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An Indepensible reference work
I am a Reference Archivist working in Genealogy for a State Archives. This book has provided help for many of my frustrated patrons who are looking for naturalization records of their ancestors. This book is very easy to use. The names are in alphabetical order. Each name has a corresponding numerical key which links it directly to the source it is cited in. I have never had a problem of not being able to find a name. More often than not Patrons have later told me that the books indexed in the Passenger and immigration lists have provided more information than the naturalization records themselves. But Buyer BEWARE! This is ONLY an INDEX it does not have the complete records. It only tells you where the name is located so further research is necessary in order to find the book and this could entail further travel and time. To Diehard "genies" however, this book is a definent lifesaver and should be in every genealogical, historical, reference, and archival library. ... Read more

Book Description
Millions of people made their way to America in the most determined and sustainedmigration the world has ever known. Initially they left traces of their immigration in scatteredrecords and documents. Later their arrival here was documented so minutely that the recordsresulting are among the largest, the most continuous and the most uniform in the nation'sarchives.These passenger arrival records identify by name, place of origin, and other particulars the vastmajority of persons who participated in the great Atlantic migration. This work examines therecords in their historical and legal framework, and it explains what they contain, where they canbe found, and how they can be used. In effect, it is a road map through the mass of records andarchival resources documenting immigrant arrivals from the time of the earliest settlements tothe passage of the Quota Acts three centuries later. This new edition features expanded coverageof colonial emigration records, finding aids and reference materials, National Archivesmicrofilm programs and publications, current projects and new developments in immigrationresearch, and more. ... Read more

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THRILLING TO READ
ONE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEY TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS OF OUR FOREFATHERS UNTIL THEY READ THIS BOOK ... Read more