United States, Famine Irish Passenger Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of an index to records for passengers who arrived at the port of New York during the Irish Famine 1846-1851. Created by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Center for Immigration Research.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these Passenger list records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate age of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of immigration
 * The name of the ship which your ancestor traveled on to the United States

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.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor in the passenger index, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. The information may also lead you to other records about your ancestors.

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

 * Continue to search the index and records to identify other relatives
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct
 * You may need to compare the information of more than one family or person to make this determination
 * Be aware that, as with any index, transcription errors may occur
 * Consult the United States Record Finder to find other records

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

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the United States.
 * Beginning Research in United States Immigration and Emigration Records
 * United States Guided Research
 * United States Record Finder
 * United States Research Tips and Strategies

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * John Crowley, Wiliam J. Smyth and Mike Murphy, ed. Atlas of the Great Irish famine New York, New York : New York University Press, c2012 FS Library 941.5 H2ao
 * Noel Kissane, The Irish famine : a documentary history Dublin, Ireland : National Library of Ireland, c1995 941.5 H2kn
 * Tom Hayden, comp and edited, Irish hunger : personal reflections on the legacy of the Famine Boulder, Colorado : Roberts Rinehart Pub., c1997. FS Library 941.5 H2ha
 * Andrés Eiríksson & Cormac Ó Gráda,Estate records of the Irish Famine : a second guide to famine archives 1840-1855 Dublin, Ireland : Irish Famine Network, Dept. of Modern History, c1995 FS Library 941.5 J73ea
 * L. Perry Curtis, Jr, Notice to quit : the great Irish famine evictions Hamden, Connecticut : Quinnipiac University Press, ©2015 FS Library 941.5 H2cLp
 * Irish Emigrant Society, Emigrant Savings Bank records, 1841-1945
 * Ira A. Glazier, editor ; Michael Tepper, associate editor, The Famine immigrants : lists of Irish immigrants arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851 7 volumes. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983-1986, c1983-1986 FS Library 974.71 W3f
 * Terrence M. Punch, Erin's sons : Irish arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853 4 volumes. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c2008-2010 FS Library 971 F2pt

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

Estados Unidos, Índice de Passageiros Irlandeses Carentes (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)