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Series Description

There are 5 Files for this series in AAD :
German, French, and Swiss Passenger Records, ca. 1820 - ca. 1912 (info) Search
Records of Passengers from Ireland and the United Kingdom, ca. 1820 - ca. 1912 (info) Search
Italian Passenger Records, ca. 1820 - ca. 1912 (info) Search
Records of Passengers from the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and other European Countries, ca. 1820 - ca. 1912 (info) Search
Manifest Header Records, 1820 - 1912 (info) Search
Title: Ship Passenger Records, created, ca. 1977 - 2010, documenting the period 1820 - 1912
Creator: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Center for Immigration Research. (Predecessor)
Battery Conservancy. Castle Garden Immigration Center. (Most Recent)
Type of Archival Materials: Data Files
Textual Records
Level of Description: Series from Collection CGIC: Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection
Location: National Archives at College Park - Electronic Records, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0470; FAX: 301-837-3574; EMAIL: cer@nara.gov
Inclusive Dates: ca. 1977 - 2010
Coverage Dates: 1820 - 1912
Date Note: The electronic records in this collection were extracted from lists of passengers who arrived between 1820 and 1912.
Part of: Collection CGIC: Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection
Function and Use: The donor created this series to promote access to information about immigration to the United States.
Scope & Content Note: This series contains information about passengers who arrived in the United States by ship between 1820 and 1912. The records were extracted from ship passenger lists in the Records of the U.S. Customs Service (Record Group 36). The series includes passenger lists for four separate geographic areas: Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Germany (containing records on German, French, and Swiss passengers), and Russia (containing records on passengers from the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and the other countries of Europe). The lists contain passenger information such as name, age, marital status, place of last residence, and destination. This series also includes a ship manifest file and code tables which explain the values recorded in the passenger lists.
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Finding Aid Type: Technical Information
Finding Aid Source: NARA and the Castle Garden Immigration Center
Extent: 5 data files, 13 code tables, and 1 electronic documentation file in Microsoft Word format
Index Terms
  Subjects Represented in the Archival Material
    Emigration and immigration
Germans
Great Britain
Immigrants
Irish
Italians
Names, Personal
Passenger lists
Russians

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