Series
Home Office: Aliens Act 1836: Certificates of Arrival of Aliens
Catalogue reference: HO 2
What's it about?
HO 2
Original certificates of arrival of individual aliens arranged under ports of arrival, each certificate giving the alien's nationality, profession, date of arrival and last country visited, with his signature, and occasionally other particulars....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Aliens Act 1836: Certificates of Arrival of Aliens
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836-1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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Original certificates of arrival of individual aliens arranged under ports of arrival, each certificate giving the alien's nationality, profession, date of arrival and last country visited, with his signature, and occasionally other particulars.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Earlier certificates under the Aliens Act 1826 were destroyed in 1836, but an index of certificates from 1826 to 1849 (when registration in the Home Office was discontinued) is to be found in HO 5/25-32.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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236 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An alphabetical index of alien certificates of some German, Polish and Prussian persons, 1847-1852, is available at the Reference Desk.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8866/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: HO
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Home Office: Aliens Act 1836: Certificates of Arrival of Aliens