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- Amistad America, Inc. - Building the Freedom Schooner
- Amistad - "Give Us Free"
- 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 Search original historical documents free, digitized images available with fee-based membership.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.
- Magellan's Voyages from The Discovery of America by John Fiske published in 1892
The Victoria and the Trinidad.
- The Mayflower
- 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 Slave Revolt On Board The American Brig "Creole"
The revolt of over 100 slaves carried on the brig "Creole" in 1841.
- 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
- USS Southerland DD-743
A site for the crew of the USS Southerland DD-743.
- Yahoo!...Mutiny on the Bounty
- 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
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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
- 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.
- Links: Ships
From the Maritime History Virtual Archives.
- 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.
- 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.
- Maritime History and Naval Heritage
- Maritime History Research on the Internet
- Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page
- The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z ~ United Kingdom
- 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.
- 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
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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
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Ancestry.com - Immigration Records Center
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Ancestry.com - Rediscovering Passenger Lists Article by Kory L. Meyerink.
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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 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.
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Genealogy.com - Immigrant Ancestors in Published Passenger Lists By Raymond S. Wright III, Ph.D., AG.
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Genealogy.com - Locating Ship Passenger Lists by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
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Genealogy.com - More Immigrant Ancestors in Published Passenger Lists By Raymond S. Wright III, Ph.D., AG.
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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.
- Bermuda Maritime Museum ~ Mangrove Bay, Bermuda
- Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - Utvandring - Emigration ~ Norway
- Geelong Maritime Museum ~ Australia
- Guildhall Library Manuscripts Collection ~ London, England
- 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
- 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
- NARA - AAD
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Access to Archival Databases (AAD), United States.
- National Archives and Records Administration ~ United States
- 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
- 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 are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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BRITISH-MARINERS Mailing List For anyone with a genealogical interest in British mariners. Archives: browse or search.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Mailing List For anyone with a genealogical interest in passenger lists for ships from Germany. Archives: browse or search.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mariners Mailing List For anyone who is researching their seafaring ancestors. Archives: browse or search.
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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.
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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.
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ShipSamuel Mailing List For the discussion and sharing of genealogical information regarding the 1700s immigration from Germany and Switzerland to America.
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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.
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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.
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ShipSamuel Mailing List For the discussion and sharing of genealogical information regarding the 1700s immigration from Germany and Switzerland to America.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
General Lists of Links
- Ancestor Search - Passenger List Genealogy Surname Search Engines
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Ancestry.com - Search Immigration Records Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
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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.
- Famine Irish Data Files
From the National Archives. Records of over 604,596 immigrants from Ireland to the United States during the era of the Irish Potato Famine 1846-1851. Provides the name of the ship on which they arrived.
- Genealogy Quest - Immigration Collection
Ships' passenger lists, immigration research and searchable databases.
- Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives - Passenger Lists, Immigrants from Europe and Scandinavia
Passenger Lists available for most transatlantic steamship lines with major collections for American Line, Anchor Line, Atlantic Transport Line, Canadian Pacific Ocean Services (CPOS), CGT-French Line, Cunard Line, Hamburg-American Line, Holland America Line, North German Lloyd and White Star Line.
- 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.
- Hamburg Link To Your Roots
Searchable database extracted from the Hamburg Passenger Lists for selected years.
- Emigration Port Hamburg
Excellent online presentation of why Hamburg was a major port of departure for immigrants, how the were treated, what they faced, and how the process of departure worked.
- 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.
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