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United States Emigration and Immigration

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Cyndi’s List

Cyndi’s List-Ports of Entry

  

NARA

Immigration Records-https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-arrival.html

Access to Archival Databases (AAD)

 

General Ships Passenger Lists

The Ships List-Passenger Lists

Immigrants Ships Transcribers Guild-Ports of Departure

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild-Ports of Arrival

GG Archives-Souvenir Passenger Lists, 1870-1960

Olive Tree Genealogy-Passenger Lists

 

Colonial

New England Ports:

Mainly Boston

https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=3&sbo=1&title=New%20England%20&keyword=&filter=2*193& 

 

Virginia-Norfolk

Tidewater areas, Chesapeake Bay (19 towns)

https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=3&sbo=1&title=virginia&keyword=&filter=0*40& 

 

New Spain Ports:

Mainly Florida and Texas

https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=3&sbo=1&title=texas&keyword=&filter=0*40%7C2*207&

 

New France Ports:

https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=3&sbo=1&title=New%20France&keyword=&

 

New Netherlands Ports:

https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=3&sbo=1&title=netherlands&keyword=&filter=0*40%7C2*207&

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Early_U.S._Immigrant_Records

 

Selected East Coast Ports

Boston, MA Passenger Manifest (1848-1891)

Maine Passenger Lists, 1820-1867

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

 

Selected Midwestern Ports

Iron Range Research Center, Minnesota and the Midwest

 

Selected Southern Ports

Galveston Immigration Database

Indianola Immigrant Database

Louisiana Orleans Parish

New Orleans Ship Passenger List Online Index

 

Selected West Coast Ports

California Bound-Ship and Wagon Train Lists, 1848-1873

Ship Passengers, 1846-1899

Chinese Immigration into the U.S., 1884-1944

Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese Manifests, 1843-1900

 

Immigrant Ancestor Project

http://immigrants.byu.edu/

 

Archives Portal Europe

https://www.archivesportaleurope.net/

 

United Kingdom and Ireland

Irish Immigration Database

Irish Immigrants Database

Scotland (Archived Website)

Scottish Emigration Database

Liverpool, England

 

Scandinavia

Norway Heritage

Norway Digital Archives

Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden-Ancestry and FamilySearch

Scandinavia, Mission Emigration Records, 1852-1920 (FamilySearch)

København (Copenhagen), Denmark, 1869-19084

 

GGArchives

https://www.gjenvick.com/Passengers/FAQs/EuropeanPortsOfDeparture.html

https://www.gjenvick.com/OceanTravel/PortsOfCall/index.html

 

Germany

Bremen (Bremerhaven)

Bremen Passenger Lists (Die Maus)

Hamburg-Ancestry/FamilySearch

Other Ports-German Roots

 

France

Le Havre

 

Benelux

Antwerp, Belgium 1855 Index-FamilySearch

Amsterdam, Netherlands-FamilySearch/Ancestry

Digital Resources for Netherlands and Belgium (click on the dates under Passenger Lists in the left column)

 

Italy

Genoa, 1833-1856 (CISEI)

https://surnamesinitaly.com/ (Surnames in Italy)

https://www.surnamesinitaly.com/ships/departure-records.htm (Arrivals, Departures, European Immigration)

 

Asia

The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862 (Odessa)

http://www.odessa3.org/ (Odessa)

Armenia Immigration Project to 1930

India Office Family History Search, 1600-1949

The National Archives (UK)-Migration Records, 1930-1962

 

Australia/New Zealand

National Archives of Australia-Passenger Arrival Lists, 1898-1972 (Also has Name Search and Photo Search, if timed out, click on guest to re-activate)

New Zealand Yesteryears, 1800-1900

Immigrant Ships to New Zealand, 1835-1910

 

Canada

Library and Archives of Canada-Immigration Records

Library and Archives of Canada-Search Passenger Lists, 1865-1922 (By Ship Name Only)

Library and Archives of Canada-Port of Quebec, 1865-1922

Library and Archives of Canada-Immigrants from the Russian Empire, 1898-1922

Nanaimo Name Index-Quebec/Montreal, 1903-1910

Library and Archives of Canada-Form 30A, Ocean Arrivals, 1919-1924

Library and Archives of Canada-Form 30, Border Entry, 1919-1924

Border Entry, 1908-1918 (Archived)

Border Entry, 1925-1935 (Archived)

Border Entry, Form 30, 1919-1924

Ocean Arrivals, Form 30A, 1919-1924

Passenger Lists: Eastern U.S. Ports (1925-1935) (Archived)

Passenger Lists: Halifax (1925-1935) (Archived)

Passenger Lists: Montreal (1925-1935) (Archived)

Passenger Lists: New York (1925-1935) (Archived)

Passenger Lists: North Sydney (1925-1935) (Archived)

Passenger Lists: Quebec City (1925-1935) (Archived)

Passenger Lists: Saint John (1925-1935) (Archived)

Passenger Lists: Vancouver and Victoria (1925-1935) (Archived)

 

Latin America

CEMLA-Index to Immigrants to Argentina 1800-1960

Movimientos Migratorios Iberoamericanos

CubaGenWeb, 1800-1900

https://www.hebrewsurnames.com/ships (List of Ships Arrived to Argentina)

 

Africa/South Africa

Germans in South Africa

eGGSA Passenger Lists, 1850-1890

British South Africa, 1820

British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

SA Jewish Rootsbank, 1850-1950

AfriGeneas