Connecticut, passenger and crew lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains records from two record collections from the National Archives of the United States: and Airplanes (April 1946-February 1959) Arriving at Bridgeport, Groton, Hartford, New Haven, and New London, Connecticut. Apart of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
 * M1320: Passenger and Crew Lists  of Vessels  (February 1929-February 1959)
 * M2095: Lists of Passengers Arriving at and Departing from the District of Fairfield, Connecticut, 1804-1889. apart of Record Group 36, Records of the United States Customs Service

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

Crew
 * Name
 * Length of service
 * Position
 * When and where engaged
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Race
 * Passport number

Passengers on ships
 * Name
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Place of birth
 * Marital status
 * Passport number
 * Baggage
 * Destination in Unite States
 * Name of ship
 * Staring and ending ports, dates

Airline passengers
 * Name
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Occupation
 * Nationality
 * Permanent address
 * Staring and ending points
 * Date of flights
 * Passport number

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
You can use passenger lists to:
 * Add any new information to your records
 * If available, check the image for additional information
 * Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family
 * Request a federal immigration record
 * Learn an immigrant’s place of origin
 * Confirm the date of arrival
 * Find records in his or her country of origin
 * If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct
 * Continue to search the passenger lists to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who may have immigrated at the same time
 * If your ancestor has an uncommon surname, you may want to obtain the passenger list of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors

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
 * Search for a naturalization record to find the date of arrival
 * Locate immigration information on census records after 1900

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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * edited by Rhonda R. McClure, Genealogist's handbook for New England research 6th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society®, 2022 FS Library 974 D27mr
 * Thomas Jay Kemp, Connecticut researcher's handbook Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research, c1981 FS Library 974.6 D23k
 * Michael Tepper, American passenger arrival records: a guide to the records of immigrants arriving at American ports by sail and steam Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1993 FS Library 973 W27am 1993
 * John Philip Colletta, They came in ships: a guide to finding your immigrant ancestor's arrival record. 3rd ed. Orem, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, c2002 FS Library 973 W27c 2002
 * Connecticut, passenger lists, 1804-1944
 * Passenger and crew lists of vessels (February 1929-1959) arriving at Bridgeport, Groton, Hartford, New Haven, and New London, Connecticut. M1320
 * United States, New England, passenger and crew lists, 1911-1954
 * Connecticut, passenger and crew lists, 1804-1959

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