United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records

Suggested Strategy
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 * 1) Check the partner website indexes, as these cover many, many databases at once. The FamilySearch Historical Records databases is free to search with a free registered account. The other websites are subscription-based but can be searched for free at a  Family History Center near you.  Try to search each partner site because their search engines can often bring up slightly different results.
 * 2) If it is difficult for you to get access to the subscription databases, next try Additional Nationwide Collections Not Included in Partner Sites. These websites have a lot of overlap with the subscription websites.
 * 3) Search a nationality, religious, or political group collection that applies to your ancestor.
 * 4) Search the state collection for the first state where your ancestor lived.
 * 5) Read Tracing Immigrant Origins to learn about many other records that substitute for immigration records.
 * width="100%" bgcolor="#cc9999" align="center" colspan="6" style="padding:10px" | Immigration Online Genealogy Records This is collection of links to United States Immigration databases and collections that include passenger lists and manifests. Includes some links to ship images and border crossing records.
 * width="100%" bgcolor="#cc9999" align="center" colspan="6" style="padding:10px" | Immigration Online Genealogy Records This is collection of links to United States Immigration databases and collections that include passenger lists and manifests. Includes some links to ship images and border crossing records.

The indexing of records is often an on-going project. Some collection indexes give no indication if they are a partial index or complete. If the name you are researching does not appear in an index, re-check the index at a later time or search for the record in the available original images. Some indexes are handwritten and a part of the image collection.


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Partner Sites Indexing Multiple Databases
Use these search engines first to check for your ancestor in multiple databases for many ports all at once.
 * FamilySearch Historical Records: Under "Restrict records by", click on "Type". Check the "Immigration and Naturalization" box.
 * Ancestry.com Immigration and Travel Collections.  ($)
 * FindMyPast Immigration and Travel Collections. ($)
 * MyHeritage Immigration and TravelCollections. ($)

Included in Above Partner Site Indexes
If you have already searched the Partner Sites, you have searched these collections.
 * New World Immigrants, Vol. II, ($), index
 * U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s ($), index. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index.
 * Persons of Quality Original Lists (immigrants 1600-1700), ($), index
 * New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, ($), index
 * Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, ($), index
 * United States, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Coast Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1874, ($), index
 * U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959, ($), index. Roll 1: 1820-1871,Roll 2: 1820-1873, Roll 4: 1820-1870, Roll 6: 1820-1863, Roll 7: 1820-1835, Roll 8: 1845-1849
 * U.S., Select Crew Lists and Manifests, 1890-1963, index, images, ($)
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Additional Collections Not Included in Above Partner Site Indexes
Although there will be some overlap with the Partner Site searches, you should search these collections. Different search engines can yield different results.
 * United States, Transatlantic Migration Indexes, index, ($)
 * Ship Passenger Lists and Records Online, links
 * BYU Immigrant Ancestors Project, index
 * Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's, index
 * The Great Migration Study Project, 1620-1640, index

Border Crossings
United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954
 * Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964, index and images, ($).
 * Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 ($)
 * Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1963, ($)
 * Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 Some records in French.($)
 * Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1963, ($)
 * Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 Some records in French.($)

Baltimore

 * One Step Webpages by Stephen Morse
 * Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930, ($), index
 * Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964 ($)
 * Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1834, ($), index
 * Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, ($), index
 * Baltimore Passenger Lists 1846-1851, ($), index
 * Baltimore Passenger Lists 1846-1851, ($), index

Boston

 * One Step Webpages by Stephen Morse
 * Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930, ($), index
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 * Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943, ($), index
 * Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 ($)
 * Boston Passenger Lists 1846-1851, ($), index
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 * Book Indexes to Boston Passenger Lists, 1899-1940, ($), index
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 * Book Indexes to Boston Passenger Lists, 1899-1940, ($), index
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Galveston

 * One Step Webpages by Stephen Morse
 * Galveston Immigration Database, index
 * Galveston Passengers (1893-1960, index, ($)

