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	Primer of Emigration & Immigration URL: http://www.pgsa.org/primer.htm ODP description: PGSA's introduction to migration, ports of entry, ship passenger lists,and naturalization records. Page title: PGSA - Primer
	Ellis Island Records URL: http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ ODP description: Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924. Page title: Ellis Island - FREE Port of New York Passenger Records Search
	Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records URL: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=5079 ODP description: An article by John Philip Colletta describing how technology has affected genealogy research. Page title: Ancestry.com - Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records Page description: With the emergence of technological products catered to immigration research, finding your immigrant ancestor has never been easier, or more convenient.
	New York State Library: Genealogy: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors URL: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/tracimmi.htm ODP description: Immigration resources at the New York State Library. Page title: Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors: Genealogy: NYS Library
	Lower East Side Tenement Museum URL: http://www.tenement.org/ ODP description: New York's Tenement Museum focuses on America's urban immigrant history. The Museum's site features program information, directions, hours and online tickets and reservations. Page title: The Official Site of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Page description: The Tenement Museum focuses on America's urban immigrant history. The Museum's site features program information, directions, hours and online tickets and reservations.
	Tracing Immigrant Origins URL: http://www.genealogy.com/uni-immi.html ODP description: Series of lessons on how to trace immigrant ancestors. Page title: Genealogy.com: Gute Nachrichten
	Twenty Two Million Immigrants Became Americans on Ellis Island URL: http://www.epinions.com/content_19030773380 ODP description: Detailed review of Ellis Island Records. Page title: Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Archived Web Services Reviews at Epinions.com
	Library of Congress: Lesson Ideas URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/theme.html ODP description: These lesson plans from the "American Memory" project at the Library of Congress include 3 units exploring Immigration. Page title: Teacher Resources - Lesson Plans Index by Themes, Topics, Disciplines or Eras Page description: resources for teachers provides an index - by themes, topics, diplines or eras - to teacher created lesson plans using primary sources from the American Memory collections - from the leaning Page, The library of Congress.
	From One Life to Another URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/26786/ ODP description: Late 19th and early 20th century immigration to the USA, with an emphasis on Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Swedish immigration. Page title: from one life to another
	Immigrant Journey URL: http://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm ODP description: The travel and arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island as presented by Liberty State Park.
	Immigration History Research Center URL: http://www.ihrc.umn.edu ODP description: The IHRC at the University of Minnesota is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. It maintains archival and library collections, sponsors academic and public programs, and publishes bibliographic and scholarly works. Page title: IHRC : College of Liberal Arts : University of Minnesota
	Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html ODP description: Voyage accounts, emigration information, lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people. Extracted from government and shipping records. Page title: Immigrants to Canada in Nineteenth Century - Ships - Emigration Reports - Emigration Handbooks
	Migrations URL: http://www.migrations.org ODP description: Volunteer project with links to migration information and a searchable database that collects and analyzes migration data. USA. Page title: MIGRATIONS.org Page description: The Migrations.org Site is the place to go for tracking your ancestors as they moved.
	The Tide of Emigration URL: http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/frinq/pluralst/tide.htm ODP description: This article in the "Illustrated London News," July 6, 1860, describes emigration from Ireland and the United Kingdom and the journey across the Atlantic. Page title: THE TIDE OF EMIGRATION
	Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated URL: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=1436 ODP description: Article by George G. Morgan. Page title: Ancestry.com - Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated Page description: Do you know where your ancestors came from? Do you know what influenced their decision to migrate? Do you know why your ancestors settled where they did? The answers to these questions can help you better understand your ancestors and, in turn, help you develop better hypotheses about them. In "Along Those Lines . . ." this week, let's consider thirteen prominent reasons why ancestors might have migrated from one place to ...
	Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide URL: http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html ODP description: Arnie Lang's research guide for immigration records and passenger lists. Page title: Guide to Immigration Records and Ship's Passenger Lists-Table of Contents
	Family Search: Tracing Immigrant Origins URL: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/tracing_immigrant_origins.asp ODP description: Introduces the principles of research, search strategies, and the various record types which can be used to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. Page title: [Research Guidance: Tracing Immigrant Origins - Research Outline] Research Guidance Version Of Data : 6/9/2001 Page description: This outline introduces the principles, search strategies, and various record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. These principles can be applied to almost any country.
	Wisconsin Naturalization Records URL: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/natlzn/ ODP description: The Wisconsin Historical Society describes how to obtain naturalization records. Page title: Naturalization Records for Genealogy from the Wisconsin Historical Society
	Types of US Naturalization Records URL: http://www.genealogybranches.com/naturalization.html ODP description: Summarizes the types of naturalization records that genealogy researchers can be expected to find. Page title: Types of Naturalization Records & How to Find Them Page description: A summary of the basic types of Naturalization records a researcher can generally find.