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Immigration is entering a country where you are not a native to take up permanent residence. Emigration is leaving a country where you have been a citizen.
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Major ports of entry were Baltimore, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
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A person emigrates when they leave a country to reside in another country.
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Your immigrant ancestor is the first person of an ancestral line to settle in a given country.
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Look at the manifest list for others from the same area where your ancestors come from.
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