Guide to information about Immigrant Passenger Ships
(last updated March 12, 1999)


Helpful genealogical sites
Ancestors of my Descendents JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
Jewish Cemeteries in the New York City area Jewish Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ

The National Archives National Archives Mailing addresses Links

The National Archives

You can order forms from the National Archives by email.  To request forms just send email to inquire@arch2.nara.gov.  In the subject put in the "FORM", and in the body of the message put in your mailing address (not email), the number of the form, and number of forms needed.

What forms are there?
 

Form 81 Ship Passenger Arrival Records
Form 82 Census forms
National Archives Mailing addresses
 
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Freedom of Information Act Office
5th Floor
425 I street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20536
email
For naturalization and ship arrival papers for... Call, write, or email to...
NY National Archives - Northeast Region
201 Varick Street
NY,NY 10014-4811
Phone # 1-212-337-1300
email
CT,NH,MA,ME,RI and VT National Archives - New England Region
380 Trapelo Rd.
Waltham , Ma 02154
Phone 1-617-647-8100 open from 8am-4:30pm EST
North CA,Hawaii,Nev,Amer. Samoa, and other Pacific areas National Archives - Pacific Sierra Region
1000 Commodore Dr.
San Bruno, CA. 94066
Phone # 1-425-876-9009
Idaho,OR & WA National Archives - Pacific Northwest Region
6125 Sand Point Way
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone #   1-206-526-6507
Alaska National Archives  - Alaska Region
654 West 3rd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone # 1-907-271-2441
Mass. only National Archives - Pittsfield Region
100 Dan Fox Dr.
Pittsfield, MA 01202
Phone # 1-413-445-6885
IL,IN,MI,MN,OH,WI National Archives - Great Lakes Region
7358 South Pulaski Rd
Chicago, IL 60629
Phone # 1-773-581-7816
Iowa,Kansas,Missouri,NE National Archives - Central Plains Region
2312 East Bannister Rd
Kansas City, MO. 64131
Phone # 1-816-926-6272
AR,LA,NM,OK & TX National Archives - Southwest Region
501 West Felix Street,P.O. Box 6216
Forth Worth, TX. 76115
Phone # 1-817-334-5525
 CO,Montana,ND,SD,UT and WY National Archives - Rocky mountain Region
Bldg. 48
Denver Federal Center
P.O. Box 25307
Denver, CO 80225
Phone # 1-303-236-0817
AZ and Southern CA National Archives - Pacific Southwest Region
24000 Avila RD
Laguna Niguel, CA 92656
Phone1-714-643-4241
DE,PA,MD,VA,W-VA National Archives - Mid Atlantic Region
9th & Market Streets,Rm 1350
Philadelphia,PA 19107
Phone # 1-215-597-3000
AL,FL,GA,KY,MISS,NC,SC,& TN National Archives -South East Region
1557 St Joseph Ave.
East Point, GA 30344
Phone # 1-404-763-7477
Links
The following sites contain information (and additional links) relating to immigrant passenger ships. 
Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 A list of LDS microfilm numbers based upon years and direct/indirect passage. (added 12/14/98)
Using Passenger Arrival Lists and Naturalization Records An excellent site for organizing your research and telling what is available.  Contains information on what is available for various years, and how to find it.  (added 12/14/98)
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Transcribed passenger lists
CIMO - Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online
Immigrant Ships: Ship Descriptions from Various Internet Mailing Lists List
START: Steps Toward Ancestor Research Techniques
Sites with Genealogical Source Material
Ship Passenger Lists - Index of Indexes
SHIPS' PASSENGER LISTS INDEX BY YEAR
Passenger Lists: Includes Overland Trails Lists
American Plantations and Colonies:  (SHIPS)
Irish Passenger Lists:  (SHIPS)
Public Record Office: The British National Archives
The Olive Tree:  (SHIPS)
Northwest Ships and Shipping Database
Steamship Historical Society of America
Web Site of Interest  (SHIPS)
Langsdale Library
Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Site
Peter Robinson Emigrants
Cyndi's List - Over  26,000 links in over 70 categories!
Cunard Archives
Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports 1850-1893
Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports 1850-1893: Where are they?
Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports 1850-1893: Review
Unassisted Immigrants from Foreign Ports
Steamship Historical Society of America, Langsdale Library, University of
Baltimore, 1420 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore MD, 21201.
Ship  Photos
The National Archives. This is a large site so spend lot of time surfing it.
Portuguese Emigration With Ship List


Some other interesting sites:
The official octothorp home page

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