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Immigration and Naturalization Records

Follow the links below to find a wealth of information on your immigrant ancestors in New York. Websites like Ancestry.com, the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, and FamilySearch.org are all great resources for locating passenger lists and naturalization records online. In addition, there are also many records available onsite at places like the Family History Library, New York State Archives, county courthouses, historical societies, and public libraries located in New York and elsewhere.

Archives and Libraries

Castle Garden - America's First Immigration Center

FamilySearch.org - U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Records

The National Archives at New York City - Naturalization Records and Passenger Lists

New York Public Library - Immigration and Naturalization Records

New York State Archives - New York Immigration Records

New York State Library - Immigration and Naturalization Resources

The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation - Port of New York Passenger Records

Immigration History

Ancestry.com - New York City, Ellis Island Oral Histories, 1892-1976

Ancestry.com - New York Immigration

Brooklyn Public Library - New York City: City of Immigrants

Brooklyn Waterfront History - A Crossroads of Immigration

CastleGarden.org - Castle Garden Timeline

Explore Brooklyn - The History of Immigrants in Brooklyn

FamilySearch.org - New York Emigration and Immigration

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - Coming to America: Ellis Island and New York City

Harvard University Library - Key Dates and Landmarks in United States Immigration History

History.com - Ellis Island Facts and Summary

Immigrants in 1900s New York City - Why They Left Home

Jewish Virtual Library - New York City

Library of Congress - From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America

Library of Congress - The Lower East Side

Long Island Wins - A Discussion on Irish Immigrants and the New York City Draft Riots

Museum at Eldridge Street - Newcomers to New York: Mapping Immigrant History

Museum of Immigration - Images of Immigration from the Museum of the City of New York

National Park Service - Colonial and Early American New York 1664-1890

National Park Service - Ellis Island Stories

National Park Service - Immigration 1891-1924

National Park Service - Oyster Island: Pre-Contact to Colonization

National Park Service - Post-Peak Immigration Years

National Park Service - Silent Voices: A Landmark Restored, 1954-Present

National Park Service - The Workers of Ellis Island

New York Harbor Parks - Ellis Island

New York Historical Society - Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion

Queens College - Hellenic-American Oral History Project: Greek Americans

The Paris Review - Little Syria

PBS: The American Experience - Immigration to New York, 1900-2000

Schenectady Digital History Archive - Electric City Immigrants: Italians and Poles of Schenectady, N.Y., 1880-1930

Scholastic.com - Interactive Tour of Ellis Island

The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation - Ellis Island History

The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation - Immigration Timeline

The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation - Oral Histories

The Tenement Museum - Irish Immigration to New York City

Time Magazine - Brooklyn and the True History of Irish Immigrants in 1950s New York City

University of Buffalo - The Irish Community of Buffalo and the Pan-American Exposition

Wikipedia.org - Caribbean Immigration to New York City

Wikipedia.org - Ellis Island

Wikipedia.org - Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital

Wikipedia.org - Puerto Rican Migration to New York City

Naturalization Records

Ancestry.com - Dutchess County, New York, Naturalization Records, 1932-1989

Ancestry.com - New York, Index to Declarations of Intent, 1907-1924

Ancestry.com - New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24

Ancestry.com - New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944

Ancestry.com - New York Petitions for Naturalization 1794-1906

Ancestry.com - New York Southern District Court, Korean War Military Naturalization Index, 1950-1955

Ancestry.com - New York Southern District, World War II Military Naturalization Index, 1941-1946

FamilySearch.org - New York, County Naturalization Records 1791-1980

FamilySearch.org - New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941

FamilySearch.org - New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1917-1950

FamilySearch.org - New York Southern District - New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946

FamilySearch.org - New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966

Fold3.com - Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950

Fold3.com - Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalizations of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1907-1966

Fold3.com - Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957

Fold3.com - Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jul 1865-Sep 1906

Fold3.com - Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937

Fold3.com -
Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944

German Genealogy Group - New York Naturalization Records

Italian Genealogical Group - Naturalization index for New York and New Jersey

Jewish Genealogical Society - 1907-1925 Index to Kings County (Brooklyn) Naturalization Records

Jewish Genealogical Society - Brooklyn Military Naturalizations

Jewish Genealogical Society - New York State Naturalization Databases

The National Archives at New York City - New York Federal Courts and Military Naturalizations

Passenger Lists

Ancestry.com - New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957

Castle Garden - America's First Immigration Center

Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online

Cyndi's List - Ports of Entry, New York

Ellis Island - Port of New York Passenger Records

FamilySearch.org - New York Emigration and Immigration Records

FamilySearch.org - New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - 17,000+ Passenger Manifests

JewishGen - Passenger Lists for New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New Orleans

Mystic Seaport - Ship and Yacht Register

The National Archives at New York City - Immigration records, Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957

New York State Archives - Immigration Records

Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division - New York Passenger Lists

The Ships List - Ships' Passenger Lists, Immigration Reports, Shipwreck Information , Ship Pictures, and Other Resources

New York County Pages

In addition to the resources listed above, records can also be found at many local historical and genealogical societies, public libraries, county courthouses, town clerk's offices, churches, and other repositories located throughout New York state. To find documentation on your ancestors at the local level, please click on the county links listed below.
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