INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
   How to Use this Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii
   General Tips on Archival Research and Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii
   Abbreviations Used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
   Some Qualifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

PART I. U.S. GOVERNMENT RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
   U.S. Census Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
     Soundex Family Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
     Soundex Individual Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     Census Form BC-600: Application for Search of Census
        Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   Passenger Arrival Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
     New York Passenger Lists Index Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
     Order for Copies of Ship Passenger Arrival Records. . . . . . . . . . . . .17
     Passenger Arrival Abstract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
     Customs List of Passengers: 1 January 1883 - 16 June
        1897 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
     Manifest of Alien Passengers : 16 June 1897 - 5
        September 1903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
     Manifest of Alien Passengers: 5 September 1903 - 30
        June 1907. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
     Manifest of Alien Passengers: 1 July 1907 - 4
        December 1913. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
     List or Manifest of Alien Passengers: 5 December 1913
        - 31 August 1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
     List or Manifest of Alien Passengers: 1 September
        1917 - After 31 December 1920. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
   World War I Draft Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
     National Archives-Southeast Region: World War I
        Registration Card Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
     WWI Draft Registration Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
   Naturalization Records and Alien Registration Records
     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
     U.S. Department of Justice: Form G-639þFreedom of
        Information/Privacy Act Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
     Naturalization Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
     Declaration of Intention, Form 2202: September 27,
        1906 - July 1, 1929. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
     Declaration of Intention, Form 2202 L-A: July 1, 1929
        - January 13, 1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
     Declaration of Intention, Form N-315: January 13, 1941
        - (voluntary after December 24, 1952). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
     Old Law (pre-1906) Petition for Naturalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
     Petition for Naturalization, Form 2204: 1913 - June
        30, 1929 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
     Petition for Naturalization, Form 2204 L-A: July 1,
        1929 - January 13, 1941. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
     Petition for Naturalization, Form N-405: January 1,
        1941 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
     Immigration and Naturalization Service, Alien
        Registration Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
   Veterans Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
     National Archives Order for Copies of Veterans
        Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
   Social Security Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
     Social Security Death Index: Individual Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
     Application for Account Number, Form SS-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
     
PART II. NEW YORK STATE RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
   New York State Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
     New York State Census Recording Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
   New York State Vital Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
     General Information and Application for Genealogical
        Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
     New York State Department of Health: A Verified
        Transcript from the Register of Live Births. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
     New York State Department of Health: Marriage
        License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
     New York State Department of Health: Certificate of
        Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
PART III. NEW YORK CITY RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
   New York City Vital Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
     The City of New York - Department of Health:
        Application for a Birth Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
     The City of New York - Department of Health:
        Application for a copy of a Death Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
     New York City, Department of Records and Information
        Services, Municipal Archives:
        Genealogy Collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
     New York City, Department of Records and Information
        Services, Municipal Archives
        Application for a Search and/or Certified Copy of a
Birth Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
     New York City, Department of Records and Information
        Services, Municipal Archives
        Application for a Search and/or Certified Copy of a
Marriage Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
     New York City, Department of Records and Information
        Services, Municipal Archives
        Application for a Search and/or Certified Copy of a
Death Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
     City of New York: Certificate and Record of Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
     City of New York: Certificate and Record of
        Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
     Department of Health of the City of New York, Bureau
        of Records Standard
        Certificate of Death: ca. 1928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
     Department of Health of the City of New York, Bureau
        of Records Standard
        Certificate of Death: ca. 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
     Department of Health of the City of New York, Bureau
        of Records Standard
        Certificate of Death: ca. 1946 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
     Department of Health of the City of New York, Bureau
        of Records Standard
        Certificate of Death: ca. 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
     The City of New York - Office of the City Clerk,
        Marriage License Bureau,
        In-Person Request for Marriage Record Search &
Transcript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
   New York City Voter Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
     Board of Elections of the City of New York, Brooklyn
        Borough Office
        Application for Voting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
     New York City Board of Elections Voter Registration
        Ledger Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

PART IV: INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER RECORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
   International Tracing Service (ITS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
     American Red Cross Tracing Inquiry: Form 1609 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
     International Tracing Service: Index Card of Victim
        Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
     International Tracing Service: Tracking Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
     International Tracing Service: Index Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
     International Tracing Service: Index Card of an
        Inquiry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
   Hamburg Emigration Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
     Hamburg Emigration Office Search Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
     Hamburg Passenger Record: Regular Index Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
     Hamburg Passenger Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
   Polish Vital Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
     Polish Birth Record (Post-1826) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
     Polish Marriage Record (Post-1826). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
     Polish Death Record (Post-1826) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
    American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
     National Registry of Jewish Holocaust Survivors,
        Registration Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
     National Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors,
        Search Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
     Request for Photocopies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
     The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
        Request for Photocopies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
   Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
     Yad Vashem: A Page of Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
   Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) Location Service. . . . . . . . . . . . 133
     Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) Location Service
        Search Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
   Jewish Agency: Search Bureau for Missing Relatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
     Jewish Agency: Search Bureau for Missing Relatives
        Search Request Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
     
   About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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