Ports of Entry » Boston, Massachusetts

Ancestry.com - Boston Port Arrivals and Immigrants, 1715-1716, 1762-1769

Searchable database available by subscription.

Boston Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1943

A list of research material for locating Boston passenger records. Included are microfilmed records and indexes, a CD-Rom, and an online index.

Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of Boston, Massachusetts 1820-1943

Article by Joe Beine.

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Massachusetts Archives - Passenger Manifest (1848-1891)

Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848, a procedure which continued until July of 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state. Although immigrants arrived at numerous Massachusetts ports, the Archives holds manifests for BOSTON ONLY.

One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Alternate search functions for many online databases. Includes tools for immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust research.