Immigration Public Records
Immigration Records | National Archives
The National Archives has immigration records for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. Use Form NATF 81 or order online to obtain copies of inbound federal passenger arrival manifests for ships and airplanes, 1820-1959.
https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/overview
Records | USCIS
Use our online FOIA system to request your own immigration record, another person’s immigration record, or non-A-File information such as policies, data, or communications. Electronic Reading Room Our Electronic Reading Room helps you search for information identified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Genealogy
https://www.uscis.gov/records/records
Immigrant Records at the National Archives | National Archives
Among the billions of historical records housed at the National Archives throughout the country, researchers can find information relating to immigrants from the late 1700s through the early 2000s. The National Archives preserves and makes available documents created by Federal agencies in the course of their daily business.
https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration
Immigration Public Records | Background Records Blog
Immigration Public Records Online Public Emigration Documents Researching immigration public records is rewarding for ancestry researchers wanting to learn about their family’s past, but it can also be a time consuming and frustrating endeavor, if you don’t know where to look or you can’t find that one fact which explains everything else.
https://www.backgroundrecordsblog.com/genealogical-records/immigration-public-records/Immigration Records • FamilySearch
United States Records Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. The names of wives and children were often not included. Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for each immigrant’s name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin, but not the city or town of origin.
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Researching Individuals | USCIS
Records relating to individual immigrants, such as Naturalization Certificate files, and Records that relate to subject, policy, administrative and correspondences files that document how INS administered immigration and nationality policies. This set of records provides information about how INS carried out its functions on a day-to-day basis.
https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/our-history/history-office-and-library/research-guides/researching-individuals
Immigration Records | New York State Archives
Immigration Records Reception and supervision of immigrants are functions of the federal government, specifically the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service or their predecessor agencies.
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/research/res_topics_gen_naturalization_imm
Requesting Records | USCIS
Requesting Records The USCIS Genealogy Program is authorized to make five series of the agency’s historical records available to requesters. Other agency records may be available from the USCIS Freedom of Information (FOIA) Program, or may have transferred to the National Archives. Requests are accepted online as well as through the mail.
https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/requesting-records
Request Records through the Freedom of Information Act or ... - USCIS
Immigration records, whether your own or someone else’s with their permission; and Agency policies, data, communications, and other records. How to Request and Receive Records as Quickly as Possible Step 1: Read this entire page, to ensure you request records the right way, from the right agency.
https://www.uscis.gov/records/request-records-through-the-freedom-of-information-act-or-privacy-act
Passenger Arrival Lists | National Archives
Immigration records, also known as "passenger arrival records," can provide genealogical information including: a person's nationality, place of birth ship name and date of entry to the United States age, height, eye and hair color profession place of last residence name and address of relatives they are joining in the U.S.
https://www.archives.gov/nyc/finding-aids/passenger-lists.html
CBP Immigration Records | Homeland Security - DHS
For the Public. Get Involved. Get Involved. Get Involved. Blue Campaign. Citizen Corps. If You See Something, Say Something® ... CBP Immigration Records. Records released by CBP related to immigration. Attachment Ext. Size Date; Zero Tolerance: PDF: 124.91 MB: 03/30/2021 Asylum: PDF:
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/cbp-immigration-records