Honolulu

 * Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953, ($), index
 * Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959 ($)
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Los Angeles

 * California, Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Wilmington Passenger Lists, 1900-1948, ($), index

New Orleans

 * One Step Webpages by Stephen Morse
 * New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963 ($)
 * New Orleans Passenger Lists 1846-1851, ($), index
 * Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1903-1945, ($), index
 * Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1903-1945, ($), index

New York

 * One Step Webpages by Stephen Morse
 * Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930, ($), index
 * — index and images
 * Immigrants to New Netherland 1623-1664, Ship Passenger List Index ($)
 * Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland, New York 1624 to 1664
 * New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Includes passenger lists. ($)
 * Browse images only.
 * Partial index.
 * Castle Garden, New York City, 1820-1913 Index only.
 * New York, Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1850 ($)
 * New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 ($). Also at FindMyPast, ($), index
 * New York Passenger Lists 1846-1890, ($), index
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 * Index only. Also at Ellis Foundation.
 * Browse images only.
 * New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1973 ($)
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Philadelphia

 * One Step Webpages by Stephen Morse
 * Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930, ($), index
 * Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1962 ($)
 * Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819, ($), index
 * Philadelphia, Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1800-1850, ($), index
 * Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1948, ($), index
 * Philadelphia Passenger Lists 1846-1851, ($), index
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Immigration Records, Special Boards of Inquiry, 1893-1909, ($), index
 * Philadelphia Passenger Lists 1846-1851, ($), index
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Immigration Records, Special Boards of Inquiry, 1893-1909, ($), index
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Immigration Records, Special Boards of Inquiry, 1893-1909, ($), index
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Immigration Records, Special Boards of Inquiry, 1893-1909, ($), index

San Diego

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San Francisco

 * . Also at FindMyPast, ($), index
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Indentured or Bonded Servants

 * Bonded Passengers to America (9 vols. In 3), ($), index
 * Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775, index, ($).
 * Bonded Passengers to America (Volumes I and II) 1615-1775 &amp; 1617-1775, ($), index
 * Immigrant Servants Database, index

Slavery

 * U.S., Southeast Coast-wise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860 ($)

Quaker

 * Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, ($), index

British

 * UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 Includes ships coming to U.S. ($)
 * Early Emigration From Britain 1636-1815, index, ($)
 * Early Emigration From Britain 1636-1815, browse images, ($)

Chinese

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 * San Francisco Chinese Exclusion List, 1884-1906, ($), index
 * No index, browse images only.
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 * New York Chinese Exclusion Index, 1882-1960, ($), index
 * New York Chinese Exclusion Index, 1882-1960, ($), index

Dutch

 * Dutch Immigrants to America, 1820-1880, ($), index
 * Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894 ($)

Filipino

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Finnish

 * 19th Century Finnish Immigrants to USA, 1834-1897, index.

German

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 * Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 In German, includes ships coming to U.S., index only for 1850-1923. ($)
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 In German, includes ships coming to U.S., index only for 1850-1923. ($)

Irish

 * Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851, ($), index
 * Irish Emigrants in North America, Part I ($) index and images
 * Irish Emigrants in North America, Part II ($) index and images
 * Irish Emigrants in North America, Part III ($) index and images
 * Irish Emigrants in North America, Part Four and Part Five ($) index and images
 * Irish Emigrants in North America,1670-1830, Part Six ($) index and images
 * Irish Emigrants in North America,1775-1825 ($) index and images
 * Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871 ($) index and images
 * Emigrants from Ireland to America, 1735-1743 ($) index and images
 * Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, ($), index
 * Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, ($), index

