If your online search is not successful, you can manually search microfilmed indexes and ship lists at the National Archives. Click here for the addresses and holdings of regional branches.
If you have reasonably exact information about your immigrant’s arrival in the U.S. (typically, the date and name of the ship) you can request a search of the relevant list directly from NARA by completing NATF Form 81. Request Form 81 online or by writing to:
Include your name and mailing address. Please note that there is a charge of $25.00 fee.
National Archives Building
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408
(866) 272-6272
NARA New York Regional Branch
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10014
(212) 401-1620 or (866) 840-1752
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Tepper, Michael. American Passenger Arrival Records. (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988) Genealogy Institute C 549 .T46
Stern, Malcolm H. First American Jewish families. 600 genealogies, 1654-1977. (Cincinnati American Jewish Archives, 1978). LBI Library ; REF ; CS 59 S76 1978
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Rochlin, Harriet. Pioneer Jews: a new life in the Far West. (Houghton Mifflin, 1984.) AJHS ; AJHS Monographs ; F596.3.J5 ; R63
Krasner-Khait, Barbara. Discovering your Jewish ancestors (Heritage Quest, 2001.) CGI ; REF ; CS66.J4 ; K73 2001