Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Case Files of Chinese Immigrants, 1900-1923 Image Browse

Search Pennsylvania, Philadelphia case files of Chinese Immigrants, 1900-1923 image browse

Who are you looking for?

Search for your ancestors in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Case Files of Chinese Immigrants, 1900-1923 Image Browse.

Search our genealogy records

Explore images of case files of Chinese immigrants arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The images in this browse have been obtained from FamilySearch.

Learn about these records

What can these records tell me?

These images comprise the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publication M1144: Case Files of Chinese Immigrants, 1895-1920, from District No. 4 (Philadelphia) of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The collection is housed in the Federal Archives and Records Center located in Philadelphia.

The original records were created by the regional office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in an effort to enforce the Chinese exclusion acts passed by Congress during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The information was provided by the immigrant or their traveling companion but was recorded by a staff member. As such, mistakes exist in the official records, particularly in relation to the spelling of foreign names.

From these images, you may learn the following details:

  • Name
  • Age
  • Occupation
  • Birth place
  • Ship name
  • Arrival date