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Record Description
Record Type Passenger lists
Record Group RG 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Collection years 1948-1959
Microfilm Publication A3458. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity, June 1948-January 1959..
National Archives Identifier 4051421
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What is in This Collection?

This collection contains passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity (Aransas Pass, Gregory, Harbor Island, Point Comfort, and Port Lavaca), June 1948-January 1959. The records usually include the name of the vessel, ports and dates of departure and arrival, and the following information about each crew member: full name, position in ship’s company, age, gender, race, nationality. These records correspond with NARA publication A3458 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

  • Family Name
  • Name and middle initial
  • Nationality and passport number
  • Position
  • Where shipped or engaged
  • Name and address of next of kin

Collection Content

Sample Images

  • Passenger list 1956

    Passenger list 1956

Inventory

DGS Roll Old Roll Collection
104822438 1 1 11 Jun 1948–13 Oct 1949
104822439 2 2 20 Oct 1949–3 Aug 1951
104822443 3 3 3 Aug 1951–16 Mar 1953
104822444 4 4 18 Mar 1953–9 Feb 1954
104822445 5 5 2 Jul 1953–9 Sep 1954
104822440 6 6 12 Sep–30 Nov 1954
104822441 7 1 1 Dec 1954–12 Aug 1955
104822442 8 2 20 Aug 1955–30 May 1956
104822446 9 3 Miscellaneous, 22 Dec 1954–8 Dec 1956
104822447 10 4 9 Dec 1956–30 Mar 1957
104822448 11 5 1 Apr–26 Sep 1957
104822449 12 6 5 Oct 1957–28 Apr 1958
104822450 13 7 4 May 1958–10 Jan 1959

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