Florida, Port Everglades Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Florida Broward County



What is in the Collection?
This collection consists of images of passenger lists arranged by date of arrival. It corresponds with NARA publication A3394: Passenger Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Arriving at Port Everglades, Florida, February 1932-May 1951 and is part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Sample Images
The records usually include the following information:


 * Name
 * Birth place
 * Age, gender, marital status and occupation
 * Height, hair color and eye color
 * Nationality or citizenship in what country
 * Last residence
 * Name and address of relative or friend at former address
 * Destination
 * Name and address of relative or friend in this country
 * Port and date of entry
 * Name of ship

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:


 * The full name of your ancestor
 * Identifying information such as approximate date of immigration

Search Collection by Name: Fill in the requested information in the boxes on the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Search Collection by Image: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒Select the appropriate "NARA Roll Number" which takes you to the images.

Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind:


 * There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.
 * Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s record, 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. For example, 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.

Did You Find the Person Your Were Looking For?

 * 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.

What if I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby localities.

Related Websites

 * National Archives Collection Description A3394
 * National Archives Ship Passenger Arrival Records
 * US Ports of Arrival and their Available Passenger Lists 1820-1957

Related Wiki Articles

 * Florida Emigration and Immigration
 * US Immigration Passenger Arrival Records
 * Florida Genealogy
 * Florida Archives and Libraries
 * Broward County, Florida

Citing This Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

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