Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Index to ships arrivals in Philadelphia. This collection corresponds with NARA publication M360: Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1800-1906 and is part of Record Group 36 Records of the U.S. Customs Service. The collection is arranged by ship name.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 3

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate year of arrival to Philadelphia

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.

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

 * Add any new information to your records
 * 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
 * Search for vital records, such as marriage and death
 * Search for naturalization records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist. 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, or even initials

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Pennsylvania.
 * Beginning Research in United States Immigration and Emigration Records
 * Pennsylvania Guided Research
 * Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Michael Tepper, American passenger arrival records: a guide to the records of immigrants arriving at American ports by sail and steam Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1993 FS Library 973 W27am 1993
 * John Philip Colletta, They came in ships: a guide to finding your immigrant ancestor's arrival record. 3rd ed. Orem, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, c2002 FS Library 973 W27c 2002
 * Michael J. Anuta,Ships of our ancestors Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993, 2006 FS Library 973 U3an 1993
 * Passenger lists of vessels arriving at Philadelphia, 1800-1882 with index 1800-1906 : U. S. National Archives Microfilm Publications M360, M425
 * Michael Tepper, ed.  Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819 : a consolidation of ship passenger lists from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978 FS Library 974.8 W3t

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * compiled by Harold Lancour ; with a list of passenger arrival records in the National Archives by Frank E. Bridgers. A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825 : being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. New York, New York : New York Public Library distributed by Readex Books, 1975

Citing This Collection
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