U.S. Passenger Arrival Lists – Before 1820
To search for existing passenger lists, you at least need to know your ancestor's:
Full name_______________________________________________________
Approximate date of arrival__________________________________________
Approximate age__________________________________________________
Nationality_______________________________________________________

Resources at Mesa Regional Family History Center:
Code for location:    RW = Reference wall in census corner
                                S = Stacks or the book shelves

It will be critical to keep a research log.  There are forms in the Copy Room.

Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s
Compiled by William P. Filby                                                West Wall  973 W32p

Over a million immigrants came to the colonies before 1820, but few were recorded on passenger lists. Most of the known lists have been published and many have been indexed in P. Wm. Filby’s Passenger and Immigration Lists Index and Supplements. 22 vols. covering 1538 – 1940. This set also indexes published naturalizations and oaths of allegiance. It lists over 4.5 million names. This collection can also be accessed on Ancestry.com, a subscription site.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography, 1538-1900.
Filby, P. William, Comp   Lists 2,550 published immigration
sources.                                                                                        West Wall 973 W33p

Internet indexes:
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - by port of departure http://www.immigrantships.net

Cyndi’s List – Ships & Passenger Lists http://www.CyndisList.com/ships.htm

Cyndi's List - Immigration & Naturalization http://www.cyndislist.com/immigrat.htm

Mayflower Passenger List - Includes biographical information
www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/passengers.php

InGeneas Canadian Passenger Records - 18^th to 20^th century
http://www.inGeneas.com/ingeneas/index.html

Irish Passenger Lists - From Ireland to the U.S. & Canada between 1677 & 1921
http://vzone.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/irish.htm

Passenger Lists for Pictou (Nova Scotia) - 1767 to 1848 http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/mainpass.htm

Passenger Lists for emigrants, mainly from the UK and Continental Europe and arranged by country of arrival http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/ships.htm

Other sites may be found by using a search engine like Google and entering the words "immigration" and "genealogy".

Other published indexes:
British Emigrants
The Great Migration Begins - Immigration to New England, 1620-1633  S - 974 W2a

The Great Migration:  Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635               S - 974 W2aa  

Coldham, Peter W. The Complete Book of Emigrants…, 1661-1699,
1700-1776, Vols. 2 & 3, 4 about 76,000 names.                                          S - 973 W2col

Coldham, Peter W. Bonded Passengers to America, vol. 1-9                      S - 973 W32

Coldham, Peter W. American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857, about 6,300 names.                                RW - 942 P27c

Coldham, Peter W. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660
from English Public Records…to America                                                      S - 973 W2col

Dobson, David. Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America,
1625 – 1825.  (Vols. 1-7)                                                                              S - 941 W2dd

Dobson, David. The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783,
7,000 names                                                                                                   S - 973 W2do

Dobson, David. Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725                                                S - 941 W2ddo

Jones, Henry Z., Jr. The Palatine Families of New York…German Immigrants
Who Arrived…in 1710. 2 vols., about 30,000 names.                                       S - 974.7 D2j

Whyte, Donald. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before
Confederation. 30,000 names of immigrants who came before 1867.                 S - 971 F2wd

For Additional Sources:
Reference Desk (just ask)
MRFHC catalog - Mesa (www.mesarfhc.org)
Family History Library Catalog - Salt Lake  http://www.familysearch.org/

Many books are being digitized and put online - use a Google search to find Immigration books online.

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