California, Airplane Passenger Lists from Honolulu, Hawaii - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States California United States Hawaii 

What is in the Collection?
This collection contains Passenger Lists of Airplanes Departing from Honolulu, Hawaii, and Arriving at San Pedro and Los Angeles, California, compiled 7 March 1946 to 30 June 1948. The passenger lists are arranged chronologically by date of arrival. They primarily consist of Pan American Airways Passenger Manifest and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) forms. Most of the passengers were U.S. citizens, but there are also Japanese citizens and people from other nations. This collection corresponds with NARA publication A3374 and is part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.


 * Roll 1: March 7, 1946-December 23, 1947
 * Roll 2: December 23, 1947-June 24, 1948
 * Roll 2: June 23, 1948-June 30, 1948

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
Information found in this collection may include:


 * Name
 * Age
 * Nationality
 * Significant remarks
 * Name of vessel
 * Port of departure
 * Date of departure
 * Port of arrival
 * Date of arrival

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know at least one of the following:


 * The name of your ancestor.
 * The age of your ancestor.
 * The birth place of your ancestor.
 * The port of arrival.
 * The date of arrival.

Compare the information on the image to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct family or person. You may need to compare several images before you find your ancestor.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒Select the appropriate "NARA Roll Number" which takes you to the images.



What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, ship’s manifests, birth, christening, marriage, and census records.
 * Learn foreign and “Americanized” names.
 * Use the information in each record to find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family member’s records to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations 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 or port in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of California, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the California Archives and Libraries.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

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