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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.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

ShipIndex.org - Index to Ships in Books

ShipIndex.org tells you which books, magazines, and online resources mention the vessels you're researching

Shipping Terminology

With a Prince Edward Island Slant.

Ships

From the Maritime History Virtual Archives.

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.

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.

The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives: Social and Cultural History - The Future of Our Past

One of the largest collections of Social and Cultural historical documents from the 1800s through 1954 with concentrations in Steamship and Ocean Liner documents and photographs, Passenger Lists (Transatlantic European Voyages; Some Australian and South African), U.S. Navy Archives and additional materials covering World Wars I and II, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Immigration documents from Ellis Island, Castle Garden and other Immigration Stations.

The Great Ocean Liners

Information on the the Ocean Liner era along with details and pictures of specific liners.

The Last Ocean Liners - A History of Classic Old Passenger Ships and Sailing Timetables

Routes and 1962 sailing schedules of the last ocean liners and steamship lines, with images and facts about the passenger ships themselves.

The Maritime Heritage Project

For close to 15 years, The Maritime Heritage Project has been considered a valuable reference site by researchers, educators, professionals in the maritime field, and genealogists from around the world. Thousands of families have found links to long-lost ancestors from research conducted by D.A. Blethen Levy, the project's founder and great-great-grand daughter of Captain James H. Blethen, a noted sea captain during the 1800s.

The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z

United Kingdom.

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.

The ultimate Resource about the Red Star line

A very complete and attractive site about the Red Star Line.

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.