* Search for Your Immigrant Ancestor in Ports of Arrival U.S.A. | Canada | Australia & New Zealand | South Africa | England * Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists Outbound from USA & Canada * Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists by Year of Arrival

5-Step Search for Your Immigrant Ancestor in North America

Step 2: If you don't find your immigrant ancestor in a large port city, try smaller ports of arrival - Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maine, Rhode Island, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Michigan, Alaska, California, Hawaii and Washington

Step 3: Still can't find your immigrant ancestor on an American ships passenger list? Try a Canadian Port of Arrival and the Canada-U.S. border crossing records (Saint Albans Lists).

Step 4: If you still can't find your ancestor in free ships passenger lists, try ships passenger lists and naturalization records on a pay site. See the Immigration Comparison Chart to help you decide which of the fee-based sites has the passenger lists you need to find your immigrant ancestor

Step 5: Search for ships passengers in Ethnic Groups immigrating to America, other miscellaneous ports of arrival, Ships Passenger Lists on NARA microfilm, J.J. Cooke Shipping Agent Records, Castle Garden New York Ships Passenger Lists 1855-1890, Ellis Island New York Ships Passenger Lists 1894-1927 & Naturalization Records

FIND YOUR ANCESTOR IN FREE SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS TO USA

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Miscellaneous Arrival Ports New England and unknown ports Online Ships Passenger Lists Images Images of ships passenger lists Custom Search Engines Search all websites for ships passenger lists to USA CD ROMs Passenger Lists on CD ROMs & Books Immigration Mailing Lists Immigration & Ships Passenger Lists Mailing Lists Immigration Quick Tips * Find Immigration & Naturalization Records * Find an immigration year in Census Records for 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 * Check Death Records for the number or years in USA * Search Ships Passenger Lists on other Sites

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Immigration & Naturalization - Find Your Ancestors

• NARA Records for Passenger Lists to North America, 1820 to 1957 - List of microfilm reels and what is on each
• Immigration to USA Before 1820 Finding Your Ancestor on Passenger Lists
• Immigration to USA After 1820 Finding Your Ancestor on Passenger Lists
• The Importance of the Hamburg Passenger Lists for European Immigration to USA 1850-1934
• Passenger Lists to Virginia Before 1820
• Naturalization & Citizenship Records USA (PART 1)
• Naturalization & Citizenship Records USA (PART 2) Where the Records Are!
• Immigration to Maryland & Ships' Passenger Lists
• Emigration from England to North America after 1776 - What's Available at PRO in England
• Immigration to Canada Before 1865
• Immigration to Canada
• Australian Immigration & Convict Ships

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