California Emigration and Immigration records online may include passenger lists, passport information, crew lists, border crossings, settlement records, court cases, and more.

These records often provide names, places and dates of birth, ethnic background, date and port/station of arrival, the name of the ship or rail, place of residence, where they were educated, parents’ names, names of children, and more.

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California Immigration Records online at the state and federal level

US – United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, at FS

US – United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957, at FS

US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, at MH

US – U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, at Anc$

US – Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1500 – 1900, at MH

US – Atlantic and Gulf Ports, Passenger List Card Index, 1820-1870, at MH

US – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, at MH

US – Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914, at MH

US – Germans Immigrating to the United States, at MH

US – Italians Immigrating to the United States, at MH

US – Russians Immigrating to the United States, at MH

US – United States, Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874, at FS

US – U.S., Border Crossings from Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964, at Anc$

California – Immigration Records – Index to the Roster of California Pioneers, NDGW

California Emigration & Immigration Records online at the County level

Fresno County – Emigration and Immigration – Alphabetical Card File of Alien Immigrants : 1862-1927, at FS

Fresno County – Emigration and Immigration – Alphabetical Card File of Ancestral Villages : 1862-1927, at FS

Fresno County – Emigration and Immigration – Alphabetical Card File of Names of Vessels : 1862-1927, at FS

Los Angeles County – Emigration and Immigration – List of Passengers Who Arrived at San Pedro/Los Angeles, California, 1920-1949, in Transit to Their Final Destinations : NARA, RG 85, A3385, at FS

San Diego County – Emigration and Immigration – Index to Passenger Arrivals at San Diego, California, Ca. 1904-ca. 1952 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1761, at FS

San Diego County – Emigration and Immigration – Statistical and Nonstatistical Manifests and Related Indexes of Aliens Arriving at Andrade and Campo (Tecate), California, 1910-1952 : NARA RG85 Publication M2030, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California Immigration Registers of Japanese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians at San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1928-1942, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, Immigration Registers of Japanese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians at San Francisco, 1928-1942, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1910-1941, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1954-1957, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards : COLLECTION RECORD, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1910-1941, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1954-1957, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards : COLLECTION RECORD, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – Chinese and the Early Settlement of San Francisco, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – Chinese in San Francisco, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – Hawaii, Honolulu Alien Certificates Surrendered at San Francisco by Aliens Who Had Arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1912-1946, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – Partnership Lists of Chinese Firms in San Francisco, California, and Nationwide, 1893-1907; and Index of Chinese Departing from San Francisco, California, 1912-1943, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – Settlement and Early Land Records of San Francisco, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1930-1949, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, Certificates Surrendered at San Francisco from Aliens Previously at Honolulu, Hawaii : COLLECTION RECORD, 1912-1946, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1930-1949, at FS

San Francisco County – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949, at FS

San Luis Obispo County – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1907-1955, at FS

Solano County – Migration, Internal – [List of Suisun Township Residents, 1878, Continued] : [Solano County, California], at FS

Solano County – Migration, Internal – Brief History of Solano County, at FS

California Emigration & Immigration Records online at the City level

Andrade – Emigration and Immigration – Statistical and Nonstatistical Manifests and Related Indexes of Aliens Arriving at Andrade and Campo (Tecate), California, 1910-1952 : NARA RG85 Publication M2030, at FS

Calexico – Emigration and Immigration – California, Imperial County, Calexico, Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1907-1952, at FS

Campo – Emigration and Immigration – Statistical and Nonstatistical Manifests and Related Indexes of Aliens Arriving at Andrade and Campo (Tecate), California, 1910-1952 : NARA RG85 Publication M2030, at FS

Grass Valley – Emigration and Immigration – Cornish Mining Families of Grass Valley, California, at FS

Los Angeles – Emigration and Immigration – Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California, 1907-1936 : NARA RG85 Publication M1763, at FS

Los Angeles – Emigration and Immigration – List of Passengers Who Arrived at San Pedro/Los Angeles, California, 1920-1949, in Transit to Their Final Destinations : NARA, RG 85, A3385, at FS

