Questions tagged [manifest]
A record of passengers and crew who traveled on a ship or airplane.
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Sinking of the SS Galway castle in 1918, is there a complete list of missing passengers [duplicate]
Is there any way to find a list of those whose lives were lost in the sinking of the SS Galway Castle in 1918?
Newspapers at the time give details if they were local to the area and also the number, ...
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Finding original Baltimore passenger list from an index card
This index card found on FamilySearch, shows the arrival of Jno B Guth, Male, aged 34, arriving in the United States in 1834.
How can I find out more about this collection, and where/how to find the ...
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Extracting Complete Ship Passenger List
I am looking for the full ship record (Ellis Island, ship = Calabria, Arrival date IV.06.1911). Here is a sample : https://www.dropbox.com/s/94pj3l3nc5tusi4/1911%204%2022%20Leonidas%20Zoto%202.jpg?dl=...
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Seeking passenger list for SS Wittekind which landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1910
Looking for the Passengers list on the SS Witteland. Landed in Baltimore, Maryland on June 11, 1910. Name Marcin Glowacki. His final destination was Grand Rapids Michigan. Born November 4, 1892.
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Seeking ship manifests 1903-1912 from Spain to Philippines
I am looking for ship manifests 1903 - 1912 from Spain to Philippines, possibly Iloilo. My search is for Jose G. Paramos and wife Tamanan
I have done online searches, Ancestry, Newspapers and Church ...
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What are these place names (in present-day Slovakia) from this US passenger list in 1913?
The full passenger list can be found below -- I'm looking at the entry for "Ignatz Schwarz" line 14.
What is the name of the city he identified as last place of residence (also same thing as ...
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Finding S.S. Merion Passenger List sailing from Liverpool in 1904
My grandfather's "Declaration of Intention" states he came to the United States aboard the S.S. Merion, sailing from Liverpool, in 1904. I have hit a brick wall trying to find the ship's ...
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Finding the port for a 1905 arrival to United States?
My grandfather John Gibson Gowans immigrated the second time to the United States from Scotland on a ship called The Caledonia in 1905.
This was his 2nd time as his parents first immigrated in 1888 ...
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Looking for list of ships and passenger lists from Dutch Guiana to Rhode Island around 1756
I am looking for list of ships and passenger lists from Dutch Guiana to Rhode Island around 1756. I could use some insight into major US port that was used by ships from there. I’ve scoured ancestry ...
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Record of US citizen/non-citizen marriage abroad in order for family to travel from Poland to US in 1925
My ancestor was a US citizen (naturalized in 1920) who travelled to [then-]Poland (where he was originally from), and got married to a non-US citizen and had a child with her while he was abroad. He ...
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Information from passenger list/ship manifest from 1912 NY - Polish/Russian city and names
The full passenger list can be found below – I'm looking at the entry for "Jankel Samolicz" on line 30 (the final line). Can you help me to read some of the information? I'm trying to figure out:
the ...
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Italian grand grand Father Italy to Venezuela manifest passenger list
My Grand-Grand Father Domenico Calabrese came from Italy (south Italy) to Venezuela, I don't have the exact date nor the ship, but I estimate he travels from 1880 to 1900.
We think he traveled with ...
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In a Record of Detained Aliens, what "Cause of detention" is "To call"?
Looking at ship passenger manifests and a related "Record of Detained Aliens", and in the "Cause of detention" column is sometimes listed "To call". To call what and why?
Examples are:
Katie Scahill ...
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Deciphering 1910 Russian city name?
On a 1909 passenger list I have the following record. The 1st word is the city name. There is a ditto mark to the left of that, it is for Russia. To the right of the city name it says Father Jozef ...
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What would DS and FL stand for in Passenger list
In the Lists of immigrants arriving by immigrant ships at Maryborough QLD, there is a Remarks column. There are numerous DS and FL in this column. What would the DS and FL stand for? They are not ...
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Died at sea but listed as arriving
As I was doing some family history, I came across two relatives that died at sea. One was the daughter of the other, she died about 4 days before the mother. My question is, on the passenger ...
