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• Ancestry.com - Search Immigration & Travel

  Passenger lists, citizenship, naturalization, and other immigration sources. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• FamilySearch - Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952 ^FREE

  This collection contains an index to Passenger Lists of Vessels arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853-1899. The index cards may include full name, age, gender, marital status, nationality, last permanent residence, birthplace, and final destination. These records correspond with NARA publication T527 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

• FamilySearch - Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945 ^FREE

  Passenger lists of arrivals in New Orleans, Louisiana. This collection corresponds to two NARA publications: M259: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902 and T905: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903-1945. Some arrival dates are not represented in the data. Check the wiki or browse the collection to determine coverage. At present, this collection does not include NARA roll 142 from T905 containing arrivals for 1 Oct 1931 to 31 Dec 1931.

• FamilySearch - Louisiana, New Orleans, Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820-1875 ^FREE

  This collection contains passenger lists from January 1, 1820 through June 30, 1875 . The records usually include the name of the vessel, ports and dates of departure and arrival, and the following information about each crew member: full name, position in ship’s company, age, gender, race, nationality. These records correspond with NARA publication M272 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

• Fold3 - Naturalization Records $

  Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

  • Naturalizations - LA Eastern

    Original source: NARA P2233. Naturalization records in this publication include petitions and oaths for new citizens in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1838 to 1861.

• ISTG - New Orleans Arrivals - Vol. 1

  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.

• ISTG - New Orleans Arrivals - Vol. 2

  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.

• ISTG - New Orleans Arrivals - Vol. 3

  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.

• ISTG - New Orleans Arrivals - Vol. 4

  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.

• ISTG - New Orleans Arrivals - Vol. 5

  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.

• ISTG - New Orleans Arrivals - Vol. 6

  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.

• New Orleans Passenger Lists 1845 & 1847

  Searchable database of passenger arrivals that are missing from the standard National Archives microfilm series for New Orleans.

• New Orleans Passenger Lists Index 1853-1899

  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.

• New Orleans Passenger Lists Index 1900-1952

  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.

• Olive Tree Genealogy: Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Louisiana

  Custom Search Engine allows you to search multiple Internet sites for Passenger Lists of ships going to Louisiana, United States.

• Passenger Manifest - New Orleans Ship Passenger List Online Index -- January - July 1851

  An online index to a portion of the New Orleans ship passenger lists available on microfilm in the Research Room at the Louisiana State Archives.

• Resources for Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana