Famous & Historical Ships

• Amistad America, Inc. - Building the Freedom Schooner 
• Amistad Links 
• Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Antebellum Maritime America 
• Footnote.com - Free Trial 
  Search original historical documents free, digitized images available with fee-based membership. Records included are from The National Archives and Records Administration, the Pennsylvania Archives, FamilySearch, the Center for Research Libraries, and various local archives.
  • Amistad - Federal Court Records 
    Original source: NARA M1753. The district and circuit court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner Amistad, seized in 1839 by the US Navy.
  • Amistad - Supreme Court Records 
    Original source: NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the Amistad, a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839, and popularized in a 1997 movie.
• HMS Bounty Ancestors & Cousins 
• Home Page of Judith Tavares 
  Contains a list of passengers and crew on board the Lusitania, 7 May 1915, the day it was sunk by a German submarine. The data is compiled from The New York Times newspaper and other sources. Biographical data, birthdates, family member's names included where known. Readers are encouraged to send their own information to be added to the list.
• The Jeanie Johnston - Replica Irish Famine/Immigrant Ship 
• List of Officers and Sailors in the First Voyage of Columbus in 1492 
  Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria.
• Lost Liners 
  Companion web site to the PBS documentary series on famous sunken ocen liners.
  • Ocean Evolution 
    Discusses the historical development of ocean liners, particularly trans-Atlantic service.
  • Diagram of a Colossus 
    Using the Lusitania as an example, this virtual tour shows various accomodations for different classes of passengers.
• The Lusitania Resource 
  An international collaborative project providing the passenger and crew manifest and brief biographies from the Lusitania's last and fateful voyage.
• Magellan's Voyages from The Discovery of America by John Fiske published in 1892 
  The Victoria and the Trinidad.
• The Mayflower
  The links in this section have been moved to a category of their own:
  
  • Cyndi's List - The Mayflower, Pilgrims & The Plymouth Colony
• McCorkell Line 
  The McCorkell Line one of the most famous Irish passenger shipping lines fro 1778-1897 to the United States and Canada.
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: List of Survivors of the First Voyage Around the World - The Victoria  and The Trinidad
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: Santa Maria - List of Officers and Sailors in the First Voyage of Columbus in 1492 , The Nina , The Pinta 
• Royal Regals - A History of Ocean Liners 
  A history of some of the great ocean liners, including those in immigrant service. Queen Mary, Saturnia, Andrea Doria, are a few of the notables covered.
• Save the Clipper "City of Adelaide" 
  Ship "City of Adelaide" which made 23 voyages from the UK to South Australia. Includes an alphabetical list of passenger names.
• The S.S. England Page 
  In the spring of 1866, the S.S. England, a steamship from Liverpool, England, was bound for New York with over 1,300 passengers. Hundreds died from an outbreak of cholera.
• The Sultana: Death on the Dark River (1865) 
• The Titanic
  • Encyclopedia Titanica 
  • The Finns on the Titanic 
  • In Memoriam: RMS Titanic 
  • Titanic and Other White Star Line Ships 
  • Titanic.com Community Site 
  • Titanic Names: A Complete List of Passengers and Crew 
    A book by Lee W. Merideth.
  • Titanic Newpaper Articles Archive 
    Search newspaper articles about Titanic in more than 15,000 historical newspaper pages.
  • Titanic Passenger List 
  • Titanic ~ The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax 
    A site from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, including a list of those buried in cemeteries in Halifax.
  • Titanic-Titanic.com 
    Titanic-Titanic.com contains crew and passenger lists, lots of information about the ship itself, and a forum for learning more about the Titanic.
  • Yahoo!...Maritime History...Titanic 
• USS Southerland DD-743 
  A site for the crew of the USS Southerland DD-743.
• Yahoo!...Mutiny on the Bounty 

General Resource Sites

• Ångare, Steamship, Steamboat, Ångfartyg 
  MARIEHOLM: Built 1934 for Swedish America Line for traffic in the Baltic Sea. RAGNE and REGIN: Swedish twin ships, ordered by Sveabolaget. BØRØYSUND (ex Odin, Skjergar, Børøsund, Hyma): Built in 1908. Served as passenger, cargo and tug vessel in Norway. VIRGO: Expedition ship for the swede S A Andrèe`s attempt to reach the North Pole with a balloon. HANS EGEDE: Ordered in 1905 for the Danish Royal Greenland Trade Department. THOR: Typical for the steam vessels that in the end of the 19th century sailed on the swedish canals and lakes.
• The Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800 
  Online searchable database of over 20,000 transcribed pages from the newspaper including personal names, place names, and ship names.
• The Divers Index 
  An index of historical divers and their work.
• Downward Bound - Great Lakes Shipping Genealogy Index 
• ÐOVA 
  Photos and histories of passenger ships.
• Duivendijk Shipping Pages 
  Database of more than 300 immigrant ships including photos. More than 1,000 links.
• Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources 
  From Addie's Genealogy Home Page.
• Fredericksburg Port Records  ~ Virginia
• Genealogy.com - Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s 
  CD-ROM version of P. William Filby's Passenger and Immigration Lists Index - usually refered to simply as "Filby's". Updated for 2000, it includes approximately 3,280,000 individuals who arrived in United States and Canadian ports.
• German and American Sources for German Emigration to America 
• The Great Ocean Liners 
  Information on the the Ocean Liner era along with details and pictures of specific liners.
• Great Ships 
  The postcard and ephemera collection of Jeff Newman.
• Hunting Passenger Lists 
  Focus is on Norwegian immigration but includes useful information for all ethnic groups.
• Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide 
• Index to Ships in Books 
• KinShips: The Passenger Vessels of Your Immigrant Ancestors  
  Art prints, most in color, of passenger ships, primarily those sailing the North Atlantic routes between 1890 and 1940.
• Lighthouse Records 
  Selected scanned examples of Scottish lighthouse records from the Scottish Archives Network.
• Manifest Extract Forms 
  Blank forms for extracting information from a List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the US Immigration Office at Port of Arrival.
  • 1893-1906 
  • 1907-1918 
  • 1919-1925 
  • Post 1925 
• Maritim historia: Litteratur & Länkbibliotek 
  Links to maritime history and genealogy sites. The crash of the shipbuilding industry in Ostrobothnia, Finland in the late 19th century was one of the main causes of the subsequent mass emigration to North America.
• Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page 
• The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z  ~ United Kingdom
  • Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea 
  • The Coastguard - Military Records Information 
  • Emigrants - Domestic Records Information 107 
  • Emigrants to North America After 1776 
  • Immigrants - Domestic Records Information 50 
  • Merchant Seamen: Abbreviations Found in the RGSS Registers  
  • Merchant Seamen: How to Interpret Voyage Details in the Registers of Seamen's Tickets (BT113) 
  • Merchant Seamen: Interpreting Voyage Details in the Registers of Officer's Services 
  • Merchant Seamen: Interpreting Voyage Details in the Registers of Seamen, Series II 
  • Merchant Seamen: Medals and Honours 
  • Merchant Seamen: Officers' Service Records 1845-1921 
  • Merchant Seamen: Registers of Service, 1835-1857 
  • Merchant Seamen: Registers of Service 1913-1972 
  • Merchant Shipping: Crew Lists and Agreements, 1747-1860 
  • Merchant Shipping: Crew Lists and Agreements After 1861 
  • Merchant Shipping: Registration of Ships, 1786-1994 
  • Passenger Lists - Domestic Records Information 56 
  • Passport Records - Domestic Records Information 60 
  • Records Relating to RMS Titanic - Domestic Records Information 34 
  • Royal Navy: Pay and Pension Records: Commissioned Officers 
  • Royal Navy: Pension Records: Ratings 
  • Royal Navy: Pension Records: Warrant Officers 
  • Ships Wrecked or Sunk - Military Records Information 43 
• Ocean Liner Passenger Lists Catalog 
  From New Steamship Consultants.
• Passenger Lists General Info from the JewishGen FAQ 
• Passenger Lists and Immigration Records 
  A Guide from the Clayton Library in Houston, Texas.
• Passenger Lists On The Internet 
  Links to passenger lists.
• Rare White Star Line Steerage Advertising Card 
  Interesting views of steerage accomodations.
• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 – 1919 
  Finding aid from the Saint Louis County Public Library.
• Researching Passenger Arrival in the United States 
• Sailing Ships at Bill Quay 1812-1876  ~ Durham County, England
  List of builders and owners of vessels at Bill Quay, Tyneside, 1812-1871.
• Sea-web - The Register of Ships on the Internet 
  Backed by the Lloyd’s Register - Fairplay database containing over 140,000 ship and 154,000 ship owner and manager entries, it forms the world’s principal source of maritime information.
• Shipping Terminology 
  With a Prince Edward Island Slant.
• Ships 
  From the Maritime History Virtual Archives.
• TheShipsList Home Page 
  TheShipsList mailing list was established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest.
  • Pictures of Vessels 
  • TheShipsList Mailing List 
    For anyone interested in the ships our ancestors migrated on. Subjects include emigration/immigration, ports of entry, ports of departure, ship descriptions and history, passenger lists and other related information. Archives: browse or search.
• Ships History Service Index 
  List of ships for which photos and the ships' details are available.
• Ships of the Orient on Postcards 
  Contains extensive exterior and interior images of past ships of the Orient and P&O Lines.
• Steamboats.com 
  Photos, links and other resources for paddlewheel riverboats.
• Through Mighty Seas - Maritime History and British Sailing Ships 
  The history of merchant sailing ships from the NW of England, with individual histories of 600 sailing ships, indexed by region.
• The Transatlantic Crossing, Norwegian emigrants on the Atlantic 
  Story of how the Norwegians going to America in the time between 1825 and 1925 would travel. Also gives some insight into the amazing development in how ships were constructed and the transportation arranged to meet the demands of the increasing number of people on the move. Even though this is about the experience of Norwegian emigrants, the experiences and conditions of travel will be much the same regardless of nationality.
• U.S. Merchant Marine, U.S. Maritime Service, Army Transport Service, Military Sea Transportation Service, and Military Sealift Command 
• What Passenger Lists Are Online? 
  Internet Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records & Indexes.
• Yahoo!...Maritime History...Ships 