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Passenger to the Caribbean from Spain
I’ve been looking for ship passenger manifests from Spain to the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. I’ve never been able to find anything originating from Spain. Has anyone had any luck with this. I ...
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What are "I"-prefixed travel document numbers on INS Form I-415 ship manifests?
On the INS Form I-415 being issued in 1952, there is a column that refers to "travel document no." and "nationality". Nationality is obvious, but the travel document number is not.
What does a travel ...
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Passenger manifests - internal sailings uk?
Being ignorant of these matters I presume a list/timetable of sailings still exists.
from this I might be able to shortlist any sailing that might give me the information I'm searching for.
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Seeking Argentina-Buenos Aires immigration and residential records for Dusan Biukovic
My grandfather Dusan (or Daniel) Biukovic (surname versions: Biucovich, Biukovich) migrated from Svinica, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) in 1926 and probably died in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1977. How to ...
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Seeking Crew List for Prinz Oskar German Passenger Ship to Philadelphia, Pa circa 1914?
I am looking for information about the crew on the German Passenger Ship ****Prinz Oskar** which was detained (circa 1914) and confiscated by the US in Philadelphia,PA (1917) as a result of WWI.
I ...
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Seeking detailed passenger list for Solway sinking Falmouth-Corunna in 1843?
I found a website that gave full names of passengers lost at sea, including Childrens' names. I know that James John and Arabella Fitz-james were lost at sea on the sinking of the steam mail ship ...
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Travel from Australia to Palestine, 1870s
In Looking for information about Anna Oldag (*10 Oct 1866 in Warmbrunn) I asked a number of questions about my great-grandmother Anna Minna Martha Oldag. I was advised I'd get better response by ...
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Looking for shipping information leaving England in September 1879 for Japan
I am looking for shipping information about one James Main Dixon (1856 (Paisley)-1933 (Los Angeles)) who left England in September 1879 for Yokohama, Japan. He stayed in Japan from 1880 through 1892 ...
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Seeking ship manifest from Jamaica to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica in late 1860s-1870s?
Jamaica to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica: Ship manifest. Where do I find them for the late 1860s-1870s?
where can I find the names of the passengers?
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Finding departure dates from port of Bremen?
Some of the passenger lists for arrivals in the Port of New York found in Ancestry's database New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 come from original records on NARA's Microfilm Publication M237, ...
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Locating passenger list for fatal voyage of SS Galway Castle?
I am searching for the passenger list of the final voyage of the SS Galway Castle. The ship left Plymouth on 10 Sep 1918 bound for South Africa, and was torpedoed by the Germans two days later near ...
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Two ships, two manifests, same passengers?
I knew that my great-grandmother arrived in the US from Italy in about 1914. When I searched the Ellis Island database I found her easily. Unfortunately, I found her twice. Let me be specific. My ...
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8-year old male ancestor sailed alone from Liverpool to Philadelphia in 1840
The family always told us about Reuben sailing from Liverpool to Philadelphia in 1840 with his father, and being left in Philadelphia with his uncle to grow up in uncle's family, with the father ...
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What does this handwriting say for location of final destination?
I'm trying to read the handwriting on this ship manifest for Carl Guna, a coal miner arriving into New York on November 13, 1912:
See the one circled in red. I've included all the entries on the ...
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Polish/Russian city Name from 1912 Manifest
I'm looking to transcribe a Polish/Russian city name from 1912 Manifest.
I'm excited to have found the right ancestor on a passenger list, but I can't quite make out the name of the city marked as "...
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What do these extra numbers mean on this ship manifest?
I have a ship manifest for the Vaderland, run by Red Star, departing from Antwerp, Belgium and arriving at New York, New York on November 4, 1904:
On line 21 is a Robert Gregorčič fromm Austria and of ...
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What is this city name in this passenger list from Russia/Poland in late 19th/early 20th century?
The full passenger list can be found below -- I'm looking at the entry for "Stanislaw Walczykowski" line 20.
