Illinois Immigration Records online may include passenger lists, passport records, 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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Illinois Immigration Records online at the federal level
US – United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003, index links to images, at FS
US – United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, index, at FS
US – United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957, index, at FS
US – All U.S., Border Crossings from Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964, at Anc$
US – All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, results, at Anc$
US – U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960, at Anc$
US – U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944, at Anc$
US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, at MH$
US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, at Anc$
US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, index & images, at FS
US – Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914, at MH
US – Russians Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Germans Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Italians Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Transatlantic Migration, North America to Britain and Ireland, 1858 – 1870, at MH$
US – Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1500 – 1900, at MH$
US – Atlantic and Gulf Ports, Passenger List Card Index, 1820-1870, at MH$
US – Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, at MH$
Illinois Immigration Records online at the state level
Illinois – Declarations of intention, 1906-1911 ; Index, 1906-1911, at FS
Illinois – Declarations of intention, 1907-1936 ; Petitions for naturalization, 1908-1930 ; Index, 1905-1954, at FS
Illinois – Declarations of intentions, 1903-1931; Index, 1906-1930, at FS
Illinois – Illinois petitions for naturalization, 1907-1945 ; index, 1906-1927, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Certificate of naturalization stubs, 1907-1926, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, naturalization depositions, 1906-1912, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, County naturalization records, 1800-1998, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, Northern District Court, Eastern Division, Naturalization depositions, 1909-1934, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, Passenger and Crew List 1918-1963, at Anc$
Illinois – Naturalization petitions, 1872-1903, at FS
Illinois – Naturalization records, 1856-1903, at FS
Illinois – Naturalization records, 1856-1931, at FS
Illinois – Naturalization records, 1906-1932, at FS
Illinois – Naturalization records, 1906-1952, at FS
Illinois – Oaths of allegiance, 1872-1903, at FS
Illinois – Oaths of allegiance, 1872-1906, at FS
Illinois – Petitions for naturalization, 1906-1911, at FS
Illinois – Records of naturalizations and name changes; first set, 1926-1980; second set, 1980-1988, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, County naturalization records, 1800-1998, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), naturalization index, 1926-1979, at FS
Illinois – Illinois, Northern District naturalization index, 1840-1950, at FS
Illinois – Records of the Russian Consular Offices in the United States : NARA publication M1486, 1862-1928, at FS
Illinois – The Salt Creek colony of Egypt : recollections and characterizations and old times around Freetown, at FS
Illinois – British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812, at FS
Illinois Immigration Records online at the county level
Edwards County – Emigration and Immigration – Report of Aliens, 1818-1822, at FS
Illinois Immigration Records online at the city level
Chicago – Emigration and Immigration – Brezová Pod Bradlom to Chicago : Turn of the Century Slovak Emigration, with Valko and Karlik Genealogies and Notes, at FS
Chicago – Emigration and Immigration – Displaced Polish Persons Who Immigrated to Chicago, 1949-1957, at FS
Chicago – Minorities – Displaced Polish Persons Who Immigrated to Chicago, 1949-1957, at FS
Chicago – Chicago, Illinois, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists of Airplanes 1943-1963 at Anc$
Pullman – Emigration and Immigration – De Byggde Järnvägsvagnar : Emigranterna Från Ryfors Hos Pullmans I Chicago, at FS
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