How To

• Ancestry.com - Immigration Records Center 
• Ancestry.com - Rediscovering Passenger Lists 
  Article by Kory L. Meyerink.
• Ancestry.com - Taking the Plunge on Ships' Passenger Lists 
  From "Along Those Lines" by George G. Morgan.
• Beyond the Index--Michael John Neill's Articles in the Ancestry Daily News 
  • Finding Peter, Paul, and Margarete: Using Online Passenger Lists 
    This article discusses searching passenger lists for several mid-19th century German immigrants. Discussed are what to do before you search--regardless of how you access the information. Then a specific discussion is on the online passenger lists.
• Finding Passenger Lists 1820-c.1940 
  A basic tutorial for German Americans by Joe Beine, German Roots Webmaster.
• Finding Passenger Records in the Family History Library Catalog 
  Article by Joe Beine.
• Genealogy.com - Immigrant Ancestors in Published Passenger Lists 
  By Raymond S. Wright III, Ph.D., AG.
• Genealogy.com - Locating Ship Passenger Lists 
  by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
• Genealogy.com - More Immigrant Ancestors in Published Passenger Lists 
  By Raymond S. Wright III, Ph.D., AG.
• Genealogy.com - Searching for Ancestors in Original U.S. Passenger Lists 
  By Raymond S. Wright III, Ph.D., AG.
• He is on the 1914 Manifest! 
  Article by Michael John Neill on using the Ellis Island Web site to find an entry on a 1914 manifest.
• How to Find Your Immigrant Ancestor - Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 
  Tips on using these volumes by Filby.
• Norway-Heritage - Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships from Norway Heritage 
  Includes and index of ships, over 100 passenger lists, voyage account descriptions, pictures & articles. Information about what transatlantic company the emigration agents operating in Norway represented. Useful if you only know the name of the agent, as finding the company he represented will help you to narrow the search for the transatlantic ship. You will also find information about the way the agent was authorized to convey the emigrants. You might also search for the shipping companies, to find information about routes and fleets. Whether your search for agents or shipping lines, you will find the information linked to eachother in the search results.
  • Hunting Passenger Lists & Genealogy related articles 
    • Cost of Passage, Norway - America 
      By Trond Austheim and Børge Solem.
    • Disaster on Lake Erie in 1852 - The Collision Between the Steamer Atlantic and Ogdensburg 
      By Nanna Egidius, Trond Austheim & Børge Solem.
    • The Gathering to Zion - Mormon Emigration From Norway 
      By Nicholas J. Evans.
    • Hunting Passenger Lists - A Guide on How to Trace Norwegian Emigrants From Various Records 
      Focus is on Norwegian immigration but includes useful information for all ethnic groups. By Børge Solem, Trond Austheim, Sue Swiggum & Debbie Beavis.
    • Maritime Inscription - Registers of Seamen 
      By Børge Solem.
    • Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848-1914 
      By Nicholas J. Evans.
    • Nice to Know About Ships, Rigging - Construction and Fitting Nautical Terms and Explanations 
      By Børge Solem.
    • Searching the Canadian Immigration Records (1925-1935) Database 
      By Annette Fulford.
    • The S/S Atlantic of the White Star Line, Disaster in 1873 
    • Statistics and Facts About the Transatlantic Crossing from Norway to America (1840 - 1874) 
      By Trond Austheim & Børge Solem.
    • The 31 Norwegians on the "Titanic" 
      By Per Kristian Sebak.
    • The Transatlantic Crossing, Norwegian Emigrants on the Atlantic 
      By Børge Solem.

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Bermuda Maritime Museum  ~ Mangrove Bay, Bermuda
• Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - Utvandring - Emigration  ~ Norway
• Geelong Maritime Museum  ~ Australia
• Guildhall Library Manuscripts Collection  ~ London, England
  • Leaflet Guides to Records 
    • Corporation of Trinity House - Family History Sources 
    • Lloyd's Captains Registers 
    • Records of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen 
    • Records of the Corporation Of Trinity House 
  • search@guildhall 
    Experienced researchers will undertake fee-for-service research in Guildhall Library's collections.
• Hampton Roads Naval Museum  ~ Norfolk, Virginia
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.
• Ireland-Australia transportation database (1791–1853) 
  Convicts from Ireland to Australia, 1788 to 1868.
• J. Porter Shaw Library  ~ San Francisco, California
  Holdings of Pacific coast commercial maritime history.
• Lake Champlain Maritime Museum  ~ Vergennes, Vermont
  The museum has documentation on boatmen, sailors, and boat builders and their families that they are willing to share.
• Maine Maritime Museum 
• The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia 
  Archives, manuscripts, manifests & research services available.
• Maritime History Archive at Memorial University of Newfoundland 
  • About the Archive 
  • Holdings & Collections 
  • Research Services 
    • Researching ships and seafarers 
      • Shipping Records 
        • Crew lists and logbooks 
        • Vessel registers 
        • Ship captains 
        • Voyages 
        • Shipwrecks 
        • Atlantic Canada Shipping Project  
    • Passenger Lists, Hamburg 1850-1934 
    • Researching genealogy and family history 
      Of particular interest, the Archive is the depository of the the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, Agreements and Account of Crew, 1863-1938, 1951-1976. Agreements and account of crew of British Empire vessels, containing the names of officers and seamen; their date and place of birth; the date and place of joining and leaving the vessel; the previous vessel; wages, rank and reason for leaving the vessel; ports of call and a description of the vessel.
    • List of the principal records of British shipping and seamen, showing their present locations 
  • Publications 
  • Online Catalog 
• The Maritime History Virtual Archives 
• Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston   ~ Ontario, Canada
• Maritime Museums - Smith's Master Index to World Wide Maritime Museum Internet Resources 
  Links with descriptions to an alphabetically arranged listing of maritime museums.
• Murphy Library University of Wisconsin La Crosse 
  Large collection of photographs of inland steamboats, particularly on the Mississippi and Ohio.
• Mystic Seaport Museum  ~ Mystic, Connecticut
  • Conducting Vessel Research 
    Online brochure explaining general vessel research procedures.
  • Immigration & Steamships: Photos from the Collection of Mystic Seaport 
    Images of steamships available for ordering via the Internet.
    • Steamship Line List 
    • Vessel List 
  • The Rosenfeld Collection 
    The largest single collection of commercial and recreational maritime photographs in the United States.
• NARA - AAD 
  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Access to Archival Databases (AAD), United States.
  • NARA - AAD - Browse by Subjects 
    • Genealogy/ Personal History 
      • Genealogy/ Personal History: Passenger Lists 
  • NARA - AAD - List of Series 
• National Archives and Records Administration  ~ United States
  • Genealogical Resources at the National Archives 
  • Research Topics of Genealogical Interest 
    • Immigration Records 
      • Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine 
        These materials identify 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York, 1846-1851, and the ships on which they arrived. Approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list Ireland as the native country.
        • Search the Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File 
        • Search the List of Ships that Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine 
• National Archives of New Zealand: Holdings: Migrations Reference Guide 
  Shipping records, immigration 1840-1880s, immigration 1880s-1970, special group/nationality migrations, other sources of immigration information, emigration.
• National Maritime Museum  ~ United Kingdom
  • Collections & Research 
    • The Caird Library 
      The Caird Library is the largest and most significant reference Library of its kind in the world. The collections cover every aspect of maritime affairs, containing important and unique materials which are freely available for consultation.
    • Library and Manuscripts Catalogue 
      Online searchable database of manuscripts.
    • National Maritime Museum - Research Guides 
      • The Merchant Navy 
      • Shipping Companies 
      • Passengers 
      • Lloyd's 
      • Women and the Sea 
• Naval Historical Center 
  U.S. Navy History, Department of the Navy.
• New Jersey Naval Museum 
  Operated by the Submarine Memorial Association, The New Jersey Naval Museum (NJNM) introduces state residents and visitors to New Jersey's Navy heritage and naval history in general.
• Peabody Essex Museum  ~ Salem, Massachusetts
  • The Phillips Library 
    Formerly known as the Essex Institute. A large maritime history collection including 19th- and 20th-century images of ships.
• Scottish Maritime Museum 
• Ship Passenger Lists, 1842-1854 
  Holdings of the University of Texas at Austin.
• South Street Seaport Museum  ~ New York City
• Wisconsin Maritime Museum 

