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SEARCH ENGINES FOR SHIPS TO NEW NETHERLAND & NEW YORK
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Passenger & Immigration Lists Index
Early American Immigrations
Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-1920
Ship Passenger Lists from Ireland to America
Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851
New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1890
Ship Passenger Lists to New York
New York Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-1924
Brick Wall Ancestors? If the date of arrival is known, you can
read the arrival report in a New York newspaper.
The New York Times is available at many libraries (publication began in September, 1851). You can also search the NY Times online! Search
1857-1880 or
1881-1906 These off-site pay databases can be used with this special free access
Search dozens of Internet sites with FREE passenger lists, including ISTG (Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild). Or browse Olive Tree Genealogy ships and links to ships below
Immigrant Processing Stations at the Port of New York
1624-31 July 1855: no receiving station
1 Aug. 1855-18 Apr. 1890: Castle Garden
19 Apr. 1890-31 Dec. 1891: Barge Office
1 Jan. 1892-14 june 1897: Ellis Island
15 June 1897-16 Dec. 1900: Barge Office
17 Dec. 1900-1924: Ellis Island
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Did you know that Immigration means To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native and that Emigration means To leave one country or region to settle in another
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