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US Port listing and Information

This section contains information on the microfilm holdings of NARA. When searching for immigrant's you must have the roll numbers to find the person you are looking for.
Once you know what roll the person is on you can scan that film to find the record you need.

To obtain immigration records by mail

Paper copies of immigration records can be ordered by mail using one NATF Form 81 for each person or family group traveling together.

You can obtain the NATF Form 81 (limit 6 per order) by providing your name and mailing address to NARA. Be sure to specify "Form 81" and the number of forms you need.

You can also obtain the NATF Form 81 (limit 6 per order) by writing to: 
National Archives and Records Administration
Attn: NWCTB
700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC    20408-0001.

A very important point to remember. Italian woman do not change their surname when they marry. When searching these records use the family / maiden name of the woman in most cases to locate her.

For more information see:

NARA

Brownsville, Tex. See Galveston, Tex.
Canada See St Albans,Vermont, District
Houston, Tex. See Galveston, Tex.
Tacoma, Wash. See Seattle,Wash.
PA Abbreviation for Passenger 
Port Townsend, Wash.  See Seattle,Was.

Passenger Lists Roll #

Index List Other
Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes Ports Portland, Maine Index to PA lists, 1820-1874 M334
  Providence, Rhode Island   PA lists, 1820-1873 M575
1911-1934 T792
      1911-1954 T518  
PA lists, 1911-1943 T1188
  St Albans, Vermont Indexes to Canadian border entries From Canadian Atlantic ports, 1895-1954 M1464
Manifests of PA arrivals From Canadian Pacific ports, 1895-1954 M1464
      From Canadian Pacific ports, 1929-1949 M1465
Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland 1820-1891 M255 1820-1897 (federal lists) M327 Quarterly abstracts of PA lists, 1820-1869 M596
    1891-1909 T844 1833-1866 (city lists) M326
1954-1957 M1477 1897-1952 T520
      Index to PA lists, 1890-1924 T517
Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts 1848-1891 M265 Crew lists, 1917-1943 T938
      1899-1940 T790  
1902-1906 T521
      1906-1920 T617  
1820-1891 M277
      1891-1943 T843  
Gloucester, Massachusetts Crew lists, 1918-1943 T941
  New Bedford, Massachusetts Index to PA arrivals, 1902-1954 T522 PA lists, 1902-1942 T944 Crew lists, 1917-1943 T942
Portland, Maine 1893-1954 T524
      1907-1930 T793  
PA lists, 1893-1943 T1151
New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana Before 1900 T527 1820-1902 M259 1903-1945 T905
1900-1952 T618 1910-1945 T905 1910-1945 T939
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and S. Carolina      
Galveston, Texas Galveston, Texas and Other Texas Ports Index to PA lists, 1896-1906 M1357
      Index to PA lists, 1906-1951 M1358
PA lists, 1896-1951 M1359
         
Gulfport & Pascagoula, Mississippi Gulfport, Mississippi Index to PA arrivals, 1904-1954 T523
  Pascagoula, Mississippi Index to PA arrivals, 1903-1935 T523
Key West, Florida PA lists, 1898-1945 T940
  Savannah, Georgia PA lists, 1906-1945 T943  
New York, New York New York, New York 1820-1846 M261 1820-1897 M237 1897-1957 (includes crew lists) T715
    1897-1902 T519 Registers of vessels, 1789-1919 M1066
1902-1943 T621
    1906-1942 T612  
1944-1948 M1417
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1800-1906 M360 1800-1882 M425  
1883-1948 T526 1883-1945 T840
    1906-1926 T791  
Detroit, Michigan Card manifests of entries, 1906-1954 M1478 PA and alien crew lists, 1946-1957 M1479
         
  San Francisco, California Index to vessels, 1882-1957 M1437 1905-1954 M1416 (Alien) 1896-1921 M1436
Index to PA lists, 1893-1934 M1389 1954-1957 M1411 1902-1907 (from Honolulu) M1440
      1903-1918 M1412 1907-1911 (from insular possessions) M1438
Seattle, Washington and Other Washington Ports 1890-1957 M1383 Certificates of head tax paid by alien PAs, 1917-1924 M1365
      1894-1909 M1484 1890-1957 M1383 Crew lists
1908-1917 (from insular pos.) M1485 1903-1917 M1399 Crew lists
      1949-1954 M1398  
Records of the US Customs Service, 1820--ca 1891 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1891--1957
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