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Emigration/Migration Ships and Trails Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the ships used to bring immigrants to Australia. Subjects include ports of entry and departure, ship descriptions and history, passenger lists, and other related information. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-PASSENGERLISTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding passenger lists for those ships that carried our ancestors to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ex-army personnel and their families who went as Pensioner Guards on the Convict Transport ships carrying prisoners from the British Empire to Western Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• AUS-WA-SHIPS-TIMELINES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ships used to transport convicts and settlers to Australia. Archives: browse or search.
• BoatFolks Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the ancestors and descendents of immigrants arriving in the United States prior to 1700. While the list will initially focus on the Mayflower families, all researchers whose ancestors arrived prior to 1700 are welcome. In addition, those who trace their Native American roots back to that time period are welcome ... the Native nations met our boats so it is appropriate that their lines be discussed in connection with the immigrants.
• BRITISH-MARINERS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in British mariners. Archives: browse or search.
• CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865 Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ship passenger lists, immigration records, naturalization records and ships' lists substitutes for immigration to Canada before 1865. Archives: browse or search.
• FirstShips Mailing List 
  For anyone who has an interest in genealogy or history regarding ancestors who came to New England on the first ships, their descendants and those who married into those lines. The first ships include the Mayflower, the Fortune, the Anne, the Little James and certain other early ships that brought passengers associated with those now known as pilgrims.
• Genealogy_Aus_Convicts_Mary_Ann Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the convicts that were transported to Australia on the Mary Ann in 1822.
• GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in passenger lists for ships from Germany. Archives: browse or search.
• GL-PASSENGERS Mailing List 
  For the posting of passenger lists of ships sailing from ports along the St. Lawrence River and throughout the five Great Lakes in the middle of North America. Many of our ancestors arrived in Canada and then entered the United States down the St. Lawrence Seaway through the Great Lakes. Archives: browse or search.
• GLSHIPS Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching ancestors who participated in the shipping industry on the Great Lakes of the northeastern United States. Archives: browse or search.
• IMMI-GRAND Mailing List 
  For those attempting to do genealogical research whose grandparents (or parents) arrived in the USA after 1875. Archives: browse or search.
• Irish-Canadian Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the genealogy, culture, and historical contribution of people who immigrated from Ireland to Canada. Archives: browse or search.
• Mariners Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching their seafaring ancestors. Archives: browse or search.
• NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the New England area of the United States as it pertains to the seafaring community and their ships. Archives: browse or search.
• NOVA-SCOTIA-SEAFARERS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Province of Nova Scotia in Canada as it pertains to the seafaring community and their ships. Archives: browse or search.
• ShipSamuel Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of genealogical information regarding the 1700s immigration from Germany and Switzerland to America.
• SHIPS_FROM_ENGLAND Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the immigration and emigration by ships from England. Archives: browse or search.
• TheShipsList Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the ships our ancestors migrated on. Subjects include emigration/immigration, ports of entry, ports of departure, ship descriptions and history, passenger lists and other related information. Archives: browse or search.
  • TheShipsList Home Page 
    TheShipsList mailing list was established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest.
• ShipSamuel Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of genealogical information regarding the 1700s immigration from Germany and Switzerland to America.
• SHIPWRECK Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in shipwrecks and persons lost at sea, on inland waterways, on lakes, etc. Archives: browse or search.
• SULTANA Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching the 2,000+ soldiers aboard the ill-fated steamship Sultana which exploded in 1865. Archives: browse or search.
• US-SHIPSLISTS-POST1820 Mailing List 
  For the posting of information and queries regarding all aspects of the ships that carried our ancestors from place to place after 1820 including ship descriptions, ports of arrival and departure, passenger lists, fleet lists, shipping schedules, and wreck data. Archives: browse or search.
• US-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1820 Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ship passenger lists, immigration records, naturalization records and ships' lists substitutes for immigration to the United States before 1820. Archives: browse or search.

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Australian & New Zealand Emigrant Ship Photograph Service 
  Offering just photographs of emigrant ships to Australasia - 1860-1950.
• Beavis On Line 
  Datamarine professional maritime research.
• British Passenger Lists 1878 - 1960 
• inGeneas Canadian Genealogy 
  Searchable databases containing 750,000+ Canadian passenger, immigration, census, vital, land, and military records (c1750 to 1900) including the only electronic version of the free National Archives of Canada Miscellaneous Immigration Index.
• Ocean Liner History Service 
  Offering photos and the histories of passenger ships 1860-2001.
• Passenger Ships History Service 
  A site offering the history, photograph, technical details, routes and dates of a specific passenger ship from 1860 onwards.
• Rhonda R. McClure Genealogical Services 
  Solid experience in most of the United States as well as Canada, France and Italy, with regional specialties in New England, New York, Midwest and Southern states. In addition to these regions, there are certain research specialties including immigrant research (going beyond the basic passenger lists), Native American research, compiling of family histories, and editing.
• Ships Picture Research Service 
  Australian-based research service for helping genealogists and historians worldwide locate pictures of ships of many rigs, periods and nationalities.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Ships 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America 
    A book by Edward Laxton.
  • Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports 
    A series of books by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby.
    • Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports : July 1887-April 1888 
    • Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports : May 1888-November 1888 
    • Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports : December 1, 1888-June 30, 1889 
    • Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports : July 1889-April 1890 
    • Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports May 1890-November 1890 
    • Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports December 1890-May 1891 
  • How They Came: German Immigration from Prussia to Missouri 
    A book by Anita M. Mallinckrodt.
  • Italians to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1880-1899 
    A series of books by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby.
    • Volume 1: Passengers Arriving at New York January 1880 - December 1884 
    • Volume 2: Passengers Arriving at New York, January 1885-June 1887 
    • Volume 3: Passengers Arriving at New York July 1887-June 1889 
    • Volume 4: Passengers Arriving at New York July 1889-October 1890 
    • Volume 5: Passengers Arriving at New York November 1890-December 1891 
    • Volume 6: Passengers Arriving at New York, January 1892-December 1892 
    • Volume 7: Passengers Arriving at New York, January 1893-September 1893 
    • Volume 8: Passengers Arriving at New York October 1893-May 1895 
    • Volume 9: Passengers Arriving at New York June 1895-June 1896 
  • Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers 
    A book by George Woodman Hilton.
  • My Ancestor Was a Merchant Seaman: How Can I Find Out More About Him? 
    A book by Christopher T. Watts.
  • Passenger Liners from Germany, 1816-1990 
    A book by Clas Broder Hansen.
  • Passenger Ships of the World Past and Present 
    A book by Eugene W. Smith.
  • Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners 1860-1994: 417 Photographs 
    A book by William H. Miller.
  • Picture History of the Cunard Line, 1840-1990 
    A book by Frank Osborn Braynard.
  • Rhode Island Passenger Lists: Port of Providence, 1798-1808; 1820-1872, Port of Bristol & Warren, 1820-1871 
    A book by Maureen A. Taylor.
  • Scottish Maritime Records, 1600-1850: A Guide for Family Historians 
    A book by David Dobson.
  • Ships: From the Archives of Harland & Wolff the Builders of the Titanic 
    A book by Tom MacCluskie.
  • Ships Passenger Lists Port of Galveston, Texas, 1846-1871 
    A book by the Galveston County Genealogical Society.
  • Steam and the Sea: A Guide to the Steamship Collections of the Peabody Museum of Salem 
    A book by Paul F. Johnston.
  • Swedish Passenger Arrivals in New York 1820-1850 
    A book by Nils William Olsson.
  • Swedish Passenger Arrivals in the United States, 1820-1850 
    A book by Nils William Olsson.
  • They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Ship 
    A book by John Philip Colletta.
• Angel Gabriel 
  Angel Gabriel, The Elusive English Galleon, a book about the ship and passengers to the new world in 1635.
• The Best Books on German Passenger Liners 
• Books by Chris and Michael Watts 
  Books for sale on the British Army and Merchant Navy.
• The Compendium of the World's Passenger Ships 
  Offers a CD that contains details of more than 1530 passenger and cruise ships over 10000 tons (1854-2000), including color photographs.
• Czech Passenger Lists 
  Transcribed passenger lists for sale in book form covering Czech immigration to various US ports.
• Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists, 1898-1928 
  A book by Steve Lapshinoff and Jonathan Kalmakoff.
• eBay Listings: Immigration, Passenger Lists 
  Online auction service for buying & selling.
• eBay Listings: Passenger Ship Photos 
  Online auction service for buying & selling.
• eBay Listings: Steam Ship Photos 
  Online auction service for buying & selling.
• Genealogical.com - Immigration/Passenger Lists/Naturalizations 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • American Passenger Arrival Records 
    A book by Michael Tepper.
  • The Famine Immigrants 
    A book by Ira A. Glazier.
  • German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1855-1862, With Places of Origin 
    A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
  • German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867, With Places of Origin 
    A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
  • Germans to America 
    A book by Ira A. Glazier.
  • Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850 
    A book by David Dobson.
  • Ships of Our Ancestors 
    A book by Michael J. Anuta.
  • Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806 
    A book by Brian Mitchell.
  • Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871 
    A book by Brian Mitchell.
  • Italians to America 
    A book by Ira A. Glazier.
  • Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1820-1829 
    A book by Elizabeth P. Bentley.
  • Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1830-1832 
    A book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.
  • Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819 
    A book by Michael H. Tepper.
  • Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1834 
    A book by Michael H. Tepper.
  • Rhode Island Passenger Lists 
    A book by Maureen A. Taylor.
  • San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Volume I [1850-1864] 
    A book by Louis J. Rasmussen.
• Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 
  List of microfilm numbers for the LDS Family History Library.
• History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine 
  Biographies of ship captains who sailed the Great Lakes.
• Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals 
  A select catalog of National Archives microfilm.
• KinShips: The Passenger Vessels of Your Immigrant Ancestors 
  Art prints, most in color, of passenger ships, primarily those sailing the North Atlantic routes between 1890 and 1940.
• Microfilms of Rosters for LDS voyages 1840-1868 Sorted by Ship, Year 
• Microfilms of Ship Rosters for LDS voyages 1840-1868 Sorted by Year, Ship 
• New Steamship Consultants 
  Ocean liner memorabilia.
• POSTAPRINT Antique Prints 
  Antique prints of ships and naval vessels for sale.
• Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp. 
  Supplier of historical databases on CD-ROM including "Mayflower Descendant Legacy".
• A Step by Step Guide to Passenger Lists 
  A book for sale, by Wini M. Schiess.
• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - A Database on CD-ROM 
  Contains the records of 27,233 transatlantic slave ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866 from all over Europe.

