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The Immigrant Ancestor Register: The Immigrant Ancestor Register (IAR) is maintained in order to share genealogical research and to establish a record for future reference. Submitted forms are filed at the Pal Am National Headquarters where they are available for review, after data has been extracted and published in The Palatine Immigrant. The IAR Registrar also maintains a record of all registered immigrants and of spouses whose names are known. The IAR indexes are not online yet.

The IAR registration will provide at least one firm date and place in America, evidence of foreign birth (may be arrival ship) and at least one child of the immigrant along with source documentation. Many times other information is included such as: other family members, places of residence, religion and date of naturalization; birth or christening dates and places.

Currently, the names of those IAR’s published are found in The Decennial Index, 1975 – 1985 for Volumes 1 – 10; The Decennial Index 1985 -1995, Volumes 11 – 20. An annual every-name index is published in the number 4 issue of The Palatine Immigrant for years 1995 – 2005 (except for Volumes 25 in 2000 and 26 in 2001)

To learn if your immigrant ancestor has been previously registered or for more information, you may send your request with a SASE to the IAR Registrar, PO Box 141260, Columbus, OH 43214 please email our Immigrant Ancestor Registrar at E-mail.

You may also check The Decennial Indexes online for here:
Decennial Index 1975 - 1985
Decennial Index 1985 - 1995.
If you find a person of interest, you may order The Palatine Immigrant journal from our Bookstore under Journal Issues.

Members are encouraged to submit their Immigrant ancestor information to share. Instructions and forms for submitting charts are downloadable online in the Members Only Section. To download free the Adobe Acrobat reader software needed to open pdf files, please go to Adobe's web site.