What is the name of the city he identified as last place of residence and birth place? It ...
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At what port did Lorance Effler born about 1787 in Germany come to the US?
My 4th great-grandfather came into the USA from Germany (Prussia) between 1805-1810. He arrived into the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, supposedly as a bound boy (taken from an orphanage to ...
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What kinds of records should I be searching for a ticketed crew member who transported across on a ship?
I'm looking for which ship my Great Grandfather came across. He came across from Sweden to the US in 1912. I've heard he worked his way across, but had a ticket. Should I look at crew lists, or ...
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Seeking immigration record from Ireland to US in 1812?
I have been looking for immigration records for my 3rd great grandfather, John Wilson. He emigrated from County Down, Ireland to the US in 1812, according to a family datasheet whose author is ...
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Finding Passenger Lists for Det forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S (DFDS) steamships, particularly from Denmark to UK in 1913?
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Many Europeans who immigrated to the US traveled through the UK. A Danish company called Det forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S (abbreviated DFDS) was frequently used to reach the UK from ...
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Seeking 1912 Passenger Lists into United States for ships near RMS Titanic?
I've long heard a story that my Great Grandfather was going to travel on the Titanic, but ended up choosing another ship. Supposedly his ship was close enough that they heard the SOS call for the ...
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Finding alternate indexes or record sets for passenger lists / ship manifests from Germany?
I'm researching German immigrants to the USA. Some of their records can be found in NARA's Access to Archival Databases, in this collection:
Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the ...
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Where is Cesna (City) in Russland from 1909 ship manifest of Polish grandmother?
My grandmother's ship manifest states her city of origin as Cesna Russland.
She is Polish.
Does anyone have any idea what or where Cesna is?
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Finding late 1930's ship departures from the Port of San Francisco?
I have been able to locate arrival records from Europe to the United States but have not been able to have success with the reverse. My grandfather and his mother returned back to Europe soon after ...
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Finding 20th Century Irish Ship Passenger to New York on Manifest?
I am trying to find a passenger ship manifest listing an individual (Thersa Briget Connellan) travelling from Ireland to the USA.
She was born in Clare Ireland Apr. 27, 1908 and we have found her ...
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How to Decipher U.S. Passenger Manifest Text?
Would love some help with deciphering the attached Passenger Manifest. I can't make out the text in Line 14, Col 11 of the first image AND Line 14, Col 18 of the second image. The line in question (...
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What does "S" mean in the context of possessing a ticket for the next leg of a journey?
In this ticket manifest and other transatlantic passenger manifests that I have seen, it appears that the answers to the question "whether having a ticket to such final destination" (in column 14) are ...
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Decipher Writing (Philadelphia Street Address)
Trying to decipher this Philadelphia Street address from early 1900's.
1622 Cambria St Phila
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1622 Caroline St Phila
There's another address on the manifest (5th from bottom) that looks similar ...
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How to find a passenger who left NYC to europe around 1885-1913.
How to find a passenger manifest who left New York City to Europe around 1885-1913? I know he arrived to New York City, and there are 4 records at Ellis Island of people who would match him almost ...
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How do I find passenger lists for ships embarking from Mexican ports to California?
I have a record (found on Ancestry.com) of the steamer Curacao arriving in San Francisco, California on 1 July 1905. She was laden with gold and also my great grandmother and grand uncle. The US ...
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Help reading an Ellis island record
I wonder if you could help me figure out some text in an Ellis Island record (Line 15).
Here's what I've been able to get so far. I've put questions marks where I'm not sure.
Luka Cacic
Age 23
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Where else might I find a ship going from New York to London in Spring/Summer, 1911?
I am looking for the ship on which the following party traveled from New York to London in Spring or Summer, 1911:
Charles Jay Foster
Minna Cramer Foster
Marie-Louise Foster
Enid Foster
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What are the meanings of these visa codes?
The fifth column of the image below is a sample of a few codes found in column 12 of a ship's manifest from 1947, arriving in New York. Is there a way to interpret what they mean?
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