Re: Is there an east coast US point of entry other than Ellis Island? #hungary
Diane Jacobs <thegenie@...>
Just to add some more information, Laurie is referring
To the microfilmed cards that NARA has for people who Came >from Canada to the US. They are called the St. Albans Lists but they also have microfilm for Detroit, MI, Buffalo, NY, Niagara Falls, NY of people entering the US from Canada.Hope this is of help to others. ----------- My great grandfather came in through St. Albans,Vt. Laurie Budgar Boulder, CO searching GOLDBERGER, DEUTSCH, SCHWARZ, JAKAB <snip> Moderator: The St. Albans Lists document entries across the border from Canada into the U.S. between 1895 and 1954. St. Albans was one of about = 18 entry points in Vermont. Although these Canadian entry lists are collectively known as St. Albans records, they also contain records of immigrants crossing over in Washington, Montana, Michigan, New York, = North Dakota, Minnesota, and other points along the U.S.-Canadian border. See Marian Smith's informative article on Canadian border crossings at http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/fall/us-canada-immigra= tio n-records-1.html
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