Immigration

Page Updated December 2024

Ellis Island Home Page  Come to this site to find information on the American Immigrant Wall of Honor. You can also take a look at the Ellis Island Museum.

Free Tutorial on Tracing Family Origins  Unless you are of Native American heritage, your roots came from overseas. In this lesson series, explore how you can find your immigrant ancestors.

How To Apply for US Citizenship From USA.gov Learn the steps for becoming a U.S. citizen including how to apply, sample test questions and what is the naturalization process.

Immigration and Citizenship From USA.gov  Learn about U.S. residency, green cards, and citizenship requirements and related issues.

JewishGen  The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy.

Smithsonian Education: Migrations In History  This extensive site chronicles the migration of people throughout history. The migration of people, objects, ideas, and cultures are explored and the impact of such moves discussed.

The Germans in America  This Web site provides information about immigration from the German-speaking world to the United States, and about the activities of German immigrants in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire  History, photographs, reports, and oral histories on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire that killed 146 young immigrants and brought the attention of sweatshops to the public.

Voices from the Dust Bowl  Library of Congress multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. With audio clips.