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Includes manifests of alien arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 (NARA M1480) and Soundex card manifests of alien and citizen arrivals at Hogansburg, Malone, Morristown, Nyando, Ogdensburg, Rooseveltown, and Waddington, New York, July 1929-April 1956 (NARA M1482). These card manifests, arranged in Soundex order, document over 1,000,000 arrivals.

An index of aliens and citizens crossing into the U.S. from Canada via various ports of entry along the U.S.-Canadian border, including Buffalo

Card index to approximately 48,000 petitions for naturalization in the Western District of New York. Courtesy of FamilySearch. You will need to register for an free account.

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The earliest known history of the Swedish community in our area was published in 1877.

NARA Record Group 85, M1480, courtesy of FamilySearch.org. Has searchable indexes.

Card index includes a card for each individual arranged alphabetically with name of applicant, address, volume and page number, title and location of court, country of birth, when born or age, date and port of arrival in U.S., date of naturalization, witnesses, and other information such as spouse and children and certificate number as available. Scroll down & click on the tiny camera icons.

Records for passengers who arrived at the Port of New York during the Irish Famine 1846-1851. Created by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Center for Immigration Research. Searchable by name.

Data files relating to the immigration of Germans to the United States for arrivals 1850-1897. Created by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Center for Immigration Research. Searchable by name.

These are the only known lists of Erie Canal passengers. Canal boat operators were not required to record or report passenger names. When passengers' names appear they are usually only last names, and sometimes just the term "passengers" with numbers and distances traveled. This is not an indexed reference to passengers on canal boats, and as such the records are of only limited value to genealogical research. The lists are not online and must be viewed in person at the New York State Archives.

Name index to lists of 25 million people (not just immigrants) who arrived at Ellis Island, Port of New York, 1892-1924. In addition, includes a link to images of arrival lists at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Web site. Brought to you be FamilySearch.org.

These are people who entered Black Rock from Canada, scanned from microfilm in the National Archives. Date range is possibly 1895-1956.

Names of some Germans who arrived 1834-1854. Text is in German.

The National Archives explains what the St. Albans Lists are and why there probably isn't a record of your ancestor entering Buffalo from Canada before 1895.

Millions of searchable names, specifically Russians, Irish, Germans, and Italians.

A state-by-state guide to border crossing and other kinds of immigrations records..