Sacramento – Emigration and Immigration – A Journal of the Birmingham Emigrating Company : the Record of a Trip from Birmingham, Iowa, to Sacramento, California, in 1850, at FS

Sacramento – Emigration and Immigration – Sacramento, California, Declarations of Intention, Naturalization Records, and Indexes — 1868-1951, at FS

Sacramento – Emigration and Immigration – Sacramento, Sacramento County, California Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1904-1957, at FS

San Luis Obispo – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1907-1955, at FS

San Pedro – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1930-1936, at FS

San Pedro – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1930-1936, at FS

San Pedro – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1930-1936, at FS

San Pedro – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1930-1936, at FS

San Pedro – Emigration and Immigration – Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California, 1907-1936 : NARA RG85 Publication M1763, at FS

San Pedro – Emigration and Immigration – List of Passengers Who Arrived at San Pedro/Los Angeles, California, 1920-1949, in Transit to Their Final Destinations : NARA, RG 85, A3385, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1904-1952, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego Passenger Lists, 1904-1952, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1904-1952, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego Passenger Lists, 1904-1952, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1929-1954, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists, 1929-1954, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1929-1954, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists, 1929-1954, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Chinese Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1905-1923, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Chinese Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1923, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Chinese Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1905-1923, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Diego, Chinese Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1923, at FS

San Diego – Emigration and Immigration – Index to Passenger Arrivals at San Diego, California, Ca. 1904-ca. 1952 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1761, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Alien Crew Manifests of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco, California, 1896-1921 : NARA Publication M1437, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1893-1943, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1893-1943, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1893-1943, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1893-1943, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, Customs Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1903-1918, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, Index to San Francisco Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1893-1934, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco from Insular Possessions : COLLECTION RECORD, 1907-1911, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index : COLLECTION RECORD, 1936-1949, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving : COLLECTION RECORD, 1954-1957, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving, 1954-1957, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1893-1953, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index : COLLECTION RECORD, 1936-1949, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Chinese Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1882-1947, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Crew Manifests : COLLECTION RECORD, 1896-1921, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving : COLLECTION RECORD, 1954-1957, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving, 1954-1957, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – California, San Francisco Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1893-1953, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco, California, 1905-1921 : NARA Publication M1416, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Customs Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco, California, 1903-1918 : NARA Publication M1412, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco, California, 1893-1934 : NARA Publication M1389, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Lists of Chinese Applying for Admission to the United States Through the Port of San Francisco, California, 1903-1921 : NARA RG85 Publication M1476, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Lists of Chinese Passengers Arriving in San Francisco, California, 1882- 1914 : NARA Publication M1414, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Minutes of Boards of Special Inquiry at the San Francisco Immigration Office, 1899-1909 : NARA RG85 Publication M1387, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger Lists, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger Lists of Vessels and Alien Manifests Arriving at San Francisco, California, 1893-1953 : NARA Publication M1410, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco from Insular Possessions, 1907-1911 : NARA Publication M1438, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in San Francisco from Honolulu, 1902-1907 : [NARA Record Group 85, M1494], at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Register of Federal Court Cases Related to Chinese Americans and Chinese Immigrants Arriving at or Departing from San Francisco, California, Ca. 1883-ca. 1916, and Head Tax Cards of Alien Seamen Examined at San Francisco, California, 1921-1924, 1883-1924, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Registers of Chinese Laborers Returning to the U.S. Through the Port of San Francisco, 1882-1888 : NARA RG85 Publication M1413, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – Ship Brooklyn Association Files, 1846 : MS 16442, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1930-1949, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco : COLLECTION RECORD, 1930-1949, at FS

San Francisco – Emigration and Immigration – United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949, at FS

Suisun City – Migration, Internal – [Suisun Township Residents] : Continued from June Quarterly, at FS

Tecae – Emigration and Immigration – Statistical and Nonstatistical Manifests and Related Indexes of Aliens Arriving at Andrade and Campo (Tecate), California, 1910-1952 : NARA RG85 Publication M2030, at FS

Ventura – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Ventura, California, May 1929-December 1956 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, A3363, at FS

Wilmington – Emigration and Immigration – Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California, 1907-1936 : NARA RG85 Publication M1763, at FS

California Emigration and Immigration Records online