Ancestry.com OFFERS FREE ACCESS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION RECORDS
Week of Free Access Enables Families to Discover Stories of Ancestors’ International Travels and Passage
PRESS RELEASE PROVO, UTAH – (August 29, 2011) – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online
family history
resource, today announced an entire week of free access to its popular
U.S. and International Immigration and Naturalization records. The free
access week begins August 29th and runs through the
Labor Day holiday ending September 5th. During this time, all visitors to Ancestry.com will
be able to search for free the indices and
images of new and updated U.S. immigration records as well as selected
international immigration records from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden
and Mexico. Millions of Americans can trace
their family history to other countries, and these collections provide
valuable information about the travels and journeys that brought them to
America or other countries around the world.
Ancestry.com’s
extensive collection of immigration, naturalization and travel records
offer an important resource for discovering and celebrating family
history. As part of this promotion,
the company is adding to its collection of U.S. and international
records for tracing relatives from their homeland to other countries
around the world. These records include ships passenger and crew lists,
declarations of intent, petitions for naturalization,
witness affidavits, border crossings, certificates and other records
generated by the naturalization process, which is the act and procedure
of becoming a new citizen of a country. Because the process has changed
significantly over time and varies from country
to country, different records are available from a wide variety of
state, federal and international sources.
Newly
added U.S. collections include Florida Petitions for Naturalization,
1913-1991; Delaware Naturalization Records, 1796-1959 and Utah
Naturalization and Citizenship Records, 1850-1960.
Noteworthy updated U.S. and international collections include U.S.
Naturalization and Passport applications, 1795-1972; UK Incoming
Passenger Lists, 1878-1960; Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S.,
1895-1956; New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant
Passenger Lists, 1826-1922; Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S.,
1895-1957; New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1973; Atlantic
Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959.
“One
of the most common elements of the American experience is our respect
and interest in our native heritage. Almost all Americans have
international roots, and many take great pride and
even feel patriotic toward the countries from which their ancestors
originated,”
said Josh Hanna, Ancestry.com Executive Vice President. “That’s
why we continue to build and enrich our collection of immigration and
naturalization records and why we are providing free access to anyone
who wants to search these records to discover
their family’s international history.”
Many
families have already made important discoveries in Ancestry.com’s
immigration and naturalization collection. Each of the following stories
offers an example of the exciting and often
emotional discoveries made by some Ancestry.com users.
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