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Passenger & Immigration Lists Index
Early American Immigrations
Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-1920
Ship Passenger Lists from Ireland to America
Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851
New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1890
Ship Passenger Lists to New York
New York Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-1924
Brick Wall Ancestors? If the date of arrival is known, you can
read the arrival report in a New York newspaper.
The New York Times is available at many libraries (publication began in September, 1851). You can also search the NY Times online! Search
1857-1880 or
1881-1906 These off-site pay databases can be used with this special free access
Immigrant Processing Stations at the Port of New York
1624-31 July 1855: no receiving station
1 Aug. 1855-18 Apr. 1890: Castle Garden
19 Apr. 1890-31 Dec. 1891: Barge Office
1 Jan. 1892-14 June 1897: Ellis Island
15 June 1897-16 Dec. 1900: Barge Office
17 Dec. 1900-1924: Ellis Island
Note that from about June 15th 1897 until approximately March or April 1903, the lists for first class and second class passengers were not collected at Ellis Island and do not survive, and do not appear on microfilm, nor in the Ellis Island online database.
This does not mean there are no passenger lists for this time period. There are lists, but most are not complete, as the 1st and 2nd class passenger names are missing. You can verify if the list you are browsing is complete by checking the Captain's total of passengers with your own count of the passenger names on the manifest
Important Note: Passenger lists to New York between 1847 and 1896 are not indexed on microfilm. However you can see my ongoing Olive Tree project to fill in the missing New York years by viewing the online
Images of Ships Passenger Lists to New York for 1851
1850
Star of the West, Liverpool to NY 1850 (360 passengers
mainly Irish) 15 images
New York, Dec. 1850 Havres to New York (mainly French
passengers) 5 images
Abby Land 20 Dec. 1850 Liverpool to NY 5 images (I am not
sure that is the ship name; it was difficult to read the
second part) Niagara 26 Dec. 1850 Liverpool to NY (mainly Irish
passengers) 7 images Lord London 20 Dec. 1850 Liverpool to New York [6 images]
Cherokee 20 Dec. 1850 Kingston to New York [8 images]
Siddon 1850 Liverpool to New York [17 images] (also shows deaths on board) Shipwreck of the Seraphine Liverpool to New York, & rescue of passengers by the El Dorado 1850 Lorena
1 June 1850 to New York
Catharine
20 September 1850 to New York
Amason London to New York 1850
Baltimore
22 July 1850 to New York
Jane
E. Williams 7 October 1850 to New York
Brig Lady of the Lake
Unspecified Port, Bermuda to New York
27 May 1850
Hudson, Glasgow to New York Dec. 23, 1850 [3 images]
1851
Amerika Germany to New York Jan. 2, 1851 [3 images, faint] Melrose St. Michaels to New York Jan. 2, 1851 [1 image]
Baltic Liverpool to New York Jan 2 1851 [3 images]
Augustina, Bo?? to New York Jan. 3, 1851 [1 image, can't read port of departure]
South Carolina, Baltimore? to New York Jan. 4, 1851 [3 images]
Georgia Chagres to New York Jan. 9, 1851 - carried passengers from California, New Orleans, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Havana and France [25 images]
Margaret Evans, London to New York, Aug. 1, 1851 [3 images] Frederick, Bremen to New YOrk Dec. 23, 1851 [3 images] John French Feb. 24, 1851 Sabinilla to New York [1 image]
Harriet Feb. 24, 1851 Sabinilla to New York [1 image]
General Briggs Jan. 3, 1851 Havana to New York [1 image]
Ariel Jan. 3, 1851 Sierra Leona to New York [1 image]
Ivanhoe Jan. 2, 1851 Liverpool to New York [10 images]
London April 1851 London to New York [3 images]
Isla de Cuba Jan. 3, 1851 Havana to New York [1 image]
William Toll 1851 Havre de Grace to New York Sarah Chase 1851 to New York [1 image]
Urgent March 1851 Belfast Ireland to New York [16 images]
America from Liverpool to New York, 1851 (400 names!)
Oxenbridge Liverpool to New York 1851 (250 passengers)
Brig Swan
Unspecified Port, Bermuda to New York 17 November 1851 Joseph Walker, 6 Jan 1851 Liverpool to NY 15 images [Note that pages 1 and 2 are identical except page 1 is cutoff; pages 5 and 6 are identical]
Alert
Kragerø Telemark
15 July 1851 to New York
Pauline
Kragerø Telemark
1 Aug 1851 to New York
Benj. L. Swan 1851 St. Croix to New York
Laura Jane 1851 St. Marks to New York
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival Southampton
19 May 1855 to New York
Coriolan
7 May 1855 to New York
Antje Brons 1855 Germany to New York (plus picture!)
John J. Boyd In 1855, sailed from Liverpool to New York with 512 Mormon emigrants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, England, Ireland, and
Scotland
Emerald Isle Liverpool to New York with 350 Mormons on board, 1855
1856
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival Thornton Liverpool to New York in 1856 - Mormons destined for Salt Lake City Utah
Arnold
8 December 1856 to New York
1857
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival Brig F. M. Mayhew
Unspecified Port, Bermuda to New York
31 August 1857
1858
AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 Information for each individual includes ship name, date of arrival, ports of departure and arrival John Bright 1858 Liverpool to New York with 89 Mormons from Scandanavia
Northstar
Havre to USA
1859
Emerald Isle Liverpool to New York with 54 Mormons on board, 1859
William Tapscott 725 Mormons, Liverpool to New York 1859
Brig Princess Royal
Bermuda to New York
17 June 1862
Franklin 413 Mormons from Denmark to New York, 1862
John J. Boyd In 1862, sailed from Liverpool to New York 702 Latter-day Saints aboard
The Athena 1862 Scandinavia to New York with Mormons bound for Utah, sailing from Hamburg with 484 Scandinavian Saints under the leadership of Ola N. Liljenquist
Electric Hamburg to New York with 336 emigrating Mormons
from Denmark and Sweden led by Elder Soren Christofferson, 1862
William Tapscott 807 Mormons, Liverpool to New York 1862
Humboldt 323 Scandinavian Mormons to New York, 1862
1863
B.S. Kimball Liverpool to New York 1863. On board were 657 Mormons, principally from Scandinavia
John J. Boyd In 1863, sailed from Liverpool to New York with 767 Mormons aboard, most from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Consignment Liverpool to New York with thirty-eight Scandinavian Saints 1863
B.S. Kimball Liverpool to New York 1865. On board were 558 Mormons, principally from Scandinavia
1866
Humboldt 328 Scandinavian Mormons to New York, 1866
John Bright 1866 Liverpool to New York with 747 Mormons from Scandanavia
Cavour Hamburg to New York 1866. A Norwegian vessel carrying Mormons
Kenilworth 684 Mormon passengers (583 Danes, 23 Norwegians, 73 Swedes, and 5 Germans) from Hamburg to New York 1866
Duisburg
16 June 1866 to New York
S S New York 1866 Bremen to NY
Bark Geestemuende 1866
1867
Manhatten Liverpool to New York 1867 with Mormon passengers
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