Passenger Lists, Immigration and Emigration Information, Naturalization, Oaths of Allegiance, and Passports - Subject Headings and Sample Keyword Searches

Subject Headings

Some subject headings of interest are:

• United States - Emigration and Immigration
• Pennsylvania - Emigration and Immigration
• Germany - Emigration and Immigration
• (Any country or U. S. State) - Emigration and immigration
• British in America
• Germans in the United States
• (Any nationality) in (then truncate the search by pressing ENTER or RETURN on the keyboard)
• Dutch Americans
• African Americans
• Swedish Americans
• Redemptioners
• Indentured Servants
• Naturalization
• Passenger Ships
• Sailing Ships
• Ship Registers
• Ships
• Steamboat Lines

Keyword Searching

Keyword searching is a useful way to generate lists of important references. To get a feel for how this works, try keyword searches using the following terms:

• Oaths Allegiance
• Ireland Immigration
• Irish Immigrants
• Ships Passenger
• Scotland Emigrants
• America Emigrants

For country specific guidebooks, use keyword searches similar to the following:

• German Genealogy
• Afro American Genealogy
• Italian Genealogy
• Italy Genealogy