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 &nbsp;<u>'''Pre-1820'''</u>
-Most ship records before&nbsp;1820&nbsp;contain little information about the passengers.&nbsp; Generally the list of passengers&nbsp;was a partial list and included names only of the most important people.&nbsp;&nbsp;Women and children were often not listed.&nbsp; Records were kept by ship's capitans.&nbsp; The capitans did not need to give their records to anyone, so they kept the records, destroyed them&nbsp;or did not keep any records.&nbsp; Most of the records that survive have been published.&nbsp; Use the ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'' to find these records (see below).
+Most ship records before&nbsp;1820&nbsp;contain little information about the passengers.&nbsp; Generally the list of passengers&nbsp;was a partial list and included names of the most important men.&nbsp;&nbsp;Women and children were often not listed.&nbsp; Records were kept by ship's capitans.&nbsp; The capitans did not need to give their records to anyone, so they kept the records, destroyed them&nbsp;or did not keep any records.&nbsp; Most of the records that survive have been published.&nbsp; Use the ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'' to find these records (see below).
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+<u>'''1820-1924'''</u>
-<u>'''1820-1924'''</u>
+Starting in 1820, the US federal government required capitans to turn in passenger lists.&nbsp; The early lists usually named every passenger, but little else.&nbsp; Over time, the government required more information.&nbsp; By 1900, the lists required name, age, occupation, country of origin, destination, name of a sponsor, amount of money carrying, etc.&nbsp; Many immigrants went through Ellis Island.
-In 1820, the US federal government required capitans to turn in passenger lists.&nbsp; The early lists usually named every passenger, but little else.&nbsp; Over time, the government required more information.&nbsp; By 1900, the lists required name, age, occupation, country of origin, destination, name of a sponsor, amount of money carrying, etc.&nbsp; Many immigrants went through Ellis Island.
+<br>
+<u>'''1925-1948'''</u>
+The 1925-1942 records have the following information:<br>
-<u>'''1925-1948'''</u>
+:Name
+:Age
+:Sex
+:Marital Status
+:Occupation
+:Nationality
+:Race
+:Last permanent residence (Country and Town)
+:Name and address of relative in country from whence alien came
+:Final destination (State and Town)
+:If going to a relative, name and address of relative
+:Physical description
+:Place of birth (Country and Town)
+:Etc.
+<u>'''1949-1957'''</u><br>
-&nbsp;
+After 1957, few passenger lists were submitted to the government.&nbsp; Alien records and naturalization records are more useful than the passenger lists and are easier to obtain.
 === Good sources for finding early immigrants are:  ===