Questions tagged [immigration]
For questions about the process and records associated with people entering and settling in a country or place to which they were not native.
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Locating Birth Certificate City in Oviedo
I am trying to locate the Birth Certificate or Fe de Bautismo for my grandfather. I have his full name and place of birth said Oviedo, Asturias. I have his DOB although the date and month might be ...
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Where can I find records of a French female citizen who immigrated to either Uruguay or Argentina bt 1903 and 1912?
I am doing my family genealogic research and I am trying to find records of the entry of one female French citizen, either through Montevideo or through Buenos Aires. There are records of her marriage ...
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Numbers above marital status on ship's manifest
I found a copy of the ship's manifest record from when my great-grandfather came over from Italy. His name is Giovanni DiDomenico. To my surprise, he was listed as a widower, which I was not aware of. ...
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Passenger Records Research for Pakistan
I am looking for passenger records for an ancestor who is rumoured to have run because he murdered someone in his homeland.
I am trying to research him. I have asked my family members who are ...
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Passenger Records Research for India
I am researching my family tree.
I am looking for an ancestor who came by ship while working for the British.
I am not aware of the ship name he came on. He was approximately born in 1835 +/- 40 years ...
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US Outbound Passenger List information
Is there a listing of outbound ship passengers leaving New York City ports during the early 1900s to Europe (Italy)?
My mother, born in the Bronx, New York City in 1907 was taken to Italy to live by ...
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"indef add" as cause of detention?
What is the meaning of "indef add" as cause of detention on 1904 ship's record of detained passengers from Italy to US? Occurred in New York, presumably Ellis Island, though unconfirmed.
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Finding arrival in Puerto Rico for Pierre and Jean Baptiste Vissepot
My ancestors, Pierre (was born in Bordeaux, France) and Jean Baptiste Vissepot, (in Saint-Domingue) at the end of the 18th century or beginning of the 19th century. During the war of independence in ...
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How can I find immigration or emigration records for Indians that went to Kenya in the 1920s?
I am trying to find out how I can trace any sort of records, like ship manifests, arrival records or departure records for Indians that went to Kenya in the early 1900s (around 1920).
Is there a ...
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Finding info about immigrant relative in USA
Is there a site (preferably free) for accessing info about people who migrated to USA?
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Finding details about an immigration from England to New Zealand / Australia
Here is a Immigration Certificate:
According to the source it says:
Departure Date: May 1919
Departure Port: England
Ship Name: Prinzessin
Destination Port: Auckland, New Zealand
I have several ...
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Finding place of origin for Irish ancestors
I've been trying to find out more about some of my Irish ancestors.
My 3rd great-grandparents John Joseph McEvoy and Mary Murray were living in Liverpool, England in the mid-1840s, but both were ...
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Online Canadian immigration info?
A woman and three daughters were born in La Crouais, France. A cemetery record, source unknown, says another daughter was born in Plumaugat, France. But the same daughter's immigration-to-USA record ...
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Finding US or Wisconsin government official Vitus Seng
I'm chasing Vitus Seng, probably born 1809 in Bleibach, Baden, who is mentioned in a few letters by a few US immigrants originating from the same area. In 1858 he is reported to have done successful ...
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Where was Ponisci(or Pouiszi), Russia?
Before my great gran died, she tasked me in finding out more about her mothers Russian heritage. I have deducted that, before she immigrated to America, she lived somewhere called Ponisci, Russia. ...
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