Texas and Arizona Arrivals - FamilySearch Historical Records

What Is in This Collection?
This collection contains Lists of Aliens for the time period May 1903 to June 1909 arriving at the following Texas ports:


 * Brownsville
 * Del Rio
 * Eagle Pass
 * El Paso
 * Laredo
 * Presidio
 * Rio Grande City
 * Roma

Arizona for the time period July 1906 to December 1910:
 * Aros Ranch
 * Douglas
 * Lochiel
 * Naco
 * Nogales

The collection corresponds with NARA publication A3365 and is part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The records are arranged chronologically then by port city then by date. Records for the states are intermixed.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The records usually contain the following:
 * Date of arrival
 * Full name
 * Age
 * Gender
 * Marital status
 * Occupation
 * Ability to read and write
 * Nationality
 * Race
 * Town and country of last residence
 * Birthplace
 * Destination
 * May also include a physical description of the person

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 * Name of the person
 * The location or date of the event

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the information to find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, ship’s manifests, birth, christening, marriage, and census records.
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 * Use the information to find additional family members.
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 * Arizona Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.
 * Texas Church Records

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