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American passenger arrival records : a guide to the records of immigrants arriving at American ports by sail and steam / Michael Tepper.

Tepper, Michael, (author.).

Summary:

"A road map through the mass of records and archival resources that document the arrival of immigrants, in America from the time of the earliest settlements to the passage of the Quota Acts three centuries later"-- Back Cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0806313803
  • ISBN: 9780806313801
  • Physical Description: 142 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: Updated and enlarged.
  • Publisher: Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-142).
Formatted Contents Note:
The Colonial Period: Immigration records ; Emigration records ; Published guides -- The beginning of Federal passenger arrival records -- Customs passenger lists: Background ; Characteristics and limitations ; Original lists ; Copies and abstracts ; State department transcripts ; Records at the principle ports of entry: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans ; Other ports ; Where to find the records -- Immigration passenger lists: The beginning of mass migration ; immigration legislation ; the passenger lists: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans ; Canadian Border Entries.
Subject:
Ships > Passenger lists > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Registers of births, etc. > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
United States > Genealogy > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Passenger lists.
Family histories.

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  • 18 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library Ref OCR 929.1 T (Text) 36015000003604 Genealogy Available -