Ship, Passenger & Crew Lists

General Lists of Links

• Ancestor Search - Passenger List Genealogy Surname Search Engines 
• Ancestry.com - Search Immigration Records 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  
  • 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Merchant Seamen 
    Census images and every name-searchable index available by subscription. For the first time in 1930, the U.S. Census Bureau enumerated merchant seamen serving on US-flaged merchant vessels on a special Merchant Seamen schedule. Seamen who were to be enumerated on this special schedule were all persons aboard ship, except officers who had regular or fixed places of abode ashore. Returns includes name, age at last birthday, marital status, birth place, citizenship, literacy, occupation & more.
  • Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872 
    Original data: Baltimore, Maryland. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1891. Micropublication M255, rolls # 1-19. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1892-1948 
    Original data: Baltimore, Maryland. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, Maryland, 1891-1909. Micropublication T844. RG085. Rolls # 1-150. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943 
    This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Boston, Massachusetts from 1820-1943. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm series, T843 (rolls 1-454) and M277 (rolls 1-115).
  • Ancestry.com - Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 / Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 
    Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Database includes images of all the passenger lists digitized from microfilm in partnership with the Hamburg State Archive. Also includes a partial index, covering the years 1890-1913, created by the archive. Original data: Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Bestand: 373-7 I, VIII (Auswanderungsamt I). Mikrofilmrollen K 1701 - K 2008, S 17363 - S 17383, 13116 - 13183.
  • New Orleans, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists 
    Original data: New Orleans, Louisiana. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1820-1902. Micropublication M259, rolls # 1-33. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists 
    The information collected in this data set was taken from the National Archives Microfilm Series M237, rolls 1 through 95 ("Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919"). It includes individuals who arrived in New York between January 7, 1820 and December 31, 1850.
  • New York Passenger Lists 
    This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M237, rolls 95-580 and T715, rolls 5592-6267.
  • Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s 
  • Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1883-1945 
    This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1883-1945. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, T840, rolls 1-181.
• Awesome Genealogy Directory: Genealogy: Immigration 
  A directory of immigration links, including naturalizations, oaths of allegiance, passenger lists, ports, ships and ethnic immigration.
• Awesome Genealogy: Ships Lists 
  Free Databases as well as links to mailing lists and message boards for researching ships lists.
• Baltimore Passenger Lists - Filling in the Gaps 1820-1840s 
  Resources for filling in the gaps of the early Baltimore Customs & City passenger lists. Includes a searchable database for 1839.
• CIMO - Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online 
  An online collection of databases comprised of the Morton Allan Directory, M1066 Microfilm series from NARA, various newspaper articles, Internet sources, and personal contribution.
• Discovering Family Histories Records - Ships 
• Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources 
  From Addie's Genealogy Home Page.
• Genealogy Quest - Immigration Collection 
  Ships' passenger lists, immigration research and searchable databases.
• Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives - Passenger Lists, Immigrants from Europe and Scandinavia 
  Steamship Passenger Lists: Allan Royal Mail Line, American Line, Anchor-Donaldson, Anchor Line, Atlantic Transport Line, Canadian Pacific (CPOS), Cunard Line, Cunard White Star, Dominion Line, Fabre Line, CGT - French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG), Holland America Line, Italia - Sabaudo, Leyland Line, Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI), Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), Norwegian America Line (NAL), Red Star Line, The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (R.M.S.P.), Skandinavien Amerika Linien, Svenska Amerika Linien (Swedish American Line) United American Lines, United States Lines, White Star Dominion Line, White Star Line and other transatlantic steamship lines.
• Great Lakes Passenger Lists 
  Online transcriptions of ship manifests primarily from the St. Albans Border Crossing series of records for those entering the United States through Canada. Discussion list and information on using these records in your research.
• Highland and Island Emigration Society 
  A brief history and links to passenger lists.
• History of Lascars 
  History about Asain seamen working on British ships.
• Immigrant Ship Information 
  An alphabetical list of ships, with details on each ship as submitted to various Internet mailing lists.
• Irish Famine Migration To New Brunswick 1845–1852 
• Irish Ships Passenger Lists 
  Links to passenger list sites.
• ISTG - Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 
  We are a group of volunteers dedicated to making the search for our ancestors easier. We grew out of a need to find ships' passenger lists right here, on-line. New entries added on a daily basis and now over 3,000 ships transcribed and growing daily.
• Looking 4 Kin - Ship Lists To Canada Genealogy Links 
• Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters 
  Indexes transcribed from the Australian Archive Office Reels of the Shipping Master's Office, Inwards Passengers Lists concentrating on 1870s. The lists include crew, passengers, deserters, births/deaths, stowaways, etc.
• Maritime History, Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists 
  List of links to other sites.
• Newbies Helping Newbies - Our Shipping Page 
• New Orleans, Louisiana Passenger Lists | Tips on How to Locate Them 
  Comprehensive listing of microfilm, CD-Roms, books and online indexes.
• New Zealand Bound 
  Genealogical resources to assist in locating which New Zealand bound ship an immigrant ancestor was aboard.
• Norway-Heritage - Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships from Norway Heritage 
  Includes and index of ships, over 100 passenger lists, voyage account descriptions, pictures & articles. Information about what transatlantic company the emigration agents operating in Norway represented. Useful if you only know the name of the agent, as finding the company he represented will help you to narrow the search for the transatlantic ship. You will also find information about the way the agent was authorized to convey the emigrants. You might also search for the shipping companies, to find information about routes and fleets. Whether your search for agents or shipping lines, you will find the information linked to eachother in the search results.
  • Passenger Lists 
  • Ship Index 1825-1925 
• OliveTreeGenealogy.com: Index to Ships' Passenger Lists 
  • Huguenot Ships' Passenger Lists 
  • Index of Ships from Ireland 
  • Index of Ships to USA 
  • Palatine Ships' Passenger Lists 
  • Ships from Amsterdam Holland to New Netherland New York 
    Almost 250 voyages from the Netherlands to New York are listed here for the time period 1609-1674. Over 100 passenger lists are included.
  • Ships Passenger Lists, Dutch to America 
  • Ships Passenger Lists, Germans & Swiss to America 
  • Ships Passenger Lists, Irish to America 
  • Ships Passenger Lists, Italians to America 
  • Ships Passenger Lists, Mennonites to North America 
  • Ships Passenger Lists, New York Times Ships Passenger Lists Arrivals and Departures 1851 
    These are lists of passenger names extracted from New York Times Ship Arrivals for September 1851. The ships arrived from a variety of ports both USA and foreign. These are partial passenger lists only, as published in accounts in the newspaper.
  • Ships Passenger Lists, Russians to America 
  • Ships Passenger Lists, Scottish Immigrants to America 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to Galveston Texas 1846 - 1871 
  • Ships to Australia & New Zealand 1700-1800 
  • Ships to Canada 1400-Present 
  • Ships to New Netherland 
  • Ships to Pennsylvania After 1800-Present 
  • Ships to Pennsylvania Before 1600-1699 
  • Ships to South Africa 1680-1690 
  • Ships to South America 
  • Ships to United Kingdom 
• OliveTreeGenealogy.com - Search Ships Passenger Lists 
  Custom search engine allows you to search multiple Internet sites for passenger lists. These search engines will search most free Internet pages (including Olive Tree Genealogy) for ships passenger lists to U.S.A. and CANADA.
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists from England 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists from Germany 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists from Ireland 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Delaware 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Louisiana 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Maryland 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to New England 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to New York 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to North & South Carolina 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Pennsylvania 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Texas 
  • Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to Virginia 
• On the Trail of Our Ancestors - Index to Ships' Passenger Lists 
  by Donna Speer Ristenbatt.
• Palatine Ships Passenger Lists from Germany to Pennsylvania 1727 to 1808 
  Search ships passenger lists carrying Palatines from Germany to Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Read an explanation of Palatines and their ordeal.
• Passenger List Home Page 
  Passenger lists published in the New York Daily Times between in 1850s. Steamers bound for California via Isthmus for overland journey to connect with California bound steamers. Connecting steamer to California identified, if possible. (1851 - 1856).
• Passenger Lists 
  Passenger list for the ship Athenian which arrived in New South Wales, Australia on the 15th December 1853.
• Passenger Lists on the Internet 
• Passenger Ships History Service Index 
  This is a list of passenger steamships from about 1860 to the present day. It is useful for genealogists who are uncertain about the spelling of ships' names when reading Naturalisation Papers.
• Pennsylvania German Pioneers Online Passenger Lists | Palatine Ships 
  Passenger lists of the ships carrying German immigrants to Philadelphia 1727-1808.
• ProGenealogists, Inc.: Hamburg Passenger List 1872  ~ Germany
  Index to the 1872 passenger lists from Hamburg, extracted by volunteers at the Family History Library.
• Ship Arrivals at the Port of Quebec, 1842 
• The Ship Information Database / La Base de données d'information sur les navires 
  From the Canadian Heritage Information Network.
• Ship Passenger Lists of the Palatine Germans to Pennsylvania 
  Search passenger lists for German-speaking German, Swiss, Dutch and French (Palatine) immigrants (1727-1808) both on-site and across the internet. Includes a history of Palatines to America.
• Ships List Indexing Project 
  From the Nanaimo Family History Society. This project's aim is to index arrivals at Halifax and Quebec (Montreal is included in the Port of Quebec) from 1900 to about 1921 when the passenger lists were discontinued. Currently the project is indexing Quebec arrivals from 1908 onwards.
• Ships Logs, Journals, Pictures and Passenger List Links - Australia and New Zealand 
  How to look for ships' logs, journals and pictures, for Australia & New Zealand.
• TheShipsList Home Page 
  TheShipsList mailing list was established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest.
• Ship's Passenger Lists 
• Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Ships' Musters 1816-1825  ~ Australia
  Searchable online index of passengers and crew departing NSW, 1816-1825, from the Society of Australian Genealogists.
• Start Here! Directory of Passenger Ship Arrivals 
  More than 1,200 ship passenger Lists.
• St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. Passenger Records 
• The Unofficial Holland America Line Home Page 
  • Passenger Lists 
  • Ship Index 
  • Yahoo!...Ships 
• US Ports of Arrival & Their Available Immigration Records 
  A list of nearly every US port with links to their passenger lists, indexes and other finding aids. Includes Canadian and Mexican border crossing records.

