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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
Important Note: Passenger lists to New York between 1847 and 1896 are not indexed on microfilm. However you can see my ongoing Olive Tree project to fill in the missing New York years by viewing the online
Images of Ships Passenger Lists to New York for 1851
Siddon 1850 Liverpool to New York [17 images] (also shows deaths on board) Shipwreck of the Seraphine Liverpool to New York, & rescue of passengers by the El Dorado 1850 Lorena
1 June 1850 to New York
Catharine
20 September 1850 to New York
Amason London to New York 1850
Baltimore
22 July 1850 to New York
Jane
E. Williams 7 October 1850 to New York
Brig Lady of the Lake
Unspecified Port, Bermuda to New York
27 May 1850
Charlotte HarrisonJuly 1850 passenger list, Greenock, Scotland to New York, New York.
Hudson, Glasgow to New York Dec. 23, 1850 [3 images]
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1851
Amerika Germany to New York Jan. 2, 1851 [3 images, faint] Melrose St. Michaels to New York Jan. 2, 1851 [1 image]
Baltic Liverpool to New York Jan 2 1851 [3 images]
Augustina, Bo?? to New York Jan. 3, 1851 [1 image, can't read port of departure]
South Carolina, Baltimore? to New York Jan. 4, 1851 [3 images]
Georgia Chagres to New York Jan. 9, 1851 - carried passengers from California, New Orleans, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Havana and France [25 images]
Margaret Evans, London to New York, Aug. 1, 1851 [3 images] Frederick, Bremen to New YOrk Dec. 23, 1851 [3 images] John French Feb. 24, 1851 Sabinilla to New York [1 image]
Harriet Feb. 24, 1851 Sabinilla to New York [1 image]
General Briggs Jan. 3, 1851 Havana to New York [1 image]
Ariel Jan. 3, 1851 Sierra Leona to New York [1 image]
Ivanhoe Jan. 2, 1851 Liverpool to New York [10 images]
London April 1851 London to New York [3 images]
Isla de Cuba Jan. 3, 1851 Havana to New York [1 image]
William Toll 1851 Havre de Grace to New York Sarah Chase 1851 to New York [1 image]
Urgent March 1851 Belfast Ireland to New York [16 images]
America from Liverpool to New York, 1851 (400 names!)
Oxenbridge Liverpool to New York 1851 (250 passengers)
Brig Swan
Unspecified Port, Bermuda to New York 17 November 1851 Joseph Walker, 6 Jan 1851 Liverpool to NY 15 images [Note that pages 1 and 2 are identical except page 1 is cutoff; pages 5 and 6 are identical]
Alert
Kragerø Telemark
15 July 1851 to New York
Pauline
Kragerø Telemark
1 Aug 1851 to New York
Benj. L. Swan 1851 St. Croix to New York
Laura Jane 1851 St. Marks to New York
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival Southampton
19 May 1855 to New York
Coriolan
7 May 1855 to New York
Antje Brons 1855 Germany to New York (plus picture!)
John J. Boyd In 1855, sailed from Liverpool to New York with 512 Mormon emigrants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, England, Ireland, and
Scotland
Emerald Isle Liverpool to New York with 350 Mormons on board, 1855
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1856
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival Thornton Liverpool to New York in 1856 - Mormons destined for Salt Lake City Utah
Arnold
8 December 1856 to New York
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1857
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival Brig F. M. Mayhew
Unspecified Port, Bermuda to New York
31 August 1857
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1858
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival John Bright 1858 Liverpool to New York with 89 Mormons from Scandanavia
Northstar
Havre to USA
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1859
Emerald Isle Liverpool to New York with 54 Mormons on board, 1859
William Tapscott 725 Mormons, Liverpool to New York 1859
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1860
Empire City sailing from Havana Cuba to New York on 1 March 1860 New! Sept 5/05
Bark Atlantic sailing from Bremen Germany to New York on 2 March 1860 New! Sept 5/05
Edinburg sailing from Liverpool to New York on 2 March 1860 New! Sept 5/05
Brig T. M. Mayheu sailing from Bremen Germany to New York on 2 March 1860
New! Sept 5/05
Brig Addy Swift sailing from Maracaibo to New York on 2 March 1860
New! Sept 5/05
Brig Meuli? Meudi? sailing from Liberia to New York on 2 March 1860
New! Sept 5/05
Ship Dr. Barth sailing from Hamburg Germany to New York on 3 March 1860
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Ship Star of the West sailing from Liverpool to New York on 3 March 1860
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Ship London sailing from London England to New York on 3 March 1860
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Ship Christiana sailing from London England to New York on 3 March 1860
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Ship William Tapscott sailing from Liverpool to New York on 3 March 1860
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Ship Samuel Russell sailing from Foo Chow Foo, China to New York on 3 March 1860
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Zephyr sailing from Malaya to New York on 3 March 1860
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Swordfish sailing from Shanghai China to New York on 3 March 1860
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Lamplighter sailing from Demerara to New York on 3 March 1860
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Lexington sailing from Havana Cuba to New York on 4 March 1860
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Ship Columbia sailing from Liverpool to New York on 5 March 1860
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Ship Mercury sailing from Havre France to New York on 5 March 1860
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Ship Jacob Westervelt sailing from Liverpool to New York on 5 March 1860
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S. S. Agnew sailing from Liverpool to New York on 5 March 1860
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Great Western sailing from Liverpool to New York on 5 March 1860
