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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 - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

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

• FamilySearch - New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 ^FREE

  Name index to lists of 25 million people (not just immigrants) who arrived at Ellis Island, Port of New York, 1892-1924. In addition, includes a link to images of arrival lists at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Web site.

• FamilySearch - New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942 ^FREE

  Images of books of indexes to passenger manifests for the port of New York. The indexes are grouped by shipping line and arranged chronologically by date of arrival. This collection corresponds to NARA Publication T612: Book Indexes to New York Passenger Lists, 1906-1942. Additional images will be added as they become available.

• FamilySearch - New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957 ^FREE

  Images of passenger arrivals in New York Harbor, corresponding to NARA microfilm publication T715. Additional records will be added as they are completed. Records include aircraft arrivals.

• FamilySearch - New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846 ^FREE

  Card file Index to early New York passenger lists. Corresponds to NARA publication M261: Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1846.

• FamilySearch - New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846 ^FREE

  Card file Index to early New York passenger lists. Corresponds to NARA publication M261: Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1846.

• FamilySearch - New York, New York, Index to Vessels, 1897-1956 ^FREE

  This collection contains indexes to vessels arriving at New York, New York, June 1897-December 1956. The index includes the name of the vessel, dates of departure and arrival, and volume numbers for related passenger lists. These indexes correspond with NARA publication A3464 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

• FamilySearch - New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956 ^FREE

  This collection comprises two record sets from the National Archives: Manifests of alien arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagra Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 (NARA M1480) and Soundex card manifests of alien and citizen arrivals at Hogansburg, Malone, Morristown, Nyando, Ogdensburg, Rooseveltown, and Waddington, New York, July 1929-April 1956 (NARA M1482). These card manifests, arranged in Soundex order, document over 1,000,000 arrivals.

• FamilySearch - New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists, 1948-1972 ^FREE

  This collection contains Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at (1948-1972) and Departing From (1960-1968) Ogdensburg, New York. The records are arranged in chronological order. The arrival lists mostly contain crew members. It corresponds with NARA publication A3405 and was filmed at the NARA facility in Washington D.C.

• FamilySearch - New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 ^FREE

  Passenger lists for over 13 million immigrants arriving in New York City from 1820 through 1891. NARA publication M237: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. This collection is being published as records become available.

• FamilySearch - New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists, 1954-1956 ^FREE

  This collection contains Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Rouses Point and Waddington, New York, 1954-1956. The records may include name of vessel, ports of departure and arrival; date of arrival; and the following information about each crew member: full name, citizenship, position in crew and identification number. These records correspond with NARA publication A3449 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

• 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

  This page lists research material for locating New York, New York passenger arrival records from 1820-1957. Included are microfilmed records and indexes, books, and online indexes. This time period includes immigrants who were processed at Castle Garden, the Barge Office and Ellis Island. For the period of 1820 to 1957, New York ship passenger lists are available on microfilm and they have been digitized and put online.

• 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.