Tracing Immigrants Through the Port of New York

Tracing Immigrants Through the Port of New York

Author: Anne Sibert Buiter

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781951707057

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Between the late 1700s and 1924 New York was a key gateway for millions who journeyed to the United States to establish new lives. Today, millions of Americans descend from immigrants who passed through Ellis Island and Castle Garden. Tracing Immigrants through the Port of New York: Early National Period to 1924 details the records and research strategies for use when tracing immigrants who passed through New York City. Genealogists, family historians, local historians, social scientists, and others will find the book essential to their research. Compiled by Anne Sibert Buiter, PhD, professor of Economics at Birkbeck, University of London, during the past 6 years, this unique publication provides an informed perspective on a topic of interest to so many Americans. Part I - The Records, details key sources of information to use when tracing immigrants through the Port of New York: passenger lists, customs records, naturalization records, foreign passenger lists, and other important U.S.-based records. Part II - The People, includes historical overviews and highlights tools and strategies for tracing specific immigrant groups including Irish, German, Italian, Austro-Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and Afro-Caribbean families.


Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City

Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City

Author: Joseph Buggy

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806319889

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An "overview for anyone wishing to trace [his or her] Irish ancestors within the five boroughs of New York City. It is especially beneficial for those researching ancestors from the beginning of the 19th century to the early 20th"--P. 11.


A Guide to Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors

A Guide to Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors

Author: Margaret Franklin

Publisher: Flyleaf Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780953997442

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These invaluable guides include church records, civil and land records, censuses, newspapers, commercial directories, school records and others, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect.


After They Closed the Gates

After They Closed the Gates

Author: Libby Garland

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 022612259X

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In 1921 and 1924, the United States passed laws to sharply reduce the influx of immigrants into the country. By allocating only small quotas to the nations of southern and eastern Europe, and banning almost all immigration from Asia, the new laws were supposed to stem the tide of foreigners considered especially inferior and dangerous. However, immigrants continued to come, sailing into the port of New York with fake passports, or from Cuba to Florida, hidden in the holds of boats loaded with contraband liquor. Jews, one of the main targets of the quota laws, figured prominently in the new international underworld of illegal immigration. However, they ultimately managed to escape permanent association with the identity of the “illegal alien” in a way that other groups, such as Mexicans, thus far, have not. In After They Closed the Gates, Libby Garland tells the untold stories of the Jewish migrants and smugglers involved in that underworld, showing how such stories contributed to growing national anxieties about illegal immigration. Garland also helps us understand how Jews were linked to, and then unlinked from, the specter of illegal immigration. By tracing this complex history, Garland offers compelling insights into the contingent nature of citizenship, belonging, and Americanness.


A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825

A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825

Author: Harold Lancour

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-18

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780331333312

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Excerpt from A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825: Being a Guide to Published Lists of Early Immigrants to North America O those engaged in the study of American genealogy and T immigration Harold Lancour's Passenger Lists will require no introduction. Since its publication by The New York Public Library 26 years ago as a modest booklet it has achieved a remarkable reputa tion as one of the most useful tools for aiding in the identification of persons coming to North America before 1825, and the demand for copies Of it has not diminished over the years in spite Of the fact that it has long Since gone out Of print. The usefulness Of the Lancour Bibliography lies not only in bringing together references to so many scattered lists but in the utilitarian manner in which it has organized and presented them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Ancestry magazine

Ancestry magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004-01

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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Ancestry magazine focuses on genealogy for today’s family historian, with tips for using Ancestry.com, advice from family history experts, and success stories from genealogists across the globe. Regular features include “Found!” by Megan Smolenyak, reader-submitted heritage recipes, Howard Wolinsky’s tech-driven “NextGen,” feature articles, a timeline, how-to tips for Family Tree Maker, and insider insight to new tools and records at Ancestry.com. Ancestry magazine is published 6 times yearly by Ancestry Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com.


They Came in Ships

They Came in Ships

Author: John Philip Colletta

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780916489373

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Provides information on searching passenger ship lists and indexes, naturalization and immigration records, and genealogical Websites to find records of ancestors who came to the United States on ships.


A Guide to Tracing Your Cork Ancestors

A Guide to Tracing Your Cork Ancestors

Author: Tony McCarthy

Publisher: Flyleaf Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780950846682

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"This book sets out the records available for Cork, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect in tracing Cork families."--Back cover.


Raking the Ashes

Raking the Ashes

Author: Nancy Simons Peterson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0978569458

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This handbook is a "must have" for researching San Francisco ancestors, providing invaluable guidance on which records were lost in the 1906 earthquake and fire, which records survived, and where to find them.


Ellis Island

Ellis Island

Author: Loretto Dennis Szucs

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780916489953

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Beneath the shadow of the Statue of Liberty stands Ellis Island, threshold of liberty for more than 16 million immigrants. For them and countless others whose parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents began a new American life there, Ellis Island is the symbolic shrine to freedom and opportunity. Ellis Island: Tracing Your Family History Through America's Gateway gives a family history approach to this famous monument's history. With morethan 30 images, it includes an overview of the history of immigration, a description of the process each immigrant endured at Ellis Island, and basic instruction on how to find out if an ancestor came through Ellis Island.