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Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« on: Sunday 13 March 11 18:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I have a great grandmother traveling from Leeds to NY in 1902.  Would she have had to obtain a passport?  Would there be any record of this?  I will be traveling to England in June and would love to look up any information on my relatives who lived in Leeds from 1848-1924+
Thank you for any suggestions.
Mary

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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 13 March 11 18:49 GMT (UK) »
My understanding is that she would not have needed a passport or any advance paperwork from the US authorities. These requirements only came in around 1914 (with the start of the First World War).
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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 13 March 11 19:02 GMT (UK) »
Thank you!  I was hoping there is some paperwork needed on England's side. 
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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 13 March 11 19:15 GMT (UK) »
According to this article passports were only introduced in Britain in 1914.

www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2006/nov/17/travelnews
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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 13 March 11 19:42 GMT (UK) »
there may be a record of her voyage?  if you post her full name,,and when and where born,,we can have a look?  ;)
MCHUGH {mayo/manchester}   OHora,MCHALE{mayo/manchester /chicago}  KENNY{Manchester}   TIMPERLEY{wilmslow-bollin fee,Manchester} SMITH{manchester}  LEE{Colne,manchester,Cheshire} VENABLES {Styal.Cheshire} PAYTON {Staffs/Manchester}McCARTHY{TIPPERARY/MANCHESTER}  EAMES/AMS/HEAMES/HAMES/AYMES {Wilmslow/Manchester} Eames/Aymes  {Ireland/Manchester/Cheshire
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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 13 March 11 19:46 GMT (UK) »
How nice of you to offer.  I have her passenger list from Ancestry.  She came over from Liverpool to NY in 1902. 
Her name was Bridget Byron - Aug. 14, 1902 arrival date.  Returned to England on the Campania on Dec 13, 1902.
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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 13 March 11 19:49 GMT (UK) »
I also have my great grandmother's passport from her 1922 voyage.  Would there be an archive on the application of this passport?  It was done at the branch office in Liverpool.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 13 March 11 20:33 GMT (UK) »
I'd be very surprised if the records from 1922 still exist. However you could e-mail the Passport Office and ask them.

www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_live/hs.xsl/index.htm
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Re: Application Needed to Travel to NY from England in 1902?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 13 March 11 20:53 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the addy.  I just sent out an e-mail.
Trying to search the Nat'l Archive for their holdings.  Not being successful.
Thanks again,
Mary
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