SHIPS LISTS ONLINE

1624-31 July 1855: No immigrant receiving station in New York to process immigrant ship arrivals

1 August 1855 - 18 April 1890: Castle Garden Receiving Station processed immigrant ship arrivals

19 April 1890 - 31 December 1891: Barge Office processed immigrant ship arrivals

1 January 1892 - 14 June 1897: Ellis Island processed immigrant ship arrivals

15 June 1897 - 16 December 1900: Barge Office processed immigrant ship arrivals

17 December 1900 - 1924: Ellis Island processed immigrant ship arrivals

How to Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to New York from 1624 to 1820

1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for these early ships passenger lists to New York are:

• Olive Tree Genealogy Ships to New Netherland & New York (especially good for passenger lists for those early 1600s years. Has ships lists for the early 1800s too)
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Ships to New York (no early ships lists but has the later years)
• Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20 [$]

How to Find Palatine Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to New York 1709-1710

1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for these Palatine ships passenger lists to New York are:

• Palatines in New York City, 1710 (On The Trail of Our Ancestors)
• Denization of Palatines in England before immigrating to New York 1708 (NaturalizationRecords.com)
• Ships Carrying Palatines to New York 1708-1710 (Olive Tree Genealogy)
• Simmendinger Register 1717 (Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild)

How to Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to New York from 1820 to 1855

1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for these ships passenger lists to New York are:

• Olive Tree Genealogy Ships to New York
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Ships to New York
• New York 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists [$]
• List of Famine Ships & some passengers 1846-1851 (Lalley.com)
• Search Famine Irish Passenger Records 1846-1851 (Access to Archives Databases at NARA)
• Search Ships Passenger Lists to New York (Rootsweb.com)

2. Search microfilmed ships passenger lists 1820-1855 available at NARA or Family History Centers then order copies of passenger names on manifests

How to Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to New York from 1855 to 1892

1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for Castle Garden ships passenger lists to New York are:

• One-Step Search Engines for Castle Garden Ships Passenger Lists (Steve Morse)
• Ships Passenger Lists to New York (Olive Tree)
• Ships Passenger Lists to New York (ISTG)
• New York City AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 includes ship name and arrival year (Rootsweb.com)
• Castle Garden Ships Passenger Lists (Rootsweb.com)
• Passenger Lists for 1860 Ship Arrivals at New York (Theresa Williams)
• New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 [$]
• Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894 [$]
• Ship Passenger Lists to New York: Miscellaneous Ships [$]

2. Search microfilmed ships passenger lists 1855-1892 available at NARA or Family History Centers then order copies of passenger names on manifests

3. Search New York Times Lists of Passenger Names & Arrival Reports 1851-1929 (Rootsweb.com)

How to Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to New York from 1892 to 1924

1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for Ellis Island ships passenger lists to New York are:

• One-Step Search Engines for Ellis Island Ships Passenger Lists (Steve Morse)
• Ships Passenger Lists to New York (Olive Tree)
• Ships Passenger Lists to New York (ISTG)
• Search Ships Passenger Lists to New York (Rootsweb.com)

2. Search microfilmed ships passenger lists 1892-1924 available at NARA or Family History Centers then order copies of passenger names on manifests

How to Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to New York from 1924 to 1959

1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for these early ships passenger lists to New York are:

• Ships Passenger Lists to New York (Olive Tree)
• Ships Passenger Lists to New York (ISTG)
• Search Ships Passenger Lists to New York (Rootsweb.com)

2. Search microfilmed ships passenger lists 1924-1959 available at NARA or Family History Centers then order copies of passenger names on manifests

3. Search New York Times Lists of Passenger Names & Arrival Reports 1851-1929 (Rootsweb.com)

What's Available at NARA for Ships Passenger Lists to New York

• Alexandria Bay, New York, 1929-1956
• Black Rock, New York
• Buffalo, New York, 1902-1954
• Cape Vincent, New York, 1929-1956
• Castle Garden
• Champlain, New York, 1929-1956
• Charlotte, New York
• Clayton, New York, 1929-1956
• Ellis Island
• Fort Covington, New York, 1929-1956
• Hogansburg, New York, 1929-1956
• Lewiston, New York, 1902-1954
• Louisville Landing, New York
• Malone, New York, 1929-1956
• Mooers, New York, 1929-1956
• Morristown, New York, 1929-1956
• New York, New York,1820-1957, 1892-1924
• Nyando, New York, 1929-1956
• Ogdensburg, New York, 1929-1956
• Oswegatchie, New York, 1821-1823
• Rochester, New York, 1866 and 1902-1954
• Rooseveltown, New York, 1929-1956
• Rouses Point, New York, 1929-1956
• Sag Harbor, New York, 1829-1834
• Thousand Island Bridge, New York, 1929-1956
• Trout River, New York, 1929-1956
• Waddington, New York, 1929-1956

Search NARA Microfilm for Ships Passenger Lists to New York Ports of Arrival 1821-1954