Genealogy Tip Tuesday: Passport Applications for Genealogy

Passport applications were not required in the U.S. until 1941, but many of our ancestors applied for them before that. In fact, passport applications can be found as early as the 1790s! Listen as I share what amazing details some of these passenger applications hold and how to find these one-of-kind records for your genealogy research.

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[BRadfrommalibu]

Amie, what you actually have for Mr. Borden is not a passport application but the actual passport itself. What tipped me off to this is the verbiage.."I, the undersigned Secretary of State of The United States of America hereby request all whom it may concern to permit safely and freely to pass Edward P. Borden, a citizen of the United States and in case of need to give him all lawful aid and protection." Also, passport applications may or may not have included a physical description, but the actual passport would have. Awesome find!

[greenacresfarms]

Pretty cool. I wonder how they would have categorized my forehead and nose.