"Passenger Lists, Ships and Immigration Records - To the United States
of America"
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Helpful Background Information to Understand more about Passenger
Lists
- http://home.att.net/~arn
ielang/shipgide.html
IMMIGRATION
AND SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS RESEARCH GUIDE - Last updated March 7,
2000 The goal of this Guide is to help
in research of immigration records and ship's passenger lists, both on-line
and off-line. The emphasis is on helping those who may be new to this
research, but it includes tips, links, and help that may be of interest to
all.
- http://www.genealogy.
com/genealogy/8_mgpal.html
Read an
Article ~ "Locating Ship Passenger Lists" by: Myra Vanderpool Gormley,
provides assistance and understanding in finding ancestors who immigrated
by boat.
- http://www.webb.
net/sites/mac_home/mac.faqa1.html#6f
"How to find and use passenger ship lists. - Part 1"
- http://www.webb.
net/sites/mac_home/mac.faqa1.html#7f
"How to find and use passenger ship lists. - Part 2"
- http://www.webb.
net/sites/mac_home/mac.faqa1.html#5f
"How to use the LDS FHL to find passenger ship lists of vessels
arriving at U.S. ports."
- http://www-personal.u
mich.edu/~cgaunt/pass.html
Find
out how to get started on that search for ancestors who arrived by boat.
Includes a section devoted to disasters. PASSENGER LISTS; SHIPS; SHIP
MUSEUMS.
Immigration Records
- http://home.att.net/~arnie
lang/ship08.html
NATURALIZATION
RECORDS- Naturalization Records provide information about your Ancestor and
may help in locating his/her Passenger List Records. Included are
appropriate procedures for finding your Ancestor's Declaration of
Intentions and Natualization Petitions.
- http://home.att.net/~arnie
lang/ship09.html
PASSPORT RECORDS
- If your Naturalized Ancestor returned to his/her home country with a
passport, these records provide his/her date and place of birth and other
information. Included are appropriate procedures for finding Passport
Records.
Miscellaneous Ports of Entry To The United States
-
 http://istg.rootsweb.com
What a fantastic
site!! "Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild"
has listed thousands of; Passenger Manifests, Captain's Names, Ship's Names
on this site. They have indexed 3 volumes of ships with a 4th list of
recent additions for viewing.
To get to the lists click on the
volume of your choice and then go to the United State's Port of Arrival or Port of Departure from this index page. From there, you select the port and
locate the ship's passenger manifest of your choice.
- http://www3.ns.sympa
tico.ca/swig/usarecords.html
The Ships List Research
Article:<--> "United States Passenger List Records" by: Ellen Naliboff
- http://www.na
ra.gov/genealogy/immigration/miscport.html
Records of persons entering the U.S. at various Atlantic,
Gulf, and Great Lakes ports are reproduced in two NARA microfilm
publications:
M334. Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic
and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874. (188 rolls).
M575. Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the
Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873. (16
rolls).
To Specific States' Ports of Entry
California
- http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us
/clayton/clmcp1.html
Clayton
Library Finding Aids: Microfilm Collection Passenger List Records {US}
- http://maritimeheritage.o
rg/inport/1853.htm
The Maritime
Heritage Project is dedicated to preserving California's shipping history
from the 1850's to the turn of the century. The projects' focus is on
steamships, their captains and passengers
- http://www.isn.net/~dhunter/fa
nny.html
Vessel Brig Fanny Sailed
from Charlottetown to California Nov 12 1849. Offers the names of
immigrants who sailed from Charlottetown to California on Nov 12, 1849.
Louisiana
Port of Entry - New Orleans, Louisiana
- http://www.fa
milytreemaker.com/catalog2000/358facd.html
Passenger and Immigration Lists: New Orleans, 1820-1850.
- http://www.gnofn.or
g/~nopl/guides/genguide/mf.htm
Microfilm Collection - The Louisiana Division has an extensive
microfilm collection devoted to genealogy.
- http://www.rootsweb.c
om/~lastbern/passenger.htm
The
Canary Islander's Migration to Louisiana 1778-1783.
- http://www.eatel.net/~wicket/
index.html
Southern Louisiana
'German Coast' came to the shores of Louisiana, from
Ustica, Palermo, Cefalu, Trapani, and hundreds of villages of Sicily,
Italy,
and the Isles of Lipari, Salina, Messina, Lampadusa and other villages of
southern Italy.
