Passenger Ship Arrivals

Your family history within a country begins when your first ancestor arrived. Passenger lists can help bridge your research between the family homeland and the country they immigrated to.

"Beware of third- and fourth-hand materials," advises John Philip Colletta in his recent article for Ancestry Magazine. "Always access the source cited to confirm accuracy."

Some arrivals are linked to passenger lists published elsewhere on the Internet. These lists were compiled by various researchers, not by this site. If you have questions about the information contained in a list, send it to the individual that prepared the list. Or, contact the webmaster of the site hosting the list.

Alphabetical Listings

Browse through our online collection of arrivals of ships. Where available, each ship is listed with its known years of service.

ABE to ALF	ALG to ARA	ARA to BEL
BEL to BRA	BRE to CAR	CAR to CHE
CHI to CON	CON to DIL	DIS to ELD
ELE to EXP	FAC to FRE	FRE to GER
GER to HAR	HAR to HOP	HOP to JOH
JOH to LAK	LAM to LUD	LUR to MAR
MAR to MON	MON to NIK	NIN to PAR
PAR to PLE	POI to RAC	RAD to ROT
ROT to SCA	SCA to STD	STG to TTR
TWS to TRI	TRI to WAL	WAR to ZAR
ZEE to ZOU

Search by Vessel

Search the entire directory for arrivals pertaining to the ship your ancestors arrived on. If you are not sure what the name is, try to search by U.S. port and year.

Hint: Use key words to find all the variations of the ship name for which you are looking.
(Example: America instead of Cunard Lines SS America)

Recommended Books - available from AMAZON.COM

• American Passenger Arrival Records
• Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals
• They Came in Ships : A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Ship
• Germans to America
• Italian to America

Additional Sites

We recommend the following sites for even more passenger lists:

• Olive Tree Genealogy
• On the Trail of Our Ancestors
• Historical Heritage
• IIGS Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
• American Plantations and Colonies
• Genealogy for Everyone