Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Hawaii Honolulu County

What Is in This Collection?
The collection consists of an alphabetical card file passengers arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii during the years 1900–1952. The collection corresponds to NARA publication A3410, Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1900-1952 NAID 4495175, and serves as an index to NARA publication A3422, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1900-1953 NAID 2574390. The complements NARA publication A3407, Index to Filipino Passengers Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, ca. 1900 to ca. 1952 NAID 4493348.

General Information About Passenger Arrival and Custom Lists
Passenger arrival lists, or customs manifests, date back to 1820. The first official emigration station for New York was Castle Garden, located at the tip of lower Manhattan. Congressional action in 1891 resulted in federal immigration officials recording the immigrants’ arrival. After January 1892, passengers arriving in New York debarked at Ellis Island, located east of Manhattan in the New York Harbor. From 1892 to 1924, almost all immigrants entered the United States through the port of New York. When passengers arrived at Ellis Island, they were asked a series of questions designed to determine whether they would be able to support themselves and did not have any health problems. The information was supplied by the immigrant or a traveling companion (usually a family member). Only 2% of immigrants were denied entry into the United States.

Incorrect information was occasionally given, or mistakes may have been made when the clerk guessed at the spelling of foreign names. These indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The card index to passenger lists may include some or all of the following information:


 * Full Name(s) of immigrants
 * Immigrants' age, gender, marital status and occupation
 * Physical description
 * Birthplace or Nationality of immigrant
 * Country where immigrant holds citizenship
 * Last place of residence in that country
 * Name(s) of person(s) accompanying immigrant
 * Name of relative or friend living at last residence
 * Name of relative or friend to be visited in this country
 * Final destination of immigrant
 * Name of ship and port of departure
 * Ship's arrival date and port of entry

How Do I Search the Collection?
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 * The full name of your ancestor.
 * The approximate date of immigration.

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I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Add any new information you find to your records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find other records such as emigrations, port records, and ship’s manifests.
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I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

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 * Look for the Declaration of Intent soon after the immigrant arrived. Then look for the Naturalization Petition five years later, when the residency requirement would have been met. Look for naturalization records in federal courts, 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.
 * Check other possible ports of entry.

Citing This Collection
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