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If you don't find your ancestor on my ships' pages, try genealogy records on Ancestry.com. You can view them with a trial period free access. OliveTreeGenealogy.com free immigration databases are listed after the fee based databases below
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
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1624
De Eendracht Sailed from Amsterdam January 25, 1624 Reconstructed list April 22, 2004 Nieuw Nederland (New Netherland Sailed from Amsterdam March 30, 1624 Reconstructed list April 22, 2004
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1628
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1640
Voyage of Ship Gelderland 1 September 1640 to 12 November 1641 from Texel to Morocco back to Texel
Den Waterhondt Arrived New Amsterdam Oct. 1640 Updated list May 24, 2001
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1641
Eyckenboom Arrived New Amsterdam Aug. 1641
Brandaris Arrived New Amsterdam 1641/42 Reconstructed list May 24, 2001
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1642
Den Houten Arrived New Amsterdam Aug. 1642 Updated list May 24, 2001
Coninck David Arrived New Amsterdam 1642Updated list May 24, 2001
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1644
Wapen van Rensselaerswyck Arrived New Amsterdam March 1644
St. Peter Arrived New Amsterdam Dec. 1644 Reconstructed list May 24, 2001
Mautirius Arrived New Amsterdam 1644 Reconstructed list May 24, 2001
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1646
Jager (Hunter) Arrived New Amsterdam Sept. 1646 Reconstructed list May 24, 2001
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1647
Prinses Amelia Arrived New Amsterdam May 1647. Voyage from Netherlands to New Netherland, and a return voyage when she sank with a great loss of life. Reconstructed list May 24, 2001
Groote Gerrit Arrived New Amsterdam May 1647 Reconstructed list May 24, 2001
Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland and New York 1649
Valckenier Arrived New Amsterdam July 1649 Reconstructed list May 24, 2001
Naturalization Records are a great way to find an ancestor's arrival year and ship name!
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 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
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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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