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Record Description
Record Type	Airplane Arrival Manfests
Record Group	RG 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Collection years	1944-1945
Microfilm Publication	A4234. Passenger Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Boca Chica, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Key West, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, and Tampa, Florida, and Charleston, South Carolina, April 1944-December 1945.. 1 rolls
Arrangement	Chronologically by date of arrival
National Archives Identifier	4477137414
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What is in the Collection?

The collection contains lists of passengers and alien employees filed by the aircraft commanders of airplanes arriving from 17 April 1944 to 27 December 1945 at the following locations:

• Boca Chica, Florida
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Jacksonville, Florida
• Key West, Florida
• Miami, Florida
• Orlando, Florida
• Pensacola, Florida
• Tampa, Florida
• Charleston, South Carolina

These records correspond with NARA publication A4234 and are part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The collection is arranged chronologically by date of arrival.

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Florida and South Carolina, Airplane Arrival Manifests, 1944-1945.

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Entry Declaration (Passenger and Crew List)

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  Passenger Information Sheet

What Can this Collection Tell Me?

The records may include any of the following:

• Full name
• Age
• Gender
• Marital status
• Citizenship
• Last permanent residence
• Birthplace
• Destination
• Significant remarks
• Name of vessel
• Port and date of departure
• Port and date of arrival
• If passenger or crew member
• Physical Description
• Name and address of relative in the US
• Reason for coming to the US
• Intended length of stay in the US

How Do I Search the Collection?

To begin your search it is helpful to know

• The name of your ancestor.
• The port where your ancestor arrived.
• The date of arrival.
• The approximate age of your ancestor.
• The place where your ancestor lived.
• The names of family members and their relationships.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page:
To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links:
⇒ Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page
⇒ Select the appropriate "NARA Roll Number" which takes you to the images.

Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind:

• There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
• You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.
• Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.

What Do I Do Next?

When you have located your ancestor’s passenger record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details and lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

You can use these lists to:

• Learn an immigrant’s place of origin
• 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.
• Find federal immigration records
• Download a copy of the record or transcribe the details.
• If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct.
• Continue to search the lists to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have immigrated at the same time.
• If your ancestor has an uncommon surname, you may want to obtain the passenger list of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors.

I Can't Find Who I was Looking for, What Now?

• Look for variant spellings of the names.
• You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names.
• Search the indexes and records of other port cities.

Citing this Collection

Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

Collection Citation:

Collection Citation: The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection.

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