Family Search: Tracing Immigrant Origins

Introduces the principles of research, search strategies, and the various record types which can be used to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/tracing_immigrant_origins.asp

Primer of Emigration & Immigration

PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records.
http://www.pgsa.org/primer.htm

Immigration History Research Center

The IHRC at the University of Minnesota is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. It maintains archival and library collections, sponsors academic and public programs, and publishes bibliographic and scholarly works.
http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc

Immigrant Genealogy Society

Information on the society and its German emphasis.
http://feefhs.org/igs/frg-igs.html

Immigrant Journey

The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park.
http://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm

A Historical Look at U.S. Immigration Policy

Graph showing the number of immigrants to the U.S. by decade.
http://showme.missouri.edu/~socbrent/immigr.htm

Immigration: The Living Mosaic of People, Culture, and Hope

Covers several different ethnic groups' introduction to the U.S. Includes timeline of immigration, personal stories of both immigrants and workers at Ellis Island, and a discussion of The Statue of Liberty.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies

The Balch Institute documents and interprets the ethnic and immigrant experience in the United States.
http://www.balchinstitute.org/

Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources

Research guide and bibliography presented by the Library of Congress.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/toc/becites/genealogy/immigrant/76375618.toc.html

Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records

An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research.
http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/5079.asp

Tracing Mormon Pioneers

Tips for those tracing their Mormon pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah.
http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.htm

The Tide of Emigration

This article in the "Illustrated London News," July 6, 1860, describes emigration from Ireland and the United Kingdom and the journey across the Atlantic.
http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/frinq/pluralst/tide.htm

New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors

Immigration resources at the New York State Library.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/tracimmi.htm

Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century

Voyage accounts, emigration information, lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people. Extracted from government and shipping records.
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html

Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide

Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists.
http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

New York's Tenement Museum focuses on America's urban immigrant history. The Museum's site features program information, directions, hours and online tickets and reservations.
http://www.tenement.org/

Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online

Collection of databases comprised of the Morton Allan Directory, M1066 Microfilm series from NARA, various newspaper articles, Internet sources, and personal contributions. Can also search for ships.
http://www.cimorelli.com/safe/shipmenu.htm

Migrations

Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA.
http://www.migrations.org

Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated

Article by George G. Morgan.
http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/george/1436.asp

Tracing Immigrant Origins

Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors.
http://www.genealogy.com/uni-immi.html

Library of Congress: Lesson Ideas

These lesson plans from the "American Memory" project at the Library of Congress include 3 units exploring Immigration.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/theme.html

NARA Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals on Microfilm

An index to genealogical microfilm rolls published by the National Archives and Records Administration.
http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm_catalogs/immigrant/customs_records_1820_1891.html

Wisconsin Naturalization Records

The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/natlzn/index.html

Twenty Two Million Immigrants Became Americans on Ellis Island

Detailed review of Ellis Island Records.
http://www.epinions.com/content_19030773380

Hamburg State Archive: Link to Your Roots

Online database of emigration lists available to genealogists.
http://www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english/

From One Life to Another

Late 19th and early 20th century immigration to the USA, with an emphasis on Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Swedish immigration.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26786/

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

The former Immigration and Naturalization Service. Information and services available to the public.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm

Immigration in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era

Bibliographic essay by Donna R. Gabaccia.
http://www.h-net.org/~shgape/bibs/immig.html

Types of US Naturalization Records

Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find.
http://www.genealogybranches.com/naturalization.html

Canadian Genealogy Centre: Immigration Records

A description of the passenger arrival records in Canada, 1865-1935, and their availability. Searchable online database of records 1925-1935.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020118_e.html

Ellis Island Records

Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924.
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/