Ship Passenger Lists and Immigration Records

Research Guides for Locating Ship Passenger Lists - USA Arrivals

• Ship Passenger Lists Guide, 1820-1960s For Ships Arriving at U.S. Ports from Europe and Other Places

• Ship Passenger Lists and Records on the Internet

• US Ports of Arrival and Their Available Immigration Records 1820-1957
  includes Canadian and Mexican Border Crossing Records

• Finding Passenger Lists 1820-1940s (arrivals at US Ports)

• Finding Passenger Lists Before 1820

• Guides for Individual Ports of Arrival
  • Baltimore Passenger Lists Quick Guide, 1820-1960s
  • Boston Passenger Lists Quick Guide, 1820-1963
  • New Orleans Passenger Lists Quick Guide, 1820-1963
  • New York Passenger Lists Quick Guide, 1820-1962
  • Philadelphia Passenger Lists Quick Guide, 1800-late June 1948 and December 1954-1962

• Tips for Determining Your Ancestor's Port of Arrival in the US

• Search Strategies for Finding Ship Passenger Lists 1820-1940s some suggestions for finding your immigrant ancestor on a ship passenger list for arrivals in the U.S. 1820-1940s

• Ellis Island? Castle Garden? Which One? And When? article about New York's three immigration stations - Ellis Island, Castle Garden and the Barge Office.