* 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

Ships Passenger Lists to U.S.A. 1492

 Columbus: Santa Maria 1492
 Columbus: Pinta 1492
 Columbus: Nina 1492
 Columbus: List of the Dead 1492
 Magellan: The Victoria
 Magellan: The Trinidad

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Ships Passenger Lists to USA by Year of Arrival

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1730-1740 1740-1750 1750-1760 1760-1770 1770-1800 1800-1805 1805-1810

1810-1820 1820-1840 1840-1845 1846-1847 1848 1849 1850-1851

1851-1853 1854-1860 1860-1870 1870-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-present

5-Step Search for Your Immigrant Ancestor in North America

Step 1: First search for your immigrant ancestor in the five major ports of arrival - New York New York, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Baltimore Maryland, Boston Massachusetts and New Orleans Louisiana

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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