Specific Ships, Localities or Topics

• 1768 Ship Arrivals, Charleston, SC  ~ South Carolina
• 1862 diary excerpt of Andrew Somerville, second registrar of Huntingdon County, Quebec 
• 1901 Census - Royal Navy Ships 
  Index to Royal Navy ships that were at sea or in ports abroad on 31st March 1901.
• 19th Century SA Shipping 
• AHSGR Ship List Index 
  American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.
• All Vessels into South Australian Ports 1836–1843 
• American Family Immigration History Center 
  Online searchable database of over 22 million passenger names covering roughly 70% of the immigrants processed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.
• The American Slave Brig Creole - The Creole Research Center 
  Details about the slave revolt on board the American brig Creole.
• AUSNZ Passenger Lists 
• Australian Shipping, 1788-1899 
  Shipping arrivals in Australia, listing passenger ships mainly for NSW, Queensland and some entries for Victoria and Tasmania.
• Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788 to 1967 - Convictions 
• Australia's First Fleet 
  Convicts transported from England in 1788.
• Australia's Second Fleet 
  Convicts transported from England in 1790.
• Australia's Third Fleet 
  Convicts transported from England in 1791.
• Bark "Charlotte Harrison" - July 1850 Passenger List 
• The Bark Maria Magdalen 
  Rotterdam to New York arrived 8 May 1848.
• Barque Britannia, 556 tons, from Westport, Ireland May 21st 1842 to Quebec 
• Bremen Passenger Lists 1920 - 1939 
  Online searchable database of passenger lists.
• Brig Jabez, Bermuda to Baltimore, Maryland 
  Browse actual images of the ships passenger list for the Brig Jabez from Bermuda to Baltimore Maryland 13 May 1851. Transcription (list of names) also given.
• British Barque "Tay" - August 1840 Passenger List 
• Canterbury Association Passenger Manifests  ~ Arrivals in Canterbury, New Zealand
• Channel Islands Maritime Miscellany 
  Guernsey Crew Lists, ship index, letters of marque, etc. Some lists for 1845 through 1891.
• Clarence, Port of Galway, 19 May 1846 
• Connecticut Customs Database 
  Database of vessel, master and owner names of vessels registered in Connecticut between 1789-1939.
• Conqueror, Liverpool, 11 June 1850 
• Convict Gangs in 1821 
  Alphabetical list of names for 3,217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821.
• Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors 
  In depth information and lists of convicts, ships, a timeline and convict's stories.
• Cushla Machree - Galway - New York - 1 March 1849 
• Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists 
  With few exceptions, the Doukhobors arrived in Canada in four distinct waves in: (i) 1898 - 1899; (ii) 1904 - 1905; (iii)1910 - 1912; and (iv) 1926 - 1928. This web site contains an index of known ship passenger lists for each of these periods.
• Dove Passenger List - 1801 
  Arriving in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Elizabeth Lists 
  Passenger list of Palatine immigrants to Pennsylvania from Strassberger & Hinke in 1738.
• Emigrants from Ireland (mostly Ship's Lists) 
  Over 9,000 names. To access the records you must be a member (free) and logged-on.
• Norway-Heritage - Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships from Norway Heritage 
  Includes and index of ships, over 100 passenger lists, voyage account descriptions, pictures & articles. Information about what transatlantic company the emigration agents operating in Norway represented. Useful if you only know the name of the agent, as finding the company he represented will help you to narrow the search for the transatlantic ship. You will also find information about the way the agent was authorized to convey the emigrants. You might also search for the shipping companies, to find information about routes and fleets. Whether your search for agents or shipping lines, you will find the information linked to eachother in the search results.
• Emigration - Immigration: Emigrant Ships & Passenger Lists from Finland and Scandinavia 
  Links to passenger list and passport search. Photographs from late 1800s and early 1900s.
• Empress of Australia 
  Passenger list for the first voyage of the Empress of Australia, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Yokohama to Victoria and Vancouver Sailing From Yokohama Saturday, September 2, 1922.
• Encrease, Youghal, Cork, 1679 
• Fifty Years in Queensland: - Living Pioneer Colonists 
  A supplement article to "The Queenslander" Jubilee Issue:- 7 August 1909, which lists names, ages and year of arrival and the ship's name.
• Fishing? - It was "A WAY OF LIFE" and Lost At Sea 
  Dedicated to Atlantic Canada fishermen and mariners lost at sea, their families and survivors. And to all those from other countries who were lost at sea.
• "Franklin" - From Liverpool to New York, June 22, 1827 
• The Galveston-Bremen Project 
  Details for immigrant ship arrivals at the Port of Galveston, Texas between the years 1865 and 1896. It contains the following: a list of immigrant vessels that arrived between the years of 1865 and 1896 arrival and departure data passenger list availability (citations included) transcribed passenger lists taken from newspaper accounts and souvenir passenger lists (alternative sources) an index of surnames listed on the passenger lists available from alternative sources.
• Galveston, Texas Passenger Lists | Tips on How to Locate Them 
  Compiled by Joe Beine, German Roots Webmaster.
• Genealogy Quest - Ship Defence, 1776 
  A list of the officers and men on board the ship Defence the 19th of September 1776. This list includes the names and ratings of sailors and marines on the ship, which was commissioned for the defense of Baltimore, Maryland during the American Revolution.
• Genealogy Quest - Surinam to Jamaica, 1675 
  In July 1667, Surinam was ceded to the Dutch. In 1675 commissioners were sent from England to bring away "his Majesty's subjects, their slaves, goods, and estates." Here are three ships carrying English passengers to Jamaica.
• The Germanic - Partial List of Passengers from Ireland to NY in June, 1903 
• "Gildart" Passenger List 
  Scottish rebels from Liverpool 5 May 1747 to Port North, Potomack, Maryland: 5 August 1747.
• Grand River West and the Queen of Greenock 
• Guernsey Crew Lists Index  ~ Channel Islands
  Some lists for 1845 through 1891.
• Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 
  An index of the microfilm numbers for the 486 reels at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The original lists are held at Hamburg State Archive/Staatsarchiv, Bestand Auswandereramt.
• Hector Passenger List 
  Voyage to Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1773.
• Huguenot Ships 
  Names and dates of vessels bearing Huguenots to the Cape Settlements in South Africa.
• Humphreys Passenger List --- 1806 
• Immigrant Ships 
  Immigrant ships of the Dutch Colonists of the 19th century to West Michigan and Iowa. Over 50 Lists!
• Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 
  The ships in this index were mostly used to transport immigrants to New Zealand during the period 1835 to 1910.
• Immigrant_Voyage - The Barque 'Indus' 
  Provides details of the voyage from England to Australia in 1873.
• Immigration to Canada in the Nineteenth Century - Ships - Emigration Reports - Emigration Handbooks 
  Ships lists, passenger lists, government reports, emigration reports, emigration handbooks.
• Immigrants to Canada in Nineteenth Century - Ships - Emigration Reports - Emigration Handbooks 
  Ships lists, passenger lists, government reports, emigration reports, emigration handbooks.
• Immigrant Ships Carrying Some of the First Colonists to the West Michigan Area 
• Information on Records of Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New Orleans  
  From the New Orleans Public Library.
• Irish Passenger Lists 
• Irish Passenger Lists 
• "Isabellabath" 
  From the Netherlands to New York on December 19, 1846.
• The Island Register Shipping Stories, Info, and Folklore 
  Prince Edward Island, Canada.
• Janet's Germans from Russia Research - Passenger Manifests 
  Extracted passenger lists for various ports of entry.
• "Johnson" Passenger List 
  Prisoners, shipped on 5 May 1747 Port Oxford, Maryland 17 July 1747.
• Lammershagen - Additional Research Notes and Press Cuttings 
  Passengerlist Lammershagen from Germany to Australia 1872/1873.
• Lincolnshire Convicts transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda 
  Online searchable database from the Lincolnshire Archives.
• Lista de Passageiros do veleiro Elizabeth Marie 
  Ship's passenger list and letter to King Joao VI,1819.
• List of Ships to Philadelphia 
  The following text and dates and ship names are from the book Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph B. Strassburger and William J. Hinke, published in 1934 by the Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA.
• List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival - San Francisco, California - September 4th, 1930 
• Lovely Nelly Passenger Lists, 1774 & 1775 
  From Galloway, Scotland to Prince Edward Island.
• Lunenburg County, NSGenWeb- Passenger Lists 
  • Cornwallis Ships to Halifax - 1749 
  • Passenger List of the "SS Abyssinia" 
    From Liverpool and Queenstown to New York, NY, USA on 8 October 1885.
