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Immigration documents

joan stachnik Jul 1, 2018 9:09 PM

Hi, hope this question is appropriate for this forum. I've been researching my grandparent's immigration to the US from eastern Europe. I know the dates and ports of entry for their arrival (based on ship passenger manifests), as well as where they were born; but I was wondering if immigrants arriving in the early 1900s (around 1908-1912) were required to have any type of passport or similar documents from their country of origin? Or did they just buy a ticket on a steamship and show up here? Thank you, joan stachnik

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jenny.parish Jul 2, 2018 11:10 AM (in response to joan stachnik)

Dear Ms. Stachnik,

Thank you for contacting the History Hub regarding immigration records. Please use the link in our recent genealogy blog about Immigration and Naturalization records to better understand the circumstances of an individual’s travel to the United States.

Best of luck with your research!

Jenny Parish
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  joan stachnik Jul 2, 2018 4:41 PM (in response to jenny.parish)
  
  Ms. Parish, thank you. I will check the link. One of my reasons for asking was that I noticed on my grandmother's naturalization papers (from 1941), she returned to Poland for a few months, many years before becoming a citizen (and before my grandfather became a citizen). I was wondering what type of documents might have been needed for travel around that time (about 1912-1913). Thank you again for your help. joan
  
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    jenny.parish Jul 3, 2018 8:10 AM (in response to joan stachnik)
    
    Dear Ms. Stachnik,
    
    Another resource may be to contact the Department of State
    or www.uscis.gov for the history of early US policies regarding citizen and immigrant passports.
    
    Jenny
    
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      joan stachnik Jul 3, 2018 8:26 PM (in response to jenny.parish)
      
      Thank you. joan
      
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