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Eastern State sailing from Shanghai China to New York on 5 March 1860
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Ariel sailing from Friest to New York on 5 March 1860
New! Sept 5/05
JubilAnn sailing from Bremen Germany to New York on 5 March 1860
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Ship Daniel Webster sailing from London England to New York on 6 March 1860
New! Sept 5/05
Steamship Cahawba sailing from Havana CUba to New York on 6 March 1860
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Bark Cariolan sailing from Bremen Germany to New York on 7 March 1860
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Donate sailing from Liverpool to New York on 7 March 1860
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Brig Jaffa sailing from Halifax Nova Scotia to New York on 7 March 1860
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Ship Alice sailing from Havre France to New York on 7 March 1860
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Bark Devonshire sailing from London England to New York on 10 March 1860
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Ship Quaker City sailing from Havana Cuba to New York on 10 March 1860
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Susan Clark sailing from Buenos Aires South America to New York on 10 March 1860
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Ship Black Prince sailing from Shanghai China to New York on 12 March 1860
New! Sept 5/05
New York sailing from Bremen Germany to Southampton to New York on 12 March 1860
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Steamer Atlantic sailing from Asp to New York on 12 March 1860
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Brig Las Amyiens sailing from Kingston Jamaica to New York on 12 March 1860
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Ship Glasgow sailing from Liverpool to New York on 13 March 1860
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Ship Anna Gardner of Sedgewick sailing from Sisal Tauston to New York on 13 March 1860
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Moses Taylor sailing from Havana Cuba to New York on 13 March 1860
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Bark Palermo sailing from Palermo Italy to New York on 13 March 1860
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Jonie sailing from Havana Cuba to New York on 13 March 1860
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Milo sailing from Genoa Italy to New York on 13 March 1860
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Horatio sailing from Shanghai China to New York on 13 March 1860
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City of Baltimore sailing from Liverpool to New York on 14 March 1860
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Brig Alma sailing from Nassau to New York on 14 March 1860
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Steamship North Star sailing from Asp to New York on 15 March 1860
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Brig Ocean (Fighting?) Favrite sailing from Calais France to New York on 15 March 1860
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Asia sailing from Liverpool to New York on 16 March 1860
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Schooner Rascius sailing from Leghorn to New York on a7 March 1860
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Ship James Foster sailing from Liverpool to New York on 19 March 1860
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Ship Victoria sailing from London England to New York on 19 March 1860
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Ship DeSota sailing from Havana Cuba to New York on 19 March 1860
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U. S. Teutonia sailing from Germany to New York on 19 March 1860
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Ship E. Bulkley sailing from Havre France to New York on 19 March 1860
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Brig Lanola sailing from Sagua to New York on 19 March 1860
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Brig Cienfrugas sailing from Cienfuyos to New York on 19 March 1860
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Brig Trojan sailing from Sagua to New York on 19 March 1860
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E. Sherwood sailing from Bordeaux France to New York on 19 March 1860
New! Sept 5/05
Brig Princess Royal
Bermuda to New York
17 June 1862
Franklin 413 Mormons from Denmark to New York, 1862
John J. Boyd In 1862, sailed from Liverpool to New York 702 Latter-day Saints aboard
The Athena 1862 Scandinavia to New York with Mormons bound for Utah, sailing from Hamburg with 484 Scandinavian Saints under the leadership of Ola N. Liljenquist
Electric Hamburg to New York with 336 emigrating Mormons
from Denmark and Sweden led by Elder Soren Christofferson, 1862
William Tapscott 807 Mormons, Liverpool to New York 1862
Humboldt 323 Scandinavian Mormons to New York, 1862
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1863
B.S. Kimball Liverpool to New York 1863. On board were 657 Mormons, principally from Scandinavia
John J. Boyd In 1863, sailed from Liverpool to New York with 767 Mormons aboard, most from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Consignment Liverpool to New York with thirty-eight Scandinavian Saints 1863
B.S. Kimball Liverpool to New York 1865. On board were 558 Mormons, principally from Scandinavia
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1866
Humboldt 328 Scandinavian Mormons to New York, 1866
John Bright 1866 Liverpool to New York with 747 Mormons from Scandanavia
Cavour Hamburg to New York 1866. A Norwegian vessel carrying Mormons
Kenilworth 684 Mormon passengers (583 Danes, 23 Norwegians, 73 Swedes, and 5 Germans) from Hamburg to New York 1866
Duisburg
16 June 1866 to New York
S S New York 1866 Bremen to NY
Bark Geestemuende 1866
Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1867
Manhatten Liverpool to New York 1867 with Mormon passengers
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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