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I see that a lot of people are looking for immigration in the United States. There were 36 points of entry ranging from Mobile Alabama to Georgetown South Carolina. The American passenger lists are all kept by the under noted centres. I hope that this information may be of use.
Sinclair
The National Archives, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. 20408, U.S.A. and The Washington National Record Centre, Washington, D.C. 20509, U.S.A. have most of the American ships passenger lists that are in existence. These date mostly from 1820 to 1902. The earliest immigration Passenger Lists are for the port of Philadelphia and begin in 1883. Most other ports have records beginning somewhat later than this, with many starting in 1891. Atlanta Office of Vital Records 1557 St. Joseph Avenue East Point, GA 30344 (Serves Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee) Boston Office of Vital Records 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02154 (Serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) Chicago Office of Vital Records 7358 South Pulaski Road Chicago, IL 60629 (Serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) Denver Office of Vital Records Denver Federal Centre, Building 48 P.O. Box 25307 Denver, CO 80225 (Serves Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming) Fort Worth Office of Vital Records 501 West Felix Street P.O. Box 6216 Fort Worth, TX 76115 (Serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) Kansas City Office of Vital Records 2312 East Bannister Road Kansas City, MO 64131 (Serves Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska) Los Angeles Office of Vital Records 24000 Avila Road Laguna Niguel, CA 92656 (Serves Arizona; the southern California counties of Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura; and Clark County, Nevada)
New York Office of Vital Records 201 Varick Street New York, N.Y 10014 (Serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) Philadelphia Office of Vital Records 9th and Market Streets, Room 1350 Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Serves Delaware and Pennsylvania; for the loan of microfilm also serves the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia) San Francisco Office of Vital Records 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066 (Serves California except southern California, Hawaii, Nevada except Clark County and the Pacific Ocean area) Seattle Office of Vital Records 6125 Sand Point Way N.E. Seattle, WA 98115 (Serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) |