Texas Immigration records online may include passenger lists, passport information, border crossings, settlement records, court cases, and more.
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Texas 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 – United States, Texas, Laredo, Index to Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals, Dec 1929-Apr 1955, index links to images, at FS
US – United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, index & images (census, labor, immigration, slavery, birth, death, military, African American), 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, at MH$
US – Russians Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Czechs Immigrating to America, at MH$
US – Germans Immigrating to the United States, at MH$
US – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, 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$
Texas Immigration Records online at the state level
Texas – Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists Arriving at Various Ports, 1896-1951, at FS
Texas – Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity, June 1948-January 1959, index links to images, at FS
Texas – Texas, San Antonio, Alien Arrivals, May 1944-March 1952, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests, 1903-1955, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, Laredo Index of Arrivals, 1903-1929, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, Passenger Lists, 1893-1963, at Anc$
Texas – Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests, 1903-1955, at FS
Texas – Texas, Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, ca. July 1924-1954, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas and Arizona Arrivals, 1903-1910, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, Brownsville Passenger and Crew List of Airplanes, 1943-1964, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes, 1905-1954, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1909-1924, index links to images, at FS
Texas – Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1924-1952, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, El Paso Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso, 1905-1927, index & images, at FS
Texas – Texas, El Paso, Applications for Non-Resident Aliens Border Crossing Identification Cards, 1945-1952, index links to images, at FS
Houston – Texas, Houston Arrival Manifests of Airplanes, 1946-1954, at FS
Texas – Abstracts from “History of Texas, with biographical mention of many persons and families of central Texas [1800’s], at FS
Texas – Annual report of the Superintendent of Immigration of the State of Texas, at FS
Texas – Arizona and Texas, manifests of alien arrivals, 1919-1955, at FS
Texas – Czech immigration to Texas, at FS
Texas – List of names of the German emigrants emigrated to Texas under the German Emigration Co. in 1845 and 1846 by shiploads, at FS
Texas – Migration into East Texas, 1835-1860, a study from the United States census, at FS
Texas – Temporary and nonstatistical manifests of aliens arriving at Eagle Pass, Texas, July 1928-June 1953 : Record group (85), M2041, at FS
Texas – Texas and Arizona arrivals, 1903-1910, at FS
Texas – Texas, Eagle Pass arrival manifests and indexes, 1905-1954, at FS
Texas – Texas, Passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and vicinity, June 1948-January 1959, at FS
Texas – Texas, Webb County, Laredo, manifests of alien arrivlals, 1903-1955, 1929-1955, at FS
Texas – Texas, Eagle Pass arrival manifests and indexes, 1905-1954, at FS
Texas – Annual report of the Superintendent of Immigration of the State of Texas, at FS
Texas – Czech immigration to Texas, at FS
Texas – Passenger lists of the pioneer Czech immigrants into Texas, 1850-1870, at FS
Texas – The French in Mexico and Texas, 1838-1839, at FS
Texas – The Mexican Texans, at FS
Texas – Ships Passenger Lists to Texas, at OTG
Texas Immigration Records online at the county level
Harris County – Emigration and Immigration – European Elements in the Populations of Harris County and Texas : a Collection of Addresses Delivered Before the Harris County Historical Society During the Year 1971-72, at FS
Jasper County – Emigration and Immigration – The First to Arrive : Early Settlers in Jasper County, at FS
Nueces County – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity : COLLECTION RECORD, June 1948-January 1959, at FS
Nueces County – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity, June 1948-January 1959, at FS
Zapata County – Emigration and Immigration – Indexes and Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Zapata, Texas, August 1923-September 1953 : NARA RG85 Publication M2024, at FS
Texas Immigration Records online at the city level
Beaumont – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston [and Other Nearby Ports], Texas, 1896-1948; Index, 1896-1951 : NARA RG85 M1357, M1358, and M1359, at FS
Brownsville – Emigration and Immigration – Statistical and Nonstatistical Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Brownsville, Texas, February 1905-June 1953, and Related Indexes : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1502, 1905-1953, at FS
Brownsville – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Cameron County, Brownsville, Passenger and Crew List, 1931-1964, at FS
Brownsville – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Passenger and Crew List of Airplanes : COLLECTION RECORD, 1931-1964, at FS
Castroville – Emigration and Immigration – Ship Lists of Passengers Who Departed Europe for Henry Castro’s Colony, Texas, 1842-1847, at FS
Corpus Christi – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, at FS
Corpus Christi – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity : COLLECTION RECORD, June 1948-January 1959, at FS
Corpus Christi – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity, June 1948-January 1959, at FS
Del Rio – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio : COLLECTION RECORD, 1906-1953, at FS
Del Rio – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953, at FS
Del Rio – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio : COLLECTION RECORD, 1906-1953, at FS
Del Rio – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953, at FS
Eagle Pass – Emigration and Immigration – Nonstatistical Manifests and Statistical Index Cards of Aliens Arriving at Eagle Pass, Texas, June 1905-November 1929 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1754; Record Group (RG) 85., at FS
Eagle Pass – Emigration and Immigration – Permanent and Statistical Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eagle Pass, Texas, June 1905-June 1953 ; Index to Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Arrivals at Eagle Pass, Texas, December 1, 1929-June 1953 : NARA RG 85, Publications M1755 and M2040, at FS
