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Some of the books listed below can be ordered from Amazon. Click on the title for ordering information. You might also try your local library. (GPC=Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD) Not all of the material listed here will be considered "ship passenger lists." Many early passenger records have not survived and other records documenting an immigrant are used instead. General Passenger and Immigration Lists Index a Guide to Published Arrival Records of...Passengers Who Came to the United States and Canada in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries; edited by P. William Filby; Published by Gale Research Co, Detroit, MI (1981-?) There are 3 original volumes (published in 1981), plus annual supplements (beginning with 1982); some of the later supplements are in 2 parts. These books index numerous sources (listed at the beginning of each volume) of passenger arrivals, naturalizations and other immigration records. They are sometimes referred to as "the big Filby books" or "PILI." They are carried in some libraries. The series is also available as a searchable online database at Ancestry (including the supplements through 2012)... ONLINE DATABASE: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [at Ancestry/requires payment] Ship Passenger Lists - edited and indexed by Carl Boyer [series/4 volumes]; Newhall, California: Boyer, 1977-80; these books index miscellaneous immigration materials. Vol. 1: National and New England (1600-1825) Vol. 2: New York and New Jersey (1600-1825) Vol. 3: The South (1538-1825) Vol. 4: Pennsylvania and Delaware (1641-1825) New World Immigrants Vol. 1 (Amazon Link), New World Immigrants Vol. 2 (Amazon Link); Subtitle: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, by Michael Tepper (Editor); GPC 1988 (2 Volumes) More than 27,500 emigrants who arrived from 1618-1878. The passengers are mainly English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss, French, Dutch, Norwegian, and Russian-German. Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's - Over 7100 Families and 290 Ships Boston and New England Port Arrivals and Immigrants to the City of Boston, 1715-1716 and 1762-1769 by William H. Whitmore; GPC 1990, reprinted 1996 In this book the name of the ship, date of arrival, and occupation is given for 3,000 passengers. The book is available for searching online from Ancestry: Port Arrivals and Immigrants to the City of Boston, 1715-1716 and 1762-1769 at Ancestry/requires payment. Passengers to America: A Consolidation of Ship Passengers from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Amazon link); by Michael Tepper (Editor); GPC 1988 This book contains more than 16,000 passengers who arrived in America from 1620 to 1836 (although most are from the 17th century), beginning with the Mayflower. The Great Migration 1620-1635 ONLINE DATABASE: The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 at Ancestry/requires payment Includes information about a single immigrant or an immigrant family who arrived in New England 1620-1635. Searching this database requires a subscription to Ancestry's online genealogy databases. This database is from a series of books: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vols. 1-3 by Robert Charles Anderson (editor). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995; and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vols. 1-6 by Robert Charles Anderson (editor). Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1999-2011. RESEARCH MATERIAL: The Great Migration Study Project from the New England Historic Genealogical Society Books...
ONLINE DATABASE: New England Immigrants, 1700-1775 at Ancestry/requires payment the Carolinas ONLINE LISTS: Carolinas Passenger Lists: Miscellaneous Ships, 1768, 1774 and 1781 Carolinas Passenger Lists: Miscellaneous Ships, including Several Ship Passenger Lists, 1774 Books...
Georgia The Germans of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1783 (Amazon link) by George F. Jones An alphabetical listing with details of the 3500 German-speaking inhabitants of colonial Georgia Maryland Since very few Colonial era passenger lists exist for Maryland, immigrants are traced through land and other records. For the period after 1680 you might try Filby's Passenger & Immigration Lists Index (see the first listing on this webpage). For the period 1633-1680 you might try the following sources... BOOK: The Early Settlers of Maryland (Amazon Link); An Index of Names of Immigrants Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland by Gust Skordas This book contains an alphabetical index of over 25,000 settlers, virtually all of the immigrants to Maryland for its first fifty years. Included are names of immigrants, approximate date of emigration, the basis of the claim for land, residence, sometimes the family relationship or status, and a reference to the source of the information. Also see the book's supplement below... ONLINE INDEX: A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland compiled by Carson Gibb, Ph.D. This index contains 8,680 entries correcting omissions and errors in the above book. It is searchable online at the Maryland State Archives. Click on the title. New Orleans For New Orleans arrivals pre-1820 see this website... Resources for Finding New Orleans Passenger Lists New York and New Jersey Note: Also see the General Listings above. ONLINE DATABASE: Palatine German Immigration to Ireland and U.S., Hank Z Jones collection, 1654-1878 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes the following scanned searchable books by Henry Z. Jones...
