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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.

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).

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.

Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806

Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871

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 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.

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.

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.

Vancouver, British Columbia Passenger Lists – Chinese Arrivals, 1906-1912

Original source: Passenger Lists of Chinese Arrivals at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 1906-June 1912; (National Archives Microfilm Publication A3414, 2 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives, Washington, D.C.