Italian

 * Italians to America Passenger Data File, 1855 - 1900, NARA, index, incomplete.
 * Italian Passengers to Louisiana, 1905-10 ($), index, incomplete.
 * Italians Immigrating to the United States, 1855-1900, ($), index, incomplete.
 * EMIGRANT UNCLAIMED PROPERTY IN ITALY, ($), index
 * Italians to America Passenger Data File, 1855 - 1900, NARA, index and images
 * Italian Immigrants to United States, 1855-1900, by ItalianImmigrants.org, index.
 * Italian Passengers to Louisiana, 1905-10, index ($)
 * Ships Transcribers Guild - Naples, Italy, index
 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Genoa, Italy, index
 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Palermo and Messina, Sicily, index
 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Palermo and Messina, Sicily, index

Japanese

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Jewish

 * U.S, Boston Arrivals of Jewish Immigrants from HIAS Records, 1882-1929, ($), index
 * Galveston, Texas, Jewish Immigration Records, 1901-1917, ($), index

Russian

 * 19th Century Russian Immigrants to the USA, index.
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Immigration Records By State
Major ports within each state are listed above and are not included in these lists.

Alabama

 * Alabama, Passenger Lists, 1904-1962, ($), index and images

Alaska

 * Alaska Alien Arrivals, 1906-1956 ($)
 * Alaska, Passenger and Crew Manifests, 1906-1963, index, images ($)

Arizona

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 * Border Crossings:From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964 Index and images ($)

California

 * California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950, index, images($).
 * California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 ($)
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Florida

 * Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1945, ($), index
 * . Also at FindMyPast, ($), index
 * Florida Passenger Lists, 1898-1963 ($)
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 * Florida and South Carolina, Passenger Lists, 1907-1948 ($)
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 * Index to Alien Arrivals by Airplane at Miami, Florida, 1930-1942 ($)
 * Index to Alien Arrivals by Airplane at Miami, Florida, 1930-1942 ($)

Georgia

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 * Georgia, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1904-1962, ($), index

Indiana

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Louisiana

 * Italian Passengers to Louisiana, 1905-10, ($), index

Maine

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 * Maine, Passenger Lists, 1894-1962, index, ($)
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Maryland

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Massachusetts

 * The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 ($), index
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 * Massachusetts, Mayflower Passengers 1620 (Published 1920), ($), index
 * Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists, 1917-1943, index, ($)
 * Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1949-1957, ($), index

Minnesota

 * Minnesota, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1957-1962, index and images, ($).

Michigan

 * Michigan, Detroit Passenger Lists, 1900-1965, ($), index
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Minnesota

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Montana

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New York

 * New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883, ($), index
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North Carolina

 * . Also at FindMyPast, ($), index
 * North Carolina, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1958-1963, index, images ($)

North Dakota

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 * North Dakota and Washington, Chinese Passenger Arrivals, 1903-1944, ($), index.

Ohio

 * Ohio, Crew List Arrivals, 1929-1958, ($), index
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Oregon

 * Portland, Oregon, Chinese Immigrant Case files, 1890-1914, ($), index

Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

 * Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, ($), index
 * A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773, ($), index
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 * South Carolina, Passenger Lists, 1906-1962, index, images, ($)

Texas

 * A New Land Beckoned:German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847 Book ($)
 * Galveston Immigration Database 1846-1948, index
 * A New Land Beckoned:German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861 Book ($)
 * Texas, Passenger Lists, 1893-1963 Index and images ($)
 * Galveston, Texas, Jewish Immigration Records, 1901-1917 Index and images ($)
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 * Texas, Laredo Arrival Manifests 1903-1955 Image Browse, images, ($)
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 * Index and images. Also at FindmyPast, ($), index
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 * Aransas, Texas Crew Lists, 1912-1965 Index and images ($)
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 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Galveston Arrivals Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5
 * OliveTree Genealogy, Ships Passenger Lists to Texas

Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

 * — index and images
 * Virginia, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1904-1963, ($), index

Washington

 * Washington, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1961, ($), index
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 * North Dakota and Washington, Chinese Passenger Arrivals, 1903-1944, ($), index.

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1922-1963, ($), index
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U.S. Territories

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