United States, Alaska, Alien Arrivals at Various Locations - Familysearch Historical Records

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This collection contains lists of alien arrivals at various locations including Eagle, Hyder, Ketchikan, Nome, and Skagway, Alaska, from June 1906-August 1946 in Alaska, 1906-1956, NARA pub M2016; at Skagway (White Pass), Alaska, October 1906-November 1934 publication M2017 and arriving at Eagle, Alaska, December 1910-October 1938 publications, M2018. The records are from Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names
 * Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived. Then look for the naturalization petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts, then in state, county, or city courts. An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved. Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * George S. Ulibarri, Documenting Alaskan history : guide to federal archives relating to Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, c1982 FS Library 979.8 A3u
 * Alaska, indexes and manifests of alien arrivals at Anchorage, Juneau, Skagway, and Tok Junction, 1910-1956 A3434
 * Alphabetical index of alien arrivals at Eagle, Hyder, Ketchikan, Nome, and Skagway, Alaska, June 1906-August 1946 M2016
 * Lists of aliens arriving at Skagway (White Pass), Alaska, October 1906-November 1934 : NARA RG85 publication M2017
 * Lists of aliens arriving at Eagle, Alaska, December 1910-October 1938 : National Archives microfilm publications, M2018, Record Group (RG) 85
 * Alaska, Ketchikan, shipping records : master's oaths, 1899-1963
 * Alaska, Juneau, shipping records : master's oaths, 1904-1950

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