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This page allows you to search by standardized last name to find USA passport applications relating to citizens of Armenian descent. The form used for a passport application was based upon how that person claimed citizenship: (1) native-born, (2) naturalized, or (3) by spouse or parent (who was a citizen). Starting around 1915, most passport applications were accompanied by a photo of the person or persons applying for the passport. The passport forms could include the names of several different roles - the applicant, his/her parent, his/her spouse, and their children. This page allows you to search on individuals in any of these roles, by standardized surname, to find entries relating to Armenian immigrants to North America through 1930.
This database table currently represents just a few of the communities in North America where Armenian immigrants can be found. The records abstracted are those where the images of the passport documents are available online. As more of these images become available, and as time permits, I will continue to expand the scope of this coverage. Volunteers are graciously providing assistance in transcribing records from other Armenian settlement communities.
To see what scope of records have been searched (or are currently being searched) for inclusion into this database table, press the button below.
Names on the passport forms were extremely variable in spelling (although more consistent than Ship Manifests and Censuses). Most are phonetic equivalents to the original Armenian names, but some are quite difficult to reconcile to a known Armenian last name. The drop-down list to the right of the label "Last Name (Std.)" includes all standardized last names in the database for immigrants on the passport records abstracted so far. If you can't find the name you are looking for in that list, click the "Find a Std. Name" button to take you to the Std. Name Lookup page. It will let you map your last name of interest (as recorded in the passport documents) to a standardized last name in the database, returning you to this page and executing the search query with that name. In the result table below, click the "view" icon to the left of the table entry to see the information abstracted from that record.
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includes link(s) to additional records)| Action | Name | Role | Birth Date | Birth Place | Applicant Name | Oath Date | Form (Number) | Application Place |
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| Mgrdichian | ||||||||
| Megerditchian, Hohannes | father | Megerditchian [Mgrdichian], Megerdich | 1920-05-17 | SP (21) | Baghdad, Turkey | ||
| Megerditchian, Hohannes | father | Megerditchian [Mgrdichian], Mariam | 1920-05-17 | SP (22) | Baghdad, Turkey | ||
| Megerditchian, Mariam | applicant | 1902 | Harput, Mamuretulaziz, Turkey | 1920-05-17 | SP (22) | Baghdad, Turkey | |
| Megerditchian, Megerdich | applicant | 1904 | Harput, Mamuretulaziz, Turkey | 1920-05-17 | SP (21) | Baghdad, Turkey | |