Luckily for Internet genealogists, there are a growing number of sites dedicated to immigration records, particularly ship passenger arrivals. The following are sites that will help you explore some of these many sites, learn how to use the available resources, and best yet, to search some online databases of transcribed arrival records:

• Cyndi's List of resources for immigration and naturalization, including mailing lists, publications, records and much more:
  http://www.CyndisList.com/immigrat.htm



• Cyndi's List of links to ships and passenger list resources on the Internet:
  http://www.CyndisList.com/ships.htm



• About.com's genealogy links to sites dealing with immigration and naturalization:
  http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/
   genealogy/msubimmig.htm



• About.com's links to sites about the History of Immigration: Laws, Facts, Events, Remembrance:
  http://immigration.about.com/
   newsissues/immigration/msubimhis.htm

• Family History Library's SourceGuide to Tracing Immigrant Origins:
  http://www.familysearch.org/sg/
    Tracing_Immigrant_Origins.html



• A group of lessons about immigration and naturalization research by Genealogy Research Associates, Inc. Be sure to check out all four segments of this Tracing Immigrant Origins series:
  http://www.familytreemaker.com/university.html



• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Compass page of National Archives information pertaining to port records, naturalizations, passport applications and other aspects of immigration:
  http://www.immigrantships.net/



• Arnold H. Lang's Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide:
  http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html



• Locating Ship Passenger Lists by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG:
  http://www.genealogy.com/8_mgpal.html



• Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors by Julia M. Case, Myra Vanderpool Gormley and & Rhonda McClure:
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson15.htm



• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Emigration & Immigration:
  http://www.cimorelli.com/pie/faq/emigfaqi.htm



• A collection of useful articles to help you learn about your immigrant ancestors:
  http://www.familytreemaker.com/backissu.html



• Immigration and Naturalization Service's History, Genealogy and Education page:
  http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/index.htm



• National Archives and Records Administration's comprehensive overview of immigrations records:
  http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/

• Ron Prost's Passenger Lists on the Internet, a site with more than 100 links to others sites about immigration and naturalization, and with data on thousands of ships:
  http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html



• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild's searchable transcriptions of passenger's lists. Presented by ship's name, port of departure, port of arrival, captain's name and surnames. If you like what you see, consider joining the Guild's volunteers:
  http://immigrantships.net/



• Dennis Baer's volunteer 1903 Ship Project with the goal of transcribing all NY arrivals in 1903:
  http://immigrantships.net/1903project/1903project.html



• Ancestry.com's searchable databases of immigration and naturalization records:
  http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/immigration/main.htm