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Record Description
Record Type	Index to Arrivals
Record Group	RG 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Collection years	1946
Microfilm Publication	A3411. Index to Filipino Contract Laborers and Their Wives and Children Arriving at Honolulu, 1946. 1 rolls.
Arrangement	Alphabetical by surname
National Archives Identifier	4495176
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What is in This Collection?

The collection "Hawaii, Index to Filipino Arrivals to Honolulu, 1946" contains an Index to Filipino Contract Laborers and their wives and children arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii in the year 1946 and corresponds with NARA collection: A3411 part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.The index cards in this collection are arranged alphabetically by surname then by first name. Gender and marital status will be found in the upper right hand corner of the index card recorded together: "M.M." male and married or "M.S. male and single."

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Arrivals

• Passenger's name
• Age
• Gender
• Marital status
• Date of arrival at Honolulu
• Name of vessel

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  1946 Arrival Record

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• The date of arrival
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Research Helps

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• Step-by-Step Research

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