Select one of the following collections to search for your ancestor who lived in the western United States.
Immigration and travel
- California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959
- San Diego, California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists of Airplanes, 1929-1954
- San Francisco, California, U.S., Surrendered Alien Certificates, 1906-1946
- Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959
- Washington, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1965
- Oregon, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1888-1963
- Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, U.S., Passenger and Crew Lists of Airplane Departures, 1947-1957
- Alaska, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Manifests, 1906-1963
- Alaska, U.S., Lists of Alien Arrivals, 1906-1956
- North Dakota and Washington, U.S., Chinese Arriving Passenger Arrivals and Disposition, 1903-1944
- U.S., Border Crossings from Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964
- Canada, Border Crossings from U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935
- U.S., Select Crew Lists and Manifests, 1903-1962
- U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944
Air view shows the famous Golden Gate Bridge, Veterans Adm. Hospital, Seal Rocks, Cliff House Area, Mile Rock Lighthouse and Angel Island. [From U.S., Historical Postcards, 1893-1960 on Ancestry.]
Citizenship
- California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999
- Washington, U.S., County Naturalization Records, 1850-1982 (browse only)
- California, U.S., State Court Naturalization Records, 1850-1986
- San Francisco, California, U.S., Surrendered Alien Certificates, 1906-1946
- Oregon, U.S., Naturalization Records 1865-1991
- Washington, U.S., Petitions for Naturalization, 1860-1991
- U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
- U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995
- U.S., Naturalization Records, 1840-1957
- U.S., Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903-1959
- Shasta County, California, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1852-1932
- Washington, U.S., Naturalizations, 1853-1980
Additional resources
- U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
- Portland, Oregon, U.S., Chinese Immigrant Landing Records and Applications for Admission, 1882-1903
- San Francisco, California, U.S., Immigration Office Minutes, 1899-1910
- San Francisco, California, U.S., Chinese Arriving Passenger Arrivals and Disposition, 1903-1947
- California, U.S., Index to Chinese Exclusion Case Files, 1903-1944
- Hawaii, U.S., Index to Chinese Exclusion Case Files, 1903-1944
- San Francisco, California, U.S., Registers of Chinese Laborers Returning to the U.S., 1882-1888
- California, U.S., Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1952
- U.S., Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1942-1946
- U.S., World War II Japanese-American Internment Camp Documents, 1942-1946
San Francisco, c. 1850 [From Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000 on Ancestry]
Gold rush
- California, U.S., State Census, 1852
- San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. I [1850-1864]
- San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. II [1850-1851]
- San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists. Vol. III: November 7, 1851 to June 17, 1852
California highlights
- California Birth Index, 1905-1995
- California, U.S., Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987
- California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959
- California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985
- California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
- California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939
- California, U.S., Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987
- California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997
- San Francisco Area, California, U.S., Funeral Home Records, 1850-1931
- California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984
- California, U.S., County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1994 (browse only)
- California, U.S., Voter Registers, 1866-1898
- California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
- California, U.S., Military Registers, 1858-1923
- California, U.S., World War I Soldier Service Cards and Photos, 1917-1918
- California, World War I Soldier Photographs, 1917-1918
- California, U.S., World War I Soldier Citations, 1918-1921
- Records of California men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867
- California, U.S., Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950
- California, U.S., Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969
- California, U.S., State Hospital Records, 1856-1923
- California, U.S., San Mateo County Records, 1855-1991 (browse only)
- California, U.S., Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950
- California, U.S., Spanish Land Records, 1784-1868
Oregon highlights
- Oregon, U.S., Select Births and Christenings, 1868-1929
- Oregon, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009
- Oregon, U.S., Death Index, 1898-2008
- Oregon, U.S., Early Oregonians Index, 1800-1860
- Oregon, U.S., Church and Cemetery Records, 1840-1965
- Oregon, U.S., Motor Vehicle Registrations, 1911-1946
- Oregon, U.S., Adoptions and Name Changes, 1876-1918
- U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898
- Oregon, Biographical Index Card File, 1900-1986
- Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s
Washington highlights
- Washington, U.S., State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892
- Washington, U.S., County Birth Records, 1870-1935
- Washington, U.S., Birth Index, 1907-1919
- Washington, U.S., King County Delayed Births, 1869-1950
- Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013
- Washington, U.S., County Marriages, 1855-2008
- Pierce County, Washington, U.S., Marriage Returns, 1891-1950 (browse only)
- Washington, U.S., County Divorce Records, 1852-1950 (browse only)
- Washington, U.S., Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
- Washington, U.S., County Deaths, 1891-1907
- Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1883-1960
- Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017
- Washington, U.S., Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965 (browse only)
- Washington, U.S., County Records, 1856-2009 (browse only)
- Washington, U.S., County Land Records, 1850-1954