Finding Arrival Records

Finding Arrival Records Online

There are a number of free websites where you can search for passenger arrival
records (manifests).  Some are very general and some can be very specific.
Here are some that we have found particularly helpful-and they are totally free.

Before Ellis Island opened up people came to the United States
through Castle Garden.
http://www.castlegarden.org/searcher.php

All New York Passengers (1820-1957) - ancestry 
New York Passengers (1820-1891) - familysearch

A wealth of information here:
One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse


ellisisland.org
An extensive free listing of manifests for ships that arrived in New York between
1892 and 1924- the years during which Ellis Island was America's primary immigrant
processing center and where 12 million immigrants were processed.
This web site was developed and is maintained by the American Family Immigration
History Center located on Ellis Island.

New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1368704

Ancestor Search Passenger Lists
http://www.searchforancestors.com/records/passenger_tousa.html

stevemorse.org
An extensive free listing of web sites and web pages useful for genealogical research.

cyndislist.com
Another free site that has 270,000+ links for research on family histories.

slavevoyages.org
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on almost
35,000 slaving voyages.

familysearch.org
A service provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

gjenvick.com
One of the largest collections of historical documents from the 1800s through 1954
with concentrations in Steamship and Ocean Liner documents and photographs,
passenger lists, 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.

germanroots.com
A very helpful collection of sites with links and resources for doing
German genealogical research.



jewishgen.org
A website that features thousands of databases, research tools, and
other resources to help those with Jewish ancestry find family members.

archives.gov
The website of the National Archives and Records Administration is very
comprehensive.

Tracing Family History at the National Archives.
https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/education/tracing-family-history-at-the-national-archives.htm

Learning More about Your Ancestors
https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/education/ancestors.htm

Tracing Family History at the National Archives
https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/education/tracing-family-history-at-the-national-archives.htm

Conducting Family History Research on Ellis Island
https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/education/conducting-family-history-research-on-ellis-island.htm

**This information was taken from the following page:
https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/education/finding-arrival-records-online.htm

Immigration Research Guide
http://c.mfcreative.com/email/newsletters/amu/092010/ImmigrationResearchGuide.pdf