Passenger and immigration records help you learn how your family came to a new country. These records show names, ages, and birthplaces. They often list where the person came from and where they were going. Many also show the ship name and arrival port.
You may find family members listed together. Some records include parents, children, or siblings. This makes it easier to build your family tree. These records show when and how your ancestors moved. They also help you place events in the right order.
Some records go back to the 1500s. Many cover arrivals in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, or New Orleans. You might also find naturalization records. These show when someone became a U.S. citizen.
These records are helpful when birth or death records are missing. They also show patterns. You may see many people from the same area arriving around the same time. This can lead you to more family names.
We offer free lookups in many collections. These include records from Europe, such as Ireland, Germany, Italy, and Scotland. You might even find early settlers like those who came on the Mayflower.
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- Immigrants to the New World, 1600s–1800s
- Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists Volume 2, 1851-1872
- Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1850
- Genealogical Records: New York, 1675-1920
- German and Swiss Settlers in America, 1700s-1800s Immigration Records
- Immigrants to America, 1600’s-1800’s
- Immigrants to Pennsylvania, 1600s-1800s
- Immigration Records: Scottish Immigrants to North America, the 1600s-1800s
- Irish and British Immigrants to America, 1870-1872 Vol. 2
- Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871
- Irish to America Passenger and Immigration Lists Volume 2, 1846-1886
- Mayflower Ancestral Records, Property, and Legal Documents, 1600s-1900s
- Naturalization Records: Philadelphia, 1789-1880
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: 1500s-1900s (Supplement)
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: Boston, 1821-1850
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: Germans to America, 1850-1874
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: Germans to America, 1875-1888
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: Irish to America, 1846-1865
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: Italians to America, 1880-1893
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: New Orleans, 1820-1850
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: New York, 1820-1850
- Passenger and Immigration Lists: Philadelphia, 1800-1850
- Russians to America, 1850-1896
- Scotch-Irish Settlers in America, 1500s-1800s