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    59 Families 16 May 1752 "SPEEDWELL".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    59 Families 30 May 1752 "BETTY".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    73 Families 18 May 1751 "SPEEDWELL".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    85 Families 2 Jul 1751 "PEARL".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    85 Families 5 Jun 1752 "GALE".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    85 Families 6 Jun 1752 "PEARL".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    99 Families 29 Jun 1750 "ANN".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    100 Families of German Protestants 25 Jun 1751 "MURDOCH".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    119 Families 30 May 1752 "SALLY".
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    Foreign Names of Those Arriving with Cornwallis, 1749 and Others Of Interest Arriving in 1749.
  • Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia 
    Settlers Who Are Presumed to Have Arrived on the "ALDERNEY" or the "NANCY" in August and September 1750
• LusaWeb Portuguese Immigrant Ship Lists 
• Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston - Mills Ship List  ~ Canada and the Great Lakes
• Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston - Wallace Ship List  ~ Canada and the Great Lakes
• Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters 
  Indexes transcribed from the Australian Archive Office Reels of the Shipping Master's Office, Inwards Passengers Lists concentrating on 1870s. The lists include crew, passengers, deserters, births/deaths, stowaways, etc.
• The Maritime Heritage Project 
  Stories and lists of ships, captains, passengers arriving in San Francisco during the Gold Rush through the turn of the century.
• Mary & John Clearing House 
  The Mary & John 1630 sailed with 140 passengers that have never been found on an official passenger list. Includes these families: STRONG, HULL, ROCKWELL, FYLER, ROSSITER, ALLEN.
• Mary and John Passenger Lists 
  Left England March 1630, arrived in Boston May 30, 1630.
• Molly Passenger List - October 16, 1741 
  Rotterdam, Holland - Deal, England - Philadelphia, PA.
• Montcalm Passenger List 
  From Montreal on July 16, 1936 to Antwerp and London.This was one of several steamships that sailed from Canada to Europe in the summer of 1936, carrying Great War veterans and their families to ceremonies regarding the war.
• Mormon Emigrant Ships (1840-1868) 
• Muster Rolls of H.M.SS. "Erebus" and "Terror" 
  A list of officers and crew on the ships with Sir John Franklin's last voyage in the Arctic.
• Mystic Seaport: Ship and Yacht Register List 
  Ship and Yacht registers, 1859-1895. Searchable by vessel and master name.
• National Archives of Canada - Immigration Records 
  • Immigration Records (1925-1935) 
    Searchable online database provides the volumes and page numbers on which the names of Canadian immigrants appear in the passenger lists.
• New York Times Ship Cherokee, New Orleans to Havana Cuba to New York 1851 
  Search for ancestors on the Ship Cherokee from New Orleans via Havana Cuba, arrived New York Sept. 23 1851.
• New York Times Ship London, London & Portsmouth England to New York 1851 
  View images of the passenger list. This passenger list is part of the unindexed New York arrival years.
• New York Times Ship Norma, Havana to New York 1851 
  Search for ancestors on Norma from Havana Cuba, arrived New York Sept. 23 1851.
• Nova Scotia Bound 
  A partial list of ships bound for Nova Scotia between 1750 and 1862
  • The Albion Ship List, Surnames A-L  and M-Z
    Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 6, 1774 from Hull, Yorkshire, England.
  • The British Queen Passenger List 
    Sailed for Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England on April 1st, 1862.
  • The Duke of York Passenger List 
    Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England on May 1, 1772.
  • Elisabeth and Ann Passenger List 
    Sailed for Nova Scotia from Thurso, North Britain on November 8th, 1806.
  • The Frank Flint Passenger List 
    Sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England on May 28th, 1862.
  • The Humphreys Passenger List 
    Sailed for Nova Scotia from Tobermory, North Britain on July 14th, 1806.
  • The Jenny Ship List 
    To Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from Hull, Yorkshire, England in April of 1775.
  • The Providence Passenger List 
    Arrived in Halifax on June 1, 1774 from Newcastle Northumberland.
  • The Rambler Passenger List 
    Sailed for Nova Scotia from Thurso, North Britain on November 8th, 1806.
  • The Thomas and William or the Prince George Passenger List 
    Arrived at Halifax from Scarborough, Yorkshire on May 14/16, 1774.
  • The Two Friends Ship List 
    Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 9, 1774 from Hull, Yorkshire
• OliveTreeGenealogy.com: Index to Ships' Passenger Lists 
  • The Alexandria, from Londonderry to New York on June 12, 1811 
  • American ship Eagle from Belfast Ireland to New York. 6 April 1803 
  • Brig Commerce with passengers from Broad Albion, Perthshire, from Port Greenock Scotland to New York July 9, 1775 
  • The Confidence 1638 to New England 
  • J J Cooke Ships Passenger Lists Ireland to Quebec, New Brunswick, Pennsylvania & Louisiana 
    Search for passengers on JJ Cooke passenger lists of sailings from Ireland to Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Quebec, St. John New Brunswick, and New Orleans Louisiana.
  • Palatine Ships Passenger Lists from Germany to Pennsylvania 1727 to 1808 
  • The Protection Belfast to Amboy 1811 
  • Ship Perseverance, Belfast,to New York March 27, 1811 
  • Ships Passenger List for Henry & Francis, 1685 Scotland to New England 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to Canada 1400-1800 
  • Ships passenger lists to Canada 1800-1820 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to Canada 1820 to 1850 
  • Ships Passenger lists to Canada 1850-1864 
  • Ships passenger lists to Canada 1865 to present 
  • Ships' Passenger Lists to Louisiana 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to Louisiana After 1820 
  • Ships' Passenger Lists to Maryland Before 1820 
  • Ships' Passenger Lists to Maryland After 1820 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to Massachusetts Before 1820 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to Massachusetts After 1820 
  • Ships to New Netherland & New York 1600-1649 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland/New York 1650-1700 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1800-1819 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1820-1849 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to North Carolina 1820-1957 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to South Carolina 1820-1957 
  • Ships Passenger Lists to Texas 
  • Ship Submission from Liverpool July 5, 1682 
    Search for ancestors on the Ship Submission, sailing from Liverpool England to New England in 1682.
  • Ship York Carrying Convicts from Newgate Prison, England to Maryland 1739 
    Search for ancestors on the Ship York, carrying convicts from Newgate Prison in England to Maryland, 1739.
  • SS Montrose, from Liverpool arrived 19 June 1926 at Quebec 
  • Vandalia from Hamburg Germany and Havre France to New York April 06, 1881 
  • The Westpoint, from Londonderry to New York 1811 
• Oughton Passenger List---1804 
• "Parsee" - Passenger List - Moreton Bay - 11 January 1853 
  • A - L 
  • M - Z 
  • Single Females 
  • Single Males 
  • Widows 
• Passage to America, 1851-1869 : The Records of Richard Elliott, Passenger Agent, Detroit, Michigan 
  A book by Richard Elliott & Mary L. Duncan.
• Passenger and Emigrant Lists 
• Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, March 1848 - January 1851 
• Passenger List: Angel Gabriel 
  Wrecked off Pemaquid Pt., Maine on August 15, 1635.
• Passenger List - Agincourt, London & Plymouth to Adelaide, 1850 
  Search for passengers going to Australia on board the barque Agincourt, from London & Plymouth to Port Adelaide 1st February 1850.
• Passenger List for "Daylight" 1875 
  The emigrant ship Daylight departed London, England on Thursday 27 May 1875 and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 28 August 1875.
• Passenger List: Lyon 1632 
• Passenger List - Numidian June 1902 pt. 1 
  Search for ancestors on The Allan Line ship Numidian, Captain William S. Main, departed Liverpool, England 12 June 1902 and arrived at Quebec, Canada 22 June 1902.
• The Passenger List of the "Alexander," and the Glenaladale Settlers 
  1772 - 1997, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
• Passenger List of the Brig "Fanny"  
  From Charlottetown to California Nov 12 1849.
• Passenger List of the "British Queen," 1790 
• Passenger List of the "Clarendon" - 1808 from Oban, N. Britain 
• Passenger List of the "Elizabeth and Ann" - 1806 from Thurso, N. Britain 
• Passenger List of the "Falmouth" - 1770 from Greenock 
• Passenger List of the "Jane" 
  From Drimindarach, Scotland to Prince Edward Island, 12 July 1790.
• Passenger List of the "Lively" - 1775 from Britain 
• Passenger List of the "Lucy" 
  Sailed in the company of the "Jane," from Drimindarach, Scotland to Prince Edward Island, 12 July 1790.
• Passenger List of the Pakeha 
  From Prince Edward Island to New Zealand, December 23, 1863.
• Passenger List of the "Rambler" - 1806 from Tobermory, N. Britain 
• Passenger List - Oregon, London & Plymouth to Adelaide, 1851 
  Ship Oregon, from London and Plymouth to Port Adelaide Australia carrying with government passengers arriving 31 October 1851.
