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Passenger Lists of Arrivals
at Boston and Related Ports since 1820 1820-1891Boston
Related Ports of Entry Not all ships bringing passengers to the Boston area landed those passengers at Boston. A number of ship passenger lists survive for a large number of smaller ports in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and are reproduced in Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873 (NARA publication M575). These lists are indexed by A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Altantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York), 1820-1874 (NARA publication M334). Selected ports from that publication are shown below, showing the dates of the surviving lists for each port:
1891-1954Boston Indexes There are several indices to Boston passenger lists after 1891. Unfortunately, the years between 1891 and 1902 remain without a name index. The earliest finding aids are the Book indexes to passenger arrivals at Boston, MA, 4/1/1899-9/14/1940 (NARA publication T790), and even these are missing the year 1901. Book indexes are arranged by date and ship, so one must have some idea of where the immigrant came from and when he/she arrived. If one has a general grasp of these facts, searching the book indexes can be less tedious than searching passenger list after passenger list. The later years, from 1902 to 1920, are indexed by two separate publications available at the National Archives or at/through LDS Family History Centers:
There is a name index to passenger arrivals at Boston from January 1, 1921 to 1948, but it has not yet been published by the National Archives. Boston Passenger Lists United States immigration lists for Boston since 1891 are published by the National Archives as Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 1, 1891-1943 (NARA publication T843), and are available at the National Archives or at/through LDS Family History Centers. Crew Lists Lists of ship crew members are published since 1917 as Crew Lists of Vessel Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, May 1, 1917-1943 (NARA publication T938). Note that lists of Canadian crewmen arriving at Boston between August 1919 and October 1930 were filed separately, and have not been published by the National Archives. Related Ports of Entry - Notes and Microfilm Publication Information: Gloucester, MA Passenger Lists for Vessels Arriving at Gloucester, MA, Oct 1, 1906-1942, NARA publication M1321 Halifax, Nova Scotia Between August 1, 1891 and April 30, 1904, records of immigrants traveling from or via Halifax to Boston, MA, were filed at Boston. Between May 1, 1904, and June 30, 1929, immigrants embarking at Halifax and destined to Boston were examined at Halifax and not examined at Boston, and their records were filed with the Canadian Border Arrival Records (St. Albans records, NARA publications M1461, M1463, M1464).
Providence, RI Index to Passengers Arriving at Providence, Rhode Island, June 18, 1911-Oct. 5, 1954, NARA publication T518 Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Providence, Rhode Island, 1911-1943, NARA publication A1188 St. John, New Brunswick Between August 1, 1891 and April 30, 1904, records of immigrants traveling from or via St. John to Boston, MA, were filed at Boston. Between May 1, 1904, and June 30, 1929, immigrants embarking at St. John and destined to Boston were examined at St. John and not examined st Boston, and their records were filed with the Canadian Border Arrival Records (St. Albans records, NARA publications M1461, M1463, M1464). Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Between August 1, 1891 and April 30, 1904, records of immigrants traveling from or via Yarmouth to Boston, MA, were filed at Boston. Between May 1, 1904, and June 30, 1929, immigrants embarking at Yarmouth and destined to Boston were examined at Yarmouth and not examined st Boston, and their records were filed with the Canadian Border Arrival Records (St. Albans records, NARA publications M1461, M1463, M1464). see also Joe Beine's website
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