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)

• 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:

• Denization of Palatines in England before immigrating to New York 1708 (NaturalizationRecords.com)
• Ships Carrying Palatines to New York 1708-1710 (Olive Tree Genealogy)

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

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)

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 Genealogy)
• New York City AlmsHouse Registers 1855-1858 includes ship name and arrival year
• 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 New York Times Lists of Passenger Names & Arrival Reports 1851-1929 

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)