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• Access to Archival Databases (AAD)

  From NARA - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

  • Genealogy/ Personal History

  • Immigrants

    Includes Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine. These materials identify 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York, 1846-1851, and the ships on which they arrived. Approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list Ireland as the native country.

• Ancestry.com - Search Immigration & Emigration Records

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

  • Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851

    Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

  • New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1890

    Original source: United States Government. 1890 New York Ship's Arrivals Records Index (Rolls #543-#560, Jan. 2, 1890 to Dec. 30, 1890). Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

  • New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1891

    Original source: United States Government. 1891 New York Ship's Arrivals Records Index. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. Series M237, Rolls #561-#580, Jan. 2, 1891 to Dec. 31, 1891.

  • New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891

    Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• FamilySearch.org - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

  • New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) 1892-1924

• Finding New York Passenger Arrival Records 1820-1957 - A New York Passenger Lists Research Guide

  By Joe Beine.

  • New York Passenger Lists Index 1820-1846

    FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers.

  • New York Passenger Lists Index 1897-1902

    FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numberse.

  • New York Passenger Lists Index July 1902-Dec 1943

    FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers.

• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1847-1854

  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.

• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867

  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.

• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1868-1871

  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.

• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

  • ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 1

  • ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 2

  • ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 3

  • ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 4

  • ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 5

  • ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 6

• Instructions for reading New York passenger list soundex cards after 1910

  Article by Joe Beine.

• New York Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1957

  A list of research material for locating New York passenger records. Included are microfilmed records and indexes, CD-Roms, books, and online indexes.

• NY ARRIVALS - New York Passenger Arrivals - New York Arrivals

  Immigration site with details about New York passenger arrivals and the Port of New York. Tips on searching online archives, differences between Castle Garden and Ellis Island arrivals, American Immigration history and timeline, and detailed examples showing how to extract information from passenger manifests and use in conjunction with other sources.

• Passenger Arrivals At The Port Of New York

  A book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.

• Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829: From Customs Passenger Lists

  A book by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

• Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1820-1829

  A book by Elizabeth P. Bentley. For sale from Genealogical.com.

• Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1830-1832

  A book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley. For sale from Genealogical.com.

• Port of New York 1820-1957 - Immigrant & Passenger Arrivals - Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

  Lists of microfilm roll numbers from the National Archives and Records Administration.

• Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957

  From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

  • Book Indexes to New York Passenger Lists, 1906--1942. T612. 807 rolls.

    These alphabetical indexes to passenger manifests are grouped by shipping line and arranged chronologically by date of arrival in the Port of New York. There is an index for each vessel.

  • Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, July 1, 1902--December 31, 1943. T621. 755 rolls.

  • Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York, 1944-48. M1417. 94 rolls.

  • Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820--1846. M261. 103 rolls.

  • Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, June 16, 1897--June 30, 1902. T519. 115 rolls.

  • Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1897--1957. T715. 8,892 rolls.

  • Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820--1897. M237. 675 rolls.

  • Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789--1919. M1066. 27 rolls.

• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York 1789-1919

  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.

• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 – 1919

  Finding aid from the Saint Louis County Public Library.

• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 – 1919

  Good introduction to this important source from the St. Louis County Library.