ONLINE DATABASE: Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 at Ancestry/requires payment ONLINE DATABASE: Early Germans of New Jersey at Ancestry/requires payment BOOK: More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies 1717 to 1776 by Henry Z. Jones link is to author's website This book includes data on 316 Palatine families who arrived in New York and New Jersey, 1717-1776, plus their European origins. It also includes some 1710 immigrants who returned to Germany, or whose destination is unknown, plus some additional material on the Palatine immigrant families of 1710. See the Ancestry link above for an online version of this book. Philadelphia & Pennsylvania (also see the Irish section below) Pennsylvania German Pioneers - A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808. Compiled by Ralph Beaver Strassburger. Edited by William John Hinke. (3 Vols.), Picton Press; Note: these lists generally contain only the names of the adult male passengers (age 16 and above).
Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers by Annette Kunselman Burgert; AKB Publications, Myerstown, PA, 2000 (573 pages) The author of this book has done much research in the determining the town of origin of many 18th century emigrants to Pennsylvania. She has privately published her findings in numerous monographs, many of which are now collected in this resource. If you find your ancestor in Pennsylvania German Pioneers, you may find this book helpful to continue your research. But be aware that this book, as its title indicates, covers "some Pennsylvania pioneers," not all. Included is a bibliography, an appendix of Swiss origins, and indexes for ships, places and names. This book can be purchased at Amazon: Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers. You might also try your local library. Master Index to the Emigrants Documented in the Published Works of Annette K. Burgert, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P. (Revised & Updated) by Annette K. Burgert; AKB Publications, Myerstown, PA, 2000. (84 pages) A name index to the 18th century (mostly) German immigrants that Annette Burgert has found the place of origin for in her various research projects, and has published in numerous monographs and books. If you are searching for the home town of an ancestor listed in Pennsylvania German Pioneers, you might find this index helpful. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776 by Daniel L. Rupp; GPC 2000. (583 pages) Originally published in 1876, this book has been reprinted. It covers much of the same ground as Pennsylvania German Pioneers, which is often considered a better source (see above). However, it can be found useful as a supplementary index to this material. 319 ship passenger lists are arranged chronologically with an alphabetical surname index in the back. If your ancestor arrived in Pennsylvania in this time frame (1727-1776) and you do not find them in Pennsylvania German Pioneers, then you might check this book. ONLINE DATABASE: A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German... and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776 ONLINE DATABASE: Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1727-1776 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Pennsylvania German Immigrants 1709-1786 (Amazon Link); Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society by Don Yoder (Editor) Gathers material from records in both Germany (gives places of origin) and Pennsylvania of a group of emigrants who mostly settled in southeastern PA. Many are collated with the listings in Pennsylvania German Pioneers. Rhineland Emigrants: Lists of German Settlers in Colonial America (Amazon Link); by Don Yoder Similar to the above book with material drawn from articles in the magazine Pennsylvania Folklife. Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration (Amazon Link); by Walter Allen Knittle Lists the names of about 12,000 Palatine settlers mostly to Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys of New York, with their dates of emigration. Philadelphia Passenger Lists Index 1800-1906 (information about the online and microfilm index) Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia 1800-1819 (Amazon link) transcribed by Elizabeth P. Bentley, edited by Michael H. Tepper; GPC 1986. (913 pages) This book contains the names of about 40,000 passengers (listed alphabetically) who arrived in Philadelphia from 1800-1819. Most of the passengers were from Great Britain (especially Northern Irleand) and Germany. Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819 (Amazon link) A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Michael Tepper; GPC 1999 About 6,000 passengers, most of them British and German, who arrived at the port of Philadelphia between 1682 and 1819, are included in this work. The majority are from two lists of indentured servants and apprentices. Books...
German Immigrant Servant Contracts: Registered at the Port of Philadelphia, 1817-1831 (Amazon link) by Farley Grubb; Clearfield Company, 1995. Virginia ONLINE DATABASE: Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s at Ancestry/requires payment These were compiled from early land records stored in Richmond. Books...
England Complete Book of Emigