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|title=North Carolina, New Hanover, Wilmington and North Carolina, Carteret, Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists, 1908-1958
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| start_year = 1908
| end_year = 1958
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| FS_URL_03 = [[North Carolina Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step North Carolina Research, 1880-Present]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
| FS_URL_06 = [[North Carolina Emigration and Immigration]]
| FS_URL_07 = [[Tracing Immigrants Search Strategies]]
| FS_URL_08 = [[Beginning Research in United States Immigration and Emigration Records]]
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| RW_URL_02 = [https://www.archives.gov/files/research/naturalization/420-major-immigration-laws.pdf Immigration and Naturalization Laws]
| RW_URL_03 = [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ote/caroship.htm The Olive Tree Passenger Lists of Ships to South &amp; North Carolina]
| RW_URL_04 = [https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-manifest-annotations Passenger Manifest Annotations]
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== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection contains passenger and crew lists for vessels arriving at Wilmington and Moorhead City, North Carolina from 1908-1958. It corresponds with NARA publication A3481: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Wilmington and Morehead City, North Carolina, 1908-1958. The records are divided into five parts or series.


== Record Description  ==
*Series 1: Passenger Lists, November 9, 1908-November 2, 1954
*Series 2: Crew Lists, 1909-1954 (Arranged by Vessel name from 1909 to August 1947 then by arrival date from September 1947 to November 1954)
*Series 3: Outbound Passenger Manifests, September 16, 1955-November 19, 1956
*Series 4: Passenger and Crew Lists, December 1, 1954-October 21, 1958
*Series 5: Passenger and Crew Lists Lists, June 1956-October 1958 (Morehead)


This collection contains passenger and crew lists for vessels arriving at Wilmington and Moorhead City, North Carolina from 1908-1958. It corresponds with NARA publication A3481: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Wilmington and Morehead City, North Carolina, 1908-1958.
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=== Index and Image Visibility ===
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=== To Browse This Collection ===
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
The following information may be found in these records:


== Record Content  ==
'''Passenger and Crew list'''
 
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<gallery widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="3">
Image:North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists (12-0962) DGS 7029086_37.jpg|Passenger List Example 1
Image:North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists (12-0962) DGS 7043185_252.jpg|Passenger List Example 2
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'''Passenger lists''' may list any of the following information:
 
*Port of embarkation and departure date  
*Port of embarkation and departure date  
*Name of ship  
*Name of ship  
Line 36: Line 105:
*Final destination in U.S.  
*Final destination in U.S.  
*Name of relative or friend you will visit in U.S.
*Name of relative or friend you will visit in U.S.
*Position in ship's company  
*Position in ship's company  
*When and where joined the crew
*When and where joined the crew
 
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== How to Use the Record ==
== Collection Content ==
 
=== Sample Images ===
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Image:North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists (12-0962) DGS 7029086_37.jpg|1910 Passenger List Example 1
Image:North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists (12-0962) DGS 7043185_252.jpg|1956 Passenger List Example 2
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== How Do I Search This Collection? ==
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
*The full name of your ancestor  
*The full name of your ancestor  
*The approximate date of immigration.
*The approximate date of immigration
 
If you do not know this information, check the census records after 1900.  
If you do not know this information, check the census records after 1900.  
 
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Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
 
== What Do I Do Next? ==
=== Using the Information  ===
When you have located your ancestor on a passenger list, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors.
 
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. For example, you can use passenger lists to:  
*Add any new information to your records
 
Use passenger lists to:  
*Request federal immigration record  
*Request federal immigration record  
*Learn an immigrant’s place of origin  
*Learn an immigrant’s place of origin  
*Confirm their date of arrival  
*Confirm their date of arrival  
*Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
*Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests.


=== Tips to Keep in Mind  ===
*Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names
*Consult the [[North Carolina Record Finder]] to find other records
=== Research Helps ===
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[North Carolina, United States Genealogy|North Carolina]].
* [[Beginning Research in United States Immigration and Emigration Records]]
* [[Searching Passenger Lists]]
* [[GuidedResearch:North Carolina|North Carolina Guided Research]]
* [[North Carolina Record Finder]]
* [[North Carolina Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Step-by-Step North Carolina Research, 1880-Present]]


*If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct.
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
*Continue to search the passenger lists to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who may have immigrated at the same time.
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
*If your ancestor has an uncommon surname, you may want to obtain the passenger list of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors.


=== Unable to Find Your Ancestor?  ===
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*''American passenger arrival records: a guide to the records of immigrants arriving at American ports by sail and steam'', Michael Tepper. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993 {{FSC|471679|item|disp=FS Library book 973 W27am 1993}}
*''They came in ships: a guide to finding your immigrant ancestor's arrival record'', 3rd ed., John Philip Colletta. Orem, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 2002 {{FSC|1057560|item|disp=FS Library book 973 W27c 2002}}
*''Ships of our ancestors'', Michael J. Anuta. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993, 2006 {{FSC|650610|item|disp=FS Library book 973 U3an 1993}}
*{{FSC|4092148|item|disp=North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City passenger and crew lists, 1908-1958}}


*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names.
=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===


{{Tip|Don't overlook {{FHL|North Carolina, Emigration and Immigration|keywords|disp}} items in the FamilySearch Catalog. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see the wiki article [[North Carolina Archives and Libraries]]. For additional information about this state see the wiki article [[North Carolina Genealogy]].}}
== Related Websites  ==
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-arrival.html National Archives Immigration Records]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ote/caroship.htm The Olive Tree Passenger Lists of Ships to South &amp; North Carolina]
== Related Wiki Articles  ==
[[North Carolina Genealogy]]
== Contributions to This Article  ==
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