NEW GENEALOGY PAGES AT NARA PASSPORT APPLICATIONS http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/passport.html "Passport applications can be an excellent source of genealogical information, especially about foreign-born individuals. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has passport applications from Oct. 1795-Mar. 1925; the U.S. Department of State (http://travel.state.gov/passport_records.html) has passport applications from Apr. 1925 to the present." Part of NARA's excellent collection of record guides, this page can help you locate these valuable records (From Ancestry Daily News, 15 June 1999)