Microfilm References
- http://home.att.net/~wee
-monster/no1900.html
MICROFILM:
Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1900-1952
(NARA) T618 22 rolls -- Complete list of these rolls with both NARA and FHL
Microfilm Numbers.
- http://home.att.net/~wee
-monster/no1853.html
MICROFILM:
Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, before
1900 (NARA) T527; 32 rolls (This index covers 1853-1899) -- Complete list
of these rolls with both NARA and FHL Microfilm Numbers.
- http://www.gn
ofn.org/~nopl/guides/genguide/shiplist.htm
Passenger and Crew Lists - Several series of microfilm relate
to passenger lists. Because of gaps caused by lists which were missing at
the time of filming, it is sometimes necessary to search in several places
to locate an individual. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New
Orleans, 1820-1902. M259
- http://www.gnofn
.org/~nopl/info/louinfo/louinfo3.htm
Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New
Orleans, 1820-1875. M272
- http://www.gn
ofn.org/~nopl/inv/neh/nehaa.htm#passengers
Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at
Atlantic and Gulf Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874. (Includes New
Orleans, 1820-1850), M334.
Maryland
Port of Entry - Baltimore, Maryland
- ftp://ftp.ro
otsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/ships/johnson.txt
Vessel Johnson Prisoners - View a list of prisoners that were
brought over on the ship "Johnson" to Port Oxford, Maryland on July 17,
1747.
Microfilm References
- http://home.att.net/~w
ee-monster/balt1820.html
MICROFILM: Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at
Baltimore, MD, 1820-1897 (NARA) M327; 171 rolls -- Complete list of these
rolls with both NARA and FHL Microfilm Numbers.
- http://home.att.net/~w
ee-monster/baltcity.html
MICROFILM: Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving
atBaltimore, MD (City Passenger Lists), 1833-1866 (NARA) M326 22 rolls --
Complete list of these rolls with both NARA and FHL Microfilm Numbers.
- http://home.att.net/~w
ee-monster/balt1897.html
MICROFILM: Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at
Baltimore, MD, 1897 - 1952. (NARA) T520; 43 rolls -- Complete list of these
rolls with both NARA and FHL Microfilm Numbers.
Book References
- "Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore
1820-1834: From Customs
Passenger Lists"
Transcribed by: Elizabeth P. Bentley,
Edited by: Michael H. Tepper (Editor)
Paperback - 768 pages
Published: June 1982, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Reprinted 1999, Publisher: Clearfield Co;
Cost: $55.00
ISBN: 0806309962
Massachusetts
Port of Entry - Boston, Massachusetts
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote
/iriship.htm
Bostonians of Irish
descent can find out which ships their ancestors entered through the Olive
Tree Genealogy; "IRISH SHIP LISTS".
- http://members.citynet.n
et/gunn/defence.html
Vessel -
Jasper Ship Defence Manifest "THE PLANTERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH" A study of
the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times to which are added Lists of
Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them;
their English Homes, and the Places of their Settlement in Massachusetts.
1620-1640 - Discover the names and ages of those who journeyed from London
to Boston on October 8, 1635.
- http://members.aol.com/
dcurtin1/gene/lyon.htm
Vessel
Lyon, {William Peirce, Master} : Find a Passenger Listl of immigrants who
journeyed from London June 22, to Boston in 1632.
Microfilm References
- http://home.att.net/~wee
-monster/boston.html
Finding
Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of Boston, Massachusetts. Microfilm
Indexes from 1820-1943. Most are accompanied with a complete list of the
rolls with both NARA and FHL Microfilm Numbers.
Michigan
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~migls/
This site is a part of the USGenWebproject and our home port is the Michigan USGenWeb project, although it will encompass "all" Great Lakes shipping areas.
- http://www.macatawa.org/~devries/Shipindex.htm
Features a list of ships that carried some of the first colonists to the area. Includes rosters of the passengers with their countries of
origin. Immigrant Ships caring some of the first Colonists to the West
Michigan area. Specifically to South Ottawa County, and the Northern part
of Allegan County.
New England
- http://members.tripod.com/~searchn/Abigail.html
Vessel Abigail, gives a list of passengers who went from London to New England in
1635.These records are from the Original Lists of Persons of Quality
1600-1700
- http://members.aol.com/dcurtin1/gene/gabriel.htm
Vessel Angel Gabriel - 1635 - Browse through a partial list of passengers who rode on this ill-fated ship that was bound for New England.
