At the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration and on the Foundation’s website you can explore your family heritage by searching nearly 65 million passenger records and ship manifests, examining information collected at debarkation points.
What was the list of immigrant names from the steamships called?
Immigration Passenger Lists
The records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) are called Immigration Passenger Lists. The Immigration Passenger Lists contain more information than the earlier Customs Passenger Lists. The initial lists, which were introduced in 1891, consisted of one page.
Can you search Ellis Island records online?
Ellis Island has an online searchable database, created by the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation, of 22.5 million arrivals to New York between 1892 – 1924. Registration is required but free, and you can view scanned images of actual passenger manifests. You can also purchase copies through the site.
Where can I find a passenger list for a 1913 ship?
All Ship Passenger Lists for 1913 Available at the GG Archives. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes).
What is an listed passenger list?
Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years.
When was the passenger list of New York first recorded?
Our office has microfilm of indexes to passenger lists of vessels arriving at the Port of New York for the years 1820-1846 and 1897-1943. The passenger list records were created by the U.S. Customs Service (Record Group 36), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] (Record Group 85).
What is a souvenir passenger list?
Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Our collection contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines.
