Q: I am currently working on my French Canadian roots and have many immigration/naturalization questions. I am hoping some of you will have had experience with this and can offer advice/assistance. The ancestors I am currently researching came to the U.S., specifically Michigan and Wisconsin, in the mid 1850s and 60s from Quebec. Here are some of my questions:

• Do all immigrants from that time period have immigration papers of some sort?
• If you're naturalized is there yet even more paperwork/documents to be found beyond the immigration papers?
• How would I go about finding such records in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin for the time period I mentioned above?
• I live on the east coast and cannot travel to these states, can this research be done via the Internet or old fashion letter writing?

-- Kelly

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