Free Online New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1897

National Archive’s micropublication M237, “Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820-1897,” has been digitized and made available for free on the Internet at the FamilySearch and Internet Archive websites. See the table below for links to the online passenger lists.

A helpful online index to New York passenger lists from 1820 to 1892 can also be accessed for free at the Castle Garden.org website. The index provides name, age, sex, arrival date, and place of last residence for each immigrant. Currently the database contains about 12 million names. However, approximately 1.3 million names have not been indexed.

For an online index to New York passenger lists for the period 1892 to 1897 use the Ellis Island.org website. The website covers the years 1892 to 1924 and contains images of the New York passenger lists for that period. Users must complete the free online registration form in order to view passenger lists.

Use the indexes at Castle Garden and Ellis Island to find out an immigrant’s “arrival date” and then use the table below to locate the online digitized passenger list.