Panama Canal Zone
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The Canal Zone was not a "territory" of the United States in the typical sense. From 1903-1936 the Panama Canal Zone was controlled by the U.S. government under the terms of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty. The 1936 Hull-Alfaro Treaty, ratified by the US Senate in 1939, indicated the Canal Zone was the "territory of the Republic of Panama under the jurisdiction of the United States of America."[1] From 1979-1999, after the Torrijos-Carter treaties were signed, it was jointly administered by the United States and Panama.[2] Four United States federal censuses, as well as a special Canal Zone census were taken in the Panama Canal Zone.[3] See Panama Canal Zone Census. For more in-depth research in Panama, see the Panama article.
Records[edit | edit source]
- United States, Panama Canal Zone, employment records and sailing lists, 1905-1937
- Panama Canal Zone Census
- Panama Canal Zone Vital Records
- Panama Canal Zone Other records
- 1884-1937 U.S., Panama Canal Zone, Employment Records and Sailing lists, 1884-1937 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
Related Content[edit | edit source]
- Citizenship
- Looking for an Ancestor in the Panama Canal Zone, 1904-1914 (NARA)
- The Makers of the Panama Canal, 1911 (Biographies)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Controlling the Canal," PBS Online NewsHour (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/december99/panama_canal1.html: accessed 2 May 2010).
- ↑ "Panama Canal Zone," Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone: accessed 18 August 2008).
- ↑ "Panama Canal Zone Records," FamilySearch Wiki (https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Panama Canal Zone Records : accessed 18 August 2008).
