Advice
Ship Passenger Lists
During the Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) composed personal name indexes to Ship's Passenger Lists for the Immigration & Naturalization Service. Information posted to 3X5 cards included:
passenger's name,
age,
sex,
occupation,
country of origin,
port of departure,
name of the ship,
date & port of arrival.
The indices were microfilmed and the cards were destroyed.
WPA indices cover:
Baltimore, MD: 1820-1952
Boston, MA: 1848-1891 & 1902-1920
New Orleans, LA: 1853-1952
New York, NY: 1820-1846 & 1897-1943
Philadelphia, PA: 1800-1948
Minor Ports Indices:
Atlantic, Gulf Coast & Great Lakes: 1820-1874
AL, FL, GA & SC: 1890-1924
Gulfport, FL 19, FL: 1904-1954
Pascgaoula, MS: 1903-1935
Key West, FL: 1898-1945
New Bedford MS: 1902-1954
Portland, ME: 1893-1954
Providence, RI: 1893-1954
Galveston, TX 1896-1951
San Francisco, CA: 1893-1934
Contributed Jul 1999 by Angel Jacobsen-Shweika with thanks to Walter & Joan M.