• Passenger List, Ship Anne, 1623 
• Passenger List, Ship Fortune, 1621 
• Passenger List: Planter 1635 
• Passenger Lists 
  Passenger List of the German and Swiss Palatines who arrived on the Friendship in Philadelphia in 1727.
• Passenger Lists for - Otago - Port Chalmers - Dunedin  ~ New Zealand
• Passenger lists of 1855 Migration 
  From Bählertal, Baden, Germany.
• Passenger Lists Published in the New York Daily Times 
  New York City to California via Central America, 1851 - 1856.
• Passenger Lists - Shipping Intelligence 
  Vessels to New Zealand.
• Passenger Lists South Australia 
  About 1,200 ship arrivals in South Australia up to 1847.
• Passenger List - Sultana, London & Plymouth to Adelaide, 1850 
  Passengers on the Barque Sultana, from London & Plymouth to Port Adelaide Australia 26th July 1850.
• Passenger List - Susan, Cork to St. Andrews NB, 1850 
  Passengers on the ship Susan 1850, Cork Ireland to St. Andrew's, New Brunswick.
• Passenger List - Trafalgar, Hull to St. John, NB & Quebec, 1817 
  Search for passengers going to Canada on board the ship Trafalgar, from Hull to St. John, New Brunswick & Quebec, 1817.
• Passenger List - Washington, Bremen & Southampton to New York, 1851 
  Search for passengers on the American steamer Washington, George W. Floyd, Commander, arrived at New York 28 November 1851 with 142 passengers. She left Bremen on the 9th, and Southampton on the 14th.
• Passenger Ship Records - PA Archives 
• Passenger Ships at Bluff Before 1900 
  Passenger lists for ships that arrived at the Port of Bluff, New Zealand before the year 1900.
• Passenger Ships' Lists, Pennsylvania 
  Between 1728 and 1772.
• Passengerlist Lammershagen 
• Passengers Aboard the Ship Bowditch (of Boston) 
  From Liverpool, arrived at New York May 27, 1839.
• Passengers of the Brig Emile and Helene July 21, 1835 
• Passengers of the "Henry and Francis," 1685 
• "Passengers of the Prince Edward" 
  To New Zealand from Charlottetown Harbour, 1859.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Emigrant" 
  Sailed from Sunderland 10 September 1852; arrived Melbourne 3 January 1853.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Guy Mannering" 
  Sailed from Liverpool on May 22nd 1849; arrived New York, June 28th.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Lizzie Webber" 
  Sailed from Sunderland 31 July 1852; arrived Melbourne 4 December 1852.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Lord Delaval" 
  Sailed from Berwick-upon-Tweed on September 13th 1852 for London and on to Port St Philip, Victoria, Australia.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Saldanha" 
  Sailed from Liverpool in the summer of 1856 for Victoria, Australia.
• Pennsylvania - German Passenger Lists, Patience 1751 
• Peter Hodge's Home Page 
  Information regarding the brig "Indian" from Falmouth in mid-1843 bound for Launceston, Tasmania; the "Emigrant" sailed from Plymouth on 9 August 1850 bound for Moreton Bay; and more on emigration, etc.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Albion May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Amity May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Brunswick May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Elizabeth May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Fortitude May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Regulus May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Resolution May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Peter Robinson Settlers Ships Passenger List Star May 1825 Ireland to Ontario 
  From Cork Ireland to Canada for settlement in Peterborough Ontario.
• Phoenix, Sept 1749, Philadelphia, PA Passenger List 
• Pioneers Association of South Australia, Inc. 
  List of ships arriving in South Australia.
  • Ships 1836 
  • Ships 1837 
  • Ships 1838 
  • Ships 1839 
  • Ships 1840 
  • Ships 1841 
  • Ships 1842 
  • Ships 1843 
  • Ships 1844 
  • Ships 1845 
• Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List 
• Prince of Wales - June 28 1813 from Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 
• PROV Unassisted Shipping Index - Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1911 
  Searchable index from the Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia.
• Queen of the Colonies 
• Reconstructed Passenger List of the German Ship Lammershagen 
• Ruth Anne's Ships Passenger Lists Page 
  A variety of passenger list transcriptions dating from 1716 through 1929.
• Sailing Ship the INDIA Lost at Sea 1841 
  Sailed from Greenock Scotland on 4 June 1841 bound for the Australian colony of Port Phillip.
• Saint Andrew Galley 
  September 26, 1737, Palatinates from Rotterdam and Cowes.
• Samuel - The English Immigrant Ship 
  It brought many immigrants from the Palatinate, Germany, and Switzerland to Philadelphia.
• San Francisco 1846 Passenger List for 'The Brooklyn'  ~ California
• The Sarah -- 1801 
  To Pictou, Nova Scotia.
• Ship Albert, Bremen Germany to Baltimore, Maryland 
  Browse actual images of the ships passenger list for the Ship Albert from Bremen Germany to Baltimore Maryland 20 May 1851. Transcription (list of names) also given.
• Ship Amerika, Germany to New York Jan. 2, 1851 
• Ship Augustina or Brig Angostura, Bolivar to New York Jan. 3, 1851 
• Ship Baltic 
  Search images of the actual passenger list for the ship Baltic, sailing from Liverpool to New York Jan. 2, 1851.
• The Ship Defence, 1635 
• Ship Edinburgh Passenger Lists 
  From Campbeltown, Scotland to Cape Fear, North Carolina in 1770 and to Island of St. Johns (Prince Edward Island) in 1771.
• Ship Fashion, Ponce to Baltimore, Maryland 
  Browse actual images of the ships passenger list for the Brig Fashion from Ponce to Baltimore Maryland 12 May 1851. Transcription (list of names) also given.
• Ship Frederick 
  Search images of the actual passenger list for the ship Frederick, sailing from Bremen to New York Dec. 23, 1851.
• Ship General Briggs carrying Germans to New York 1851 
  View images of the passenger list. This passenger list is part of the unindexed New York arrival years.
• Ship *Griffin* Passenger List 1749 
• Ship Guy Mannering 
  Arrived in New York, November 14, 1856, from Liverpool.
• Ship Hudson 
  This ship is part of the online project "The Unindexed New York Years (1847-1896)". Search images of the actual passenger list for the ship Hudson, sailing from Glasgow, Scotland to New York Dec. 23, 1850.
• Ship John French Sabinilla to New York 1851 Passenger Lists 
  View images of the passenger list. This passenger list is part of the unindexed New York arrival years.
• Ship Malsham 
  Passenger list of the Malsham - 16th trip up, Quebec to Montreal 13th August 1820.
• Ship Margaret Evans 1 Aug. 1851, London to New York 
• The Ship Marianne 
  Voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Departing August 11, 1843, and Arriving September 25, 1843.
• Ship Mortonhouse 
  Sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia August 17, 1729.
• Ship New Swiftsure 
  Passenger list of the New Swiftsure, 1st trip up, Quebec to Montreal, Canada, 10th August 1820.
• Shipping Registers for Dumfries 1824-1904, Kirkcudbright 1824-1841, Stranraer 1824-1908 and Wigtown 1836-1908  ~ Scotland
  Online searchable index.
• Ship Salier Passenger List 
  Bremen to New York - 1882.
• Ship Samuel 
• Ships Passenger Lists Ivanhoe 2 Jan. 1851 Liverpool to New York 
  View images of the passenger list. This ship carried mostly Irish and some English passengers.
• Ship WILMINGTON Passenger List 
  From Belfast to New York, 9 July 1803.
• Ships & Captains...1874 Publication 
  A list of ships and their masters, and emigrants, transcribed from a book edited by John Camden Hotten and published by Chatto and Windus, London 1874.
• Ships of our Ancestors 
• Ship Passenger Lists - Hugh Reekie's Index of Indexes 
• Skandinavien-Amerika Linien 
• Spencer Passenger List---1806 
• SS Hibernian, 1896 
  From Glasgow, Derry and Galway To the Port of Boston, Massachusetts, 3rd June 1896.
• SS Lucania Passenger List 
  Ireland to NY 1898.
• S/S Stefan Batory Polish Ocean Liner 
• SS St George Passenger List 
  Liverpool to NY 1847.
• Steam Ship Seneca, Hobocken, NJ, 1879 
• St. George - Liverpool - New York - 08 April 1847 
• St. George - London - Waterford - Maryland - Oct 7, 1677 
• Susanne Godeffroy Passenger List, 1863 - 1864 
  From Hamburg to east Australia.
• Tacoma Public Library, Northwest Room - Ships and Shipping Database 
• Tantivy! - Homestead of Mindful Works - Fireside Hypothesis 
  A complete listing of assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney aboard the Tantivy in 1853 and a list of persons with the surname Ford whom arrived in Australia aboard individual ships.
• Tuscania, Ship History 
• Two Lists of Intending Passengers to the New World, 1770 and 1771 
  Ship "Edinburgh" voyage from Campbeltown, Scotland to Cape Fear, North Carolina in 1770 and to Island of St. Johns (Prince Edward Island) in 1771.
• Van Diemens Land Company's Indentured Servants Home Page 
  Servants engaged to establish a land grant in Tasmania from 1826. Departure and arrival dates of the ships Tranmere, Caroline, Thomas Lawrie, Emu, Forth and others, and passenger list of those aboard.
• Welcome Ship Passenger List (Penn's Fleet), 1682 - A Reconstruction 
  A reconstruction of the passenger list for the Welcome, which brought William Penn to Pennsylvania in 1682.
• Women and Female Children of the Royal Admiral 1792 

