This report summarizes, by birth place of applicant, 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. In addition to the applicant, the passport application might include that person's spouse and/or their minor children.

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.

In the case of Armenians born in Turkey, the stated birth place may have been the village or town, kaza, sanjak, or vilayet. Determining which administrative division was intended is often difficult when the names are the same (i.e., does "Sivas" refer to the town, kaza, sanjak, or vilayet?). When it was unclear, I chose the highest level administrative division with that name. Where the name of the village is given, the name of the kaza is shown, followed by the village name in parentheses (e.g., Keghi (Sergevil), which is in the vilayet of Erzurum). In this database, the administrative division of sanjak (a subset of a vilayet) is not used. The political entities are as of the beginning of World War 1; Turkey refers to the Ottoman Empire, Russia to the Russian Empire. (For birth places in the Ottoman Empire, the value in the Town column often refers to the kaza.)

Several options are presented below for customizing this report. By default, the report is created at the detail (Birth Town) level, sorted by Birth Country, Vilayet/State/Province, and Town. The scope of the report can be summarized at the Vilayet/State/Province detail level by unchecking the box labeled "Detail by Town?". The sort order can be changed to sort in descending order by count. (If sort is selected, a suppression filter can also be activated to not show the counts less than the desired percentage, in increments of 1%, 2%, 3%, etc.) Some passport applications named an individual's birth place as a village within the kaza (e.g., Sergevil within Keghi). By default, these are shown as separate rows but may be combined into the kaza to normalize the counts, by selecting that check box.

Detail by Town?:  Yes

Sort by Totals?:  Yes (Descending Order)     Suppress Lowest Counts?:  Yes  %

Combine Village Counts into Kaza?:  Yes