Ship Passenger Lists and Immigration Records

Research Guides for Locating Passenger Lists - Online and Off

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

• Finding Passenger Lists Before 1820

• What Passenger Lists are Online?

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

• Guides for Individual Ports of Arrival
  • Baltimore Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1952
  • Boston Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1943
  • New Orleans Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1952
  • New York Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1957
  • Philadelphia Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1800-1948

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

• Early Immigrants to Pennsylvania 1600s and 1700s

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

• Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step (for New York arrivals 1892-1924)