Find your ancestors in New England passenger and crew lists

What can these records tell me?

Each result will provide you with a transcript and image of the original registers. Transcripts will offer a portion of the details recorded in the source material. View the images to discover all the information available from the registers. Transcripts will usually provide the following:

  • First name(s)
  • Last name
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Birth year
  • Birth place
  • Arrival year
  • Ship name
  • Film number

    Images of the original registers provide additional information such as the port and date of arrival in New England.

    These records are from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publication A3468: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Providence, Davisville, Melville, Newport, Quonset Point, and Tiverton, Rhode Island; Fall River, Massachusetts; and New London, Connecticut, August 1911-November 1954.

    Arrival place was not transcribed from the original records. Consult the image linked to each transcript to discover your ancestor’s arrival point.