List of Portuguese Passengers on the SS Mongolia July 1904 From Hawaii to California Compiled By Melody Lassalle Passenger No. Prefix First Name Surname 5376 Antone Garcia 5376 Mrs. Garcia 5377 V. Goveia 5378 Antone Amaro 5379 Miss Lucie Amaro 5383 Frank de Mello 5387 Miss Soares 5388 James Soares 5319 Miss Julia…
Category: Immigration and Naturalization
Portuguese Passengers on the S.S. Zealandia, March 1898
List of Portuguese Passengers on the SS Zealandia March 1898 From Hawaii to California Compiled by Melody Lassalle Prefix First Name Surname Age Final Destination Mrs. A. Lopez 25 Her husband San Leandro Cal Jno. Montero Manuel Lopez 5 Jno. de Silva Pintao 51 Mrs. da Silva Pintoa 53 Son in law Jose Crote…
Passenger Arrival Lists Part Two
New Rules Due to the Irish Potato Famine Migration In February of 1847, partly due to the Irish Potato Famine which led to the beginning of mass migration, a passenger act was passed which tried to reform the issue of space. They still had 2 passengers for every 5 tons of the ship’s register, but…
Alien Registration
If your ancestor did not become an U.S. citizen and was still alive in 1940, you may find alien registration a useful alternative to the naturalization records. Alien registration was simply a requirement for any alien living in or arriving in the United States after June 1940. Many of those who registered subsequently naturalized. The…
American Passport Records
Traveling Outside the United States Your immigrant ancestor most likely would have needed an American passport if they traveled back to the “old country.” This means they would have become naturalized and filled out a passport application. Some information that could appear on an application (this one is 1913): name, spouse, minor children including their…