Eagle Pass – Emigration and Immigration – Temporary and Nonstatistical Manifests of Aliens Arriving at Eagle Pass, Texas, July 1928-June 1953 : Record Group (85), M2041, at FS
Eagle Pass – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes : COLLECTION RECORD, 1905-1954, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Applications for Nonresident Alien’s Border Crossing Identification Cards Made at El Paso, Texas, Ca. July 1945-December 1952 : National Archives Microfilm Publication, M1756; Record Group (RG) 85, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at El Paso, Texas, Ca. July 1924-1954 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1757; Record Group (RG) 85, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, Texas, May 1909-October 1924 : NARA, RG 85, A3412, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Nonstatistical Manifests and Statistical Index Cards of Aliens Arriving at El Paso, Texas, 1905-1927, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals : COLLECTION RECORD, 1909-1924, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals : COLLECTION RECORD, 1924-1952, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, El Paso County, El Paso, Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1924-1952, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, El Paso Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso : COLLECTION RECORD, 1905-1927, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso : COLLECTION RECORD, 1924-1954, at FS
El Paso – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, 1924-1954, at FS
Fabens – Emigration and Immigration – Alphabetical Card Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Fabens, Texas : National Archives Microfilm Publication, M1768, 1924-1954, at FS
Fort Hancock – Emigration and Immigration – Alphabetical Card Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Fort Hancock, Texas, 1924-1954 : National Archives Microfilm Publication, M1766, at FS
Freeport – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston [and Other Nearby Ports], Texas, 1896-1948; Index, 1896-1951 : NARA RG85 M1357, M1358, and M1359, at FS
Galveston – Galveston Immigration Database 1846-1948; index, at GH
Galveston – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Galveston Arrivals: Vol. 1, index only, at IS
Galveston – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Galveston Arrivals: Vol. 2, index only, at IS
Galveston – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Galveston Arrivals: Vol. 3, index only, at IS
Galveston – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Galveston Arrivals: Vol. 4, index only, at IS
Galveston – Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Galveston Arrivals: Vol. 5, index only, at IS
Galveston – Galveston, Texas, Jewish Immigration Records, 1901-1917, at Anc$
Galveston – A New Land Beckoned:German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847, at Anc$
Galveston – A New Land Beckoned:German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861, at Anc$
Galveston – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston [and Other Nearby Ports], Texas, 1896-1948; Index, 1896-1951 : NARA RG85 M1357, M1358, and M1359, at FS
Houston – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston [and Other Nearby Ports], Texas, 1896-1948; Index, 1896-1951 : NARA RG85 M1357, M1358, and M1359, at FS
Houston – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Houston Arrival Manifests of Airplanes : COLLECTION RECORD, 1946-1954, at FS
Houston – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Houston Arrival Manifests of Airplanes, 1946-1954, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Alphabetical Manifests of Non-Mexican Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at Laredo, Texas : National Archives Microfilm Publication, M1771, 1929-1955, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Lists of Aliens Arriving at Laredo, Texas, from July 1903 to June 1907, Via the Mexican National Railroad or the Laredo Foot Bridge : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M2008; Record Group (RG) 85, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Aliens Granted Temporary Admission at Laredo, Texas, December 1, 1929-April 8, 1955 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1772, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Nonstatistical Manifests and Statistcal Index Cards of Aliens Arriving at Laredo, Texas, May 1903-November 1929 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, A3379; Record Group (RG) 85, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests : COLLECTION RECORD, 1903-1955, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Laredo Index of Arrivals : COLLECTION RECORD, 1903-1929, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Nonstatistical Manifests of Temporary Alien Arrivals at Laredo, Texas, 1908-1912, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Webb County, Laredo, Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1903-1955, 1929-1955, at FS
Laredo – Emigration and Immigration – United States, Texas, Laredo, Index to Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals, Dec 1929-Apr 1955 : COLLECTION RECORD, at FS
Port Arthur – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston [and Other Nearby Ports], Texas, 1896-1948; Index, 1896-1951 : NARA RG85 M1357, M1358, and M1359, at FS
Presidio – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Presidio, Texas, 1911-1955, at FS
Progreso – Emigration and Immigration – Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Progreso/Thayer, Texas, October 1928-May 1955 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1851; Record Group (RG) 85, at FS
Rio Grande – Emigration and Immigration – Indexes and Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Rio Grande City, Texas : National Archives Microfilm Publication, M1770, 1908-1955, at FS
Roma – Emigration and Immigration – Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Roma, Texas, March 1928-May 1955 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1503, 1928-1955, at FS
San Antonio – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, San Antonio, Alien Arrivals : COLLECTION RECORD, May 1944-March 1952, at FS
San Antonio – Emigration and Immigration – Texas, San Antonio, Alien Arrivals, May 1944-March 1952, at FS
Ysleta – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Yseleta, Texas, 1924-1954 : NARA Publication M1849, at FS
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