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New York Immigration & Naturalization Records

1624-31 July 1855: No immigrant receiving station in New York to process immigrant ship arrivals

1 August 1855 - 18 April 1890: Castle Garden Receiving Station processed immigrant ship arrivals

19 April 1890 - 31 December 1891: Barge Office processed immigrant ship arrivals

1 January 1892 - 14 June 1897: Ellis Island processed immigrant ship arrivals

15 June 1897 - 16 December 1900: Barge Office processed immigrant ship arrivals

17 December 1900 - 1924: Ellis Island processed immigrant ship arrivals

Both NARA & LDS have films of New York passenger lists. Ships are on the reels in order of date of arrival. After you find your film order it into a nearby Family History Centre or request a lookup from NARA. Remember that the lists aren't always in exact chronological order.
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Ancestry.com has the following New York Immigration & Naturalization Records online

Ships Passenger Lists to New York New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Ships Passenger Lists to New York New York Petitions for Naturalization
Ships Passenger Lists to New York New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Ships Passenger Lists to New York Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, 1907-1924
Ships Passenger Lists to New York Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851 		Ships Passenger Lists to New York  New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24
Ships Passenger Lists to New York New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883
Ships Passenger Lists to New York New York Genealogical Records, 1675-1920
Ships Passenger Lists to New York New York Chinese Exclusion Index
Ships Passenger Lists to New York New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1890 & 1891

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