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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' Passenger Arrival Records | ||
Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the ports of departure and arrival. They can also be used to identify family and community members who arrived together as well as the country they came from. | Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the ports of departure and arrival. They can also be used to identify family and community members who arrived together as well as the country they came from. | ||
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*[http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm '''Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's'''], | *[http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm '''Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's'''], | ||
::Over 7100 families and 290 ships, by Anne Stevens, gives the name of the ship and the master, the departure date, departure point, arrival date, and arrival point. | ::Over 7100 families and 290 ships, by Anne Stevens, gives the name of the ship and the master, the departure date, departure point, arrival date, and arrival point. You can view the data by date, by name of the ship, or by passengers in alphabetical order.<br> | ||
*Often to find passenger arrival records for immigrants arriving before 1820, you must rely on printed sources. These include published lists of immigrants' names taken from newspapers, naturalization oaths, indenture lists, headright grants, and other records. These types of records are listed in the ''Place Search'' of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following: | *Often to find passenger arrival records for immigrants arriving before 1820, you must rely on printed sources. These include published lists of immigrants' names taken from newspapers, naturalization oaths, indenture lists, headright grants, and other records. These types of records are listed in the ''Place Search'' of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following: | ||