Maryland, Baltimore, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains passenger and crew lists of airplanes from 1954-1957. It corresponds with NARA Publication M1477: Passenger and crew lists of vessels and airplanes arriving at Baltimore, Maryland, Dec.1954-May 1957. Passenger arrival lists do not exist from July 1, 1948 to November 30, 1954.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Passenger / Crew list
 * Name
 * Length of service
 * Position within the crew
 * Age
 * Nationality
 * When and where signed on to crew
 * Significant remarks
 * Name of vessel
 * Port of departure
 * Date of departure
 * Port of arrival
 * Date of arrival
 * Serial number and form of required foreign service or immigration form

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The date of arrival or name of port

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the information to find other records such as emigrations, port records, and ship’s manifest
 * Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived, and then look for the Naturalization Petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts and then in state, county, or city courts. An individual may have filed the first and final papers in different courts and sometimes in a different state if the person moved. Immigrants who were younger than 18 when they arrived did not need to file a Declaration of Intent as part of the process
 * Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
 * Learn the place of origin and find vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death
 * Search for military, land and probate records
 * Use the information to find additional family members in census records
 * Search for church records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record. Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relatives that can be verified by records
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search
 * Try variant spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Maryland.
 * Beginning Research in United States Immigration and Emigration Records
 * Maryland Guided Research
 * Maryland Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Index (Soundex) to passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore, 1897-1952 : NARA RG85 publication T520
 * Index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore, (city passenger lists) 1833-1866 : NARA RG85 publication M326
 * Index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1897 (Federal passengers lists) : NARA publication M327
 * Maryland, Baltimore, passenger and crew lists of vessels and airplanes, 1954-1957
 * Passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1948 ; Quarterly abstracts of passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1869 : NARA M255, T844 and M596
 * United States, Eastern US ports, passenger lists

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820-1948, NARA M255, M596 and T844
 * Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1820-1897
 * Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1897-1952

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