Florida, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida - FamilySearch Historical Records

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St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida,  United States
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Record Description
Record Type	Passenger lists
Record Group	RG 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Collection years	1926-1941
Microfilm Publication	M1959. Florida, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida, 1926-1941. 3 rolls
Arrangement	Chronological order by date of arrival
National Archives Identifier	4335265
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What is in This Collection?

Ship Passenger lists of the Port of St. Petersburg provided to ther Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Service. The passenger lists are part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and are from National Archive Microfilm Publication M1959 Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida, December 1926-March 1941. The majority of the the ship departures were from Havana, Cuba.

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• Passenger's Name
• Age
• Gender
• Marital Status
• Occupation
• Last residence
• Port of arrival
• Final destination in the United States

Collection Content

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  1937 Passenger List

Inventory

Film	DGS	Roll	Collection
	103435707	1	Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida, December 1926 - March 1941

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FamilySearch Catalog

• Florida, passenger lists of vessels arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida, 1926-1941
• Index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at ports in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, 1890-1924 : NARA RG85 publication T517

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• Florida, Florida, Tampa, Passenger Lists, 1898-1945
• Florida, Fort Lauderdale Crew Lists, 1939-1945

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