New York
Port of Entry - New York, New York
- http://www.macatawa.org
/~devries/isabath.html
Vessel
Isabella Bath - Michigan residents who trace their roots back to the
Netherlands may be able to find an ancestor on the list of passengers. The
350 ton "ISABELLA BATH" came into New York on December 19, 1846; Captain J.
Francis Kelly; Some of this group, including Jan Rabbers and Willem
Kremers, left the others in Buffalo, and walked to the "Kolonie", over ice
floats at Niagara Falls, arriving in Michigan in early March of 1847. The
were all from the Netherlands on their way to the United States of America,
leaving Rotterdam through the Hellevoetsluis; The trip took 65 days;
Following is a list of the ships manifest.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/
nyship.htm
INDEX TO NEW
NETHERLAND SHIPS' PASSENGER LISTS - Find out who traveled to the area now
known as New York from 1630 to 1664.
- http://www.execpc.com/~ha
roldr/hrsnlist.htm
Vessel Bark
Charlotte Harrison Passenger List - Descendants of passengers aboard the
1850 voyage to New York are encouraged to contact the webmaster. Includes a
description of the vessel.
- http://www.execpc.com/~har
oldr/taylist.htm
Vessel Barque
Tay Passenger List - Peruse the August 1840 list of passengers who went
from Greenock to New York. Includes links to a few descendants.
- http://genealogy.o
rg/~ajmorris/ireland/ireemg2.htm
Vessel Bowditch Passenger List - PASSENGERS ABOARD THE SHIP BOWDITCH (OF
BOSTON) Liverpool to New York, arrived at New York May 27, 1839 vessel
#299, 578 tons, Jacob W. Thompson, Master ind the names of those who went
from Liverpool to New York in 1839 aboard this ship.
- http://genealogy.o
rg/~ajmorris/ireland/ireemg3.htm
Vessel Germanic, - Passengers - Offers a partial list of those who rode
aboard the White Star Line Steamship from Ireland to New York in June,
1903.
Microfilm References
-
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/registers.html
Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York 1789-1919 lists of New York ship arrivals by name of ship and date of arrival - M1066, 27 rolls.
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http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/ny1820.html
New York Passenger Lists Index 1820-1846 -- FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers
- http://home.att.net/~wee
-monster/ny1897.html
MICROFILM:
Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, June16, 1897 -
June 20, 1902. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) T519;
115 rolls -- Complete List of these rolls with both FHL and NARA Microfilm
Catalog Numbers.
- http://home.att.net/~wee
-monster/ny1902.html
MICROFILM:
Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, July 1,
1902 - December 31, 1943 (NARA) T621; 755 rolls -- Complete List of these
rolls with both FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers.
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http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85nyk5.html
MICROFILM: Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1944 - 1948. (NARA) M1417; 94 rolls-- Complete List of these rolls from NARA.
Book References
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http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/gtoa.html
Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S.
Ports 1850-1893" Edited by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby. -- New York
has not been indexed from 1847 to mid 1897. Resources for finding passenger
records for this period include...Germans to America 1850-1893 (books and
CD-Roms)
-
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/bremen.html
Book Series" "German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound
from Bremen to New York with Places of Origin"; 4 Volumes dealing with
years of 1847-1871.
Compiled by Gary J. Zimmerman and Marion Wolfert;
Publisher: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.
Published 1985-1992.
Pennsylvania
Port of Entry - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-
http://www.execpc.com/~trarbach/Patience/patience_home.html
Palatine Vessel - Patience Passenger ship made
annual trips from Rotterdamn to Philadelphia in the mid-1700s. Find
passenger lists and forums for their descendants.
- http://www.netmender.
net/genelogy/passlist.html
NetMender's PASSENGER LISTS and SHIPS LISTS -- From the Pennsylvania
Archives
- http://www.ristenbatt
.com/genealogy/shipind.htm
Passenger Ships' Lists, Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians can find out
which ships their ancestors sailed in on.
Microfilm References
- http://home.att.net/
~wee-monster/philly1800.htmll
MICROFILM: Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia,
PA, 1800-1906 (NARA) M360; 151 rolls -- Complete list of these rolls with
both NARA and FHL Microfilm Numbers.
- http://home.att.net/
~wee-monster/philly1883.html
MICROFILM: Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at
Philadelphia, PA, January 1, 1883-June 28, 1948 (NARA) T526; 61 rolls --
Complete list of these rolls with both NARA and FHL Microfilm Numbers.
