Florida, Fort Lauderdale Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in the Collection?
The collection contains crew lists of vessels arriving at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 1939 to December 1945. These records correspond with NARA publication A4233 Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida, 12\1939-12\1945 and are part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The records are arranged chronologically by date of arrival.

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
The records usually include:


 * Name of the vessel
 * Ports and dates of departure and arrival
 * Full name of crew member
 * Position in ship’s company
 * Age
 * Gender
 * Race
 * Nationality

How Do I Search the Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The full name of your ancestor.
 * The approximate date of immigration.

If you do not know this information, check the census records after 1900.

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the :
 * 1) Select the NARA Roll Number - Contents which takes you to the images.

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 on the crew list, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
You can use passenger lists to:


 * Learn an immigrant’s place of origin
 * Confirm their date of arrival
 * Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
 * Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests.
 * 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?

 * Check for variant spellings of the name.
 * Look for an index. Records are often indexed by local historical and genealogical societies.
 * Search the passenger lists year by year.
 * Search the indexes of other port cities.

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


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