850-1897
- Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953
- Idaho, Eastport Arrivals, 1900-1962
- Illinois Northern District Naturalizations, 1850-1950
- Illinois, Northern District, naturalization index
- Irish Famine Immigrants, 1846-1851
- Italians to America, 1855-1900
- Japanese-Americans WWII Relocation Files
- Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1903-1945
- Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
- Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists, 1917-1943
- Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
- Massachusetts, Mayflower Passengers 1620
- Michigan, Detroit Passenger Lists, 1900-1965
- Minnesota naturalizations 1930-1988
- New England passenger and crew lists
- New England passenger and crew lists
- New England, naturalizations 1791-1906
- New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1846-1851
- New York City Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
- New York passenger lists & arrivals
- New York Passenger Lists, 1846-1890
- New York, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester Arrivals, 1902-1954
- North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger Lists, 1908-1958
- Ohio County naturalizations 1800-1977
- Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1948
- Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1846-1851
- Russians to America, 1834-1897
- Swiss Emigrants To The American Colonies, 1734-1744
- Texas, Eagle Pass arrivals, 1905-1953
- United States naturalization petitions
- United States passport applications
- United States, Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1874
- United States, Canadian border crossings
- United States, Transatlantic migration indexes
- Washington, Seattle Passenger Lists, 1890-1957
- West Virginia naturalizations 1814-1991
U.S. Immigration & Travel Records
The United States was founded by people who went out to discover, news lands, new opportunities and a better way a life. At the turn of the 20th century, almost 2 million European immigrants came to the US, despite the harrowing fact that one in seven travelers died during transatlantic voyages. Our ancestors brought with them family, friends and a wealth of culture that formed the melting pot that is today's society.
Immigration history in the US is divided into four major periods of mass migration into the country. During the Colonial period in the 17th century, about 175,000 people from England emigrated to the burgeoning New World. The mid-19th century brought immigrants from Northern Europe. Early in the 20th century most immigrants came from Southern or Eastern Europe. Then in the mid-1960's an influx of immigrants came from Latin America and Asia.
You can find many sources of Immigration and Travel Records here on findmypast, including naturalization records, ships passengers lists, and more.
What’s in Immigration & Travel Records?
The wide variety of types of records related to immigration and travel mean that they can help provide new facts to help fill in your family tree.
Information you may find in Immigration and Travel Records includes:
- Ancestor's names
- Place of birth
- Date of birth
- Date of immigration
- Port of entry
- Occupation
- Destination
- Date of naturalization
- Location of naturalization
- Ship name
- Names of family or friends
How to use the Immigration & Travel Records?
Begin by exploring the records from cities and ports of entry like New York, Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans, Philadelphia, which are divided by immigrant’s native country for ease of use. Many of these records also provide your ancestor’s place of destination. Use these clues, to next search for your ancestor in the naturalization collections.