Book References
- "Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia
1800-1819"; (#4481)
Transcribed by; Elizabeth P. Bentley,
Edited by; Michael H. Tepper;
Hardcover - 913 pages.
Publisher; Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland:
Published: January 1986,
Cost: $45.00
ISBN: 080631138X
- http://free
pages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kgissy/molly.htm
Vessel Molly - Passenger List - Pennsylvanians who are of
German descent might just have a relative on this list of passengers who
came in on the Molly in 1741.The following information is from the book
"Pennsylvania German Pioneers" by Ralph B. Strassburger and William J.
Hinke, published in 1934 by the Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown,
PA. The spelling is as it appeared on the different lists and the names are
listed in the order they appeared on the original lists.
- http://199
.72.15.191/Sites/Gen/Chet2/scripts/ListShips.asp
this list will only include ships from the 1680's.
Cope's History of Chester County, Walter Sheppard's Ships and Passengers
Prior to 1684, and George McCracken's, "The Welcome Claimants". Though not
all of these ships reached port in Chester County, many of those who came
over aboard these vessels did settle in and around Chester, Pa.
Texas
Port of Entry - Galveston, Texas
- http://www.c-com.n
et/~tsm/immigration/imminfo.html
The Texas Seaport Museum has a database of more than 130,000 passengers who
first disembarked at Galveston from 1846-1948. If a passenger first
disembarked at another port (such as New York) and then traveled to Texas,
they will not be found in this database. This database is made up of names
from the National Archives microfilm, various book sources and information
from the Galveston Daily News. They will search this database for a small
fee. For more information visit their website....
- http://home.att.net/~
wee-monster/galveston.html
Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of Galveston, Texas -- Many
German immigrants arrived at the port of Galveston. A separate webpage has
been set up to help deal with the difficulties of finding these records.
Non-German immigrants are also included.
- hhttp://home.sprynet
.com/~harrisfarm/bennevis.htm
The
sailing vessel Ben Nevis departed Liverpool, England in the first week of
September, 1854. It stopped at Queenstown, Ireland, departing there on
October 22, 1854 and arriving at Galveston, Texas in early December. A
detailed history of their journey and settlement in Texas can be found in
Anne Blasig's The Wends of Texas.
Microfilm References
- ht
tp://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/rg85.html#gal
&nbs
p; Information from NARA about the Galveston
lists 1893 and 1896-1951.
US Naval Historical Center
- http://www.uss-salem.org/danfs/l
ine/
Individual Histories -
Listed Alphabetically. These histories are taken from Dictionary of
American Naval Fighting Ships (US Naval Historical Center, 1959-1991). The
histories may not reflect the most recent information concerning the ships'
status and operations.
Historical Manifests
American Plantations and Colonies
- http://members.tripod.
com/~searchn/Dorset.html
Vessel
Dorset gives the names and ages of those who sailed aboard the Dorset in
1635.
- http://www.prime
net.com/~langford/ships/shiplist.htm
American Plantations and Colonies
- http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/mayflower/mayflower_passenger_list.htm
Mayflower Passenger List + More
- http://members.aol.com/calebj/passenger.html
Mayflower Passenger List - Complete list of everyone who made the historic journey to the New World. Also features some individual profiles.
- http://members.aol.c
om/dcurtin1/gene/passent.htm
From
the book "Planters of the Commonwealth" by Charles Edward Banks and other
sources: View the names of those who left Europe for America in the 17th
century. Ships include the Planter and the Winthrop Fleet of 1630.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote
/colship.htm
Olive Tree Genealogy
- First Voyage of Columbus - Find out who rode along with Columbus on the
Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Also features a list of those who
didn't survive.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote
/magship.htm
Olive Tree Genealogy
- Magellan's Voyages Discover the names of those who survived the first
trip around the world. Includes a list of those who were arrested at the
Cape Verde Islands.
- http://members.aol.com/r
prost/passenger.html
Browse the
list of sites offering lists of passengers on ships and trains immigrating
into the US. Features links to specific ships or countries. Search for
Ships, Passenger lists, Countries or Names
- http://members.trip
od.com/~searchn/Elizabeth.html
Vessel Elizabeth - Passengers - View a list of immigrants who
traveled aboard the ship on April 17, 1635. These records are from The
Original Lists of Persons of Quality 1600-1700
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