Shipwrecks

• California Shipwrecks 
  California State Lands Commission.
• The Clallam Disaster 
  On the 8th of January 1904 the ferry Clallam foundered and sunk with the lost of 54 people.
• Eastland Disaster Historical Society - History of a Chicago & Great Lakes Steamliner Shipwreck 
• English East India Company Ships 
  Data for all ships of the East India Company, including shipping Losses in the Mercantile Service 1600-1834 (includes Shipwrecks, Captures & Missing Vessels).
• GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives 
  GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
  • Ship Wrecks 
• The Great Lakes Shipwreck File: Total Losses of Great Lakes Ships 1679 - 1999 
  Online searchable database of shipwrecks.
• The Halifax Explosion 
  On December 6, 1917, in the midst of the Great War, a French munitions ship caught fire in Halifax harbor. The subsequent explosion flattened much of Halifax, killed 2,000 people and injured 9,000 more.
• Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book - A List of Those Who Died 
• Kristianiafjord Crew-members 1917 
  Crew list of the Norwegian-America Line ship Kristianiafjord, which departed New York, New York, eastbound to Norway via Halifax, on July 7th 1917 with about 900 passengers. On July 15th 1917 she was wrecked near Cape Race with no loss of life.
• New Jersey Scuba - Artifacts & Shipwrecks 
• The Official RMS Republic Website 
  Detailed study of the facts surrounding the sinking of the RMS Republic, the largest vessel in history to sink to her day, succeeded only three years later by the Titanic.
• Other Lost Boats 
  A list of US submarines, the crew and the passengers that were lost since 1915.
• Out of Gloucester 
  Fishermen's memorial and more.
• Passenger List: Angel Gabriel 
  Wrecked off Pemaquid Pt. Maine on Aug. 15, 1635.
• Ships Wrecked or Sunk  ~ United Kingdom
• SHIPWRECK Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in shipwrecks and persons lost at sea, on inland waterways, on lakes, etc. Archives: browse or search.
• Shipwrecks in the Atlantic 
  Database of shipwrecks in the North Atlantic from 1841 - 1978.
• The S/S Atlantic of the White Star Line, disaster in 1873  
  Includes a listing of the the Norwegian and Scandinavian passengers on the ship when it went down off Halifax in 1873.
• Steamer 'City of Dunedin' - Mysterious Sinking 
  Events surrounding the shipwreck of the paddle steamer 'City of Dunedin' on May 20, 1865 in Cook Strait, NZ. Crew and passenger list. Information on other wrecks.
• VOC Shipwrecks 
  Dutch East India Company Ships and Shipwrecks.Lots of information on The Golden Age of Dutch Discoverers and Sailors. Through reading the stories on more than 650 ships of the Dutch VOC which were wrecked or captured, much can be learned about Dutch and world history.
• The Volturno Ship Disaster - October 1913 
• The White Swan Incident 
  Shipwreck on the coast of New Zealand in 1862. Includes passenger list and biography of Scottish Captain George MUNDLE (1835-1881).
• Wrecks.net - Your Online Shipwreck Database 
• Yahoo!...Shipwrecks 

Societies & Groups

• Association for Great Lakes Maritime History 
• Eastland Disaster Historical Society 
  Historical overview of a Chicago and Great Lakes Steamliner Shipwreck - Chicago's greatest maritime disaster.
• French Lines Association 
  The archive collection retraces 150 years of French maritime history through the history of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, etc. 70,000 photos, 200 films and 4.5 kilometers of archives. Many liners crossed the Atlantic to bring immigrants to America.
• The Great Lakes Historical Society  ~ Vermilion, Ohio
• The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society  ~ Michigan
• The Historical Diving Society  ~ United Kingdom
• Marine Historical Society of Detroit 
• Nautical Research Guild, Inc. 
  Ship models and nautical history.
  • Maritime Institution Survey 
    List of museums.
• North Coast Chapter, Fellowship of First Fleeters, NSW, Australia 
  Facts about the First Fleet. Members are descendants of those who came on the First Fleet & landed in Sydney Cove, 26th January 1788. SQUIRE, COLPITTS, SMITH, SPENCER, LUCAS, GASCOIGNE.
• Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society  ~ Seattle, Washington
  The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society's purpose is to collect, preserve and display maritime historical objects, relics and data with particular emphasis on the Pacific Northwest. Their Puget Sound Maritime Research Library is an outstanding resource for maritime research and holds the extensive Williamson Collection of ship photographs.
• The Saginaw River Marine Historical Society 
• Steamship Historical Society of America 
• Titanic Historical Society 
• U S Life-Saving Service Heritage Association 
  Preserves the stations, history, boats, and equipment of the US Life-Saving Service and US Coast Guard.
• Western Lake Erie Historical Society  ~ Toledo, Ohio
• Wisconsin Marine Historical Society 

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