Georgia, Savannah Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains passenger lists of vessels arriving at Savannah, Georgia, June 1906-December 1945. These records correspond with NARA publication T943 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
Passenger Lists may contain the following information:
 * Full name
 * Age
 * Gender
 * Marital status
 * Occupation
 * Citizenship
 * Race
 * Last permanent residence
 * Birthplace
 * Final destination

How Do I Search the Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The location or date of immigration

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the :
 * 1) Select  the NARA Roll Number to view 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. research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the information to find other records such as emigrations, port records, ship’s manifests, birth, christening, census, and land records.
 * Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
 * Use the information to find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, 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 the Person 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 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 Georgia, United States Genealogy.

Citing this Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. "Georgia, Savannah Passenger Lists, 1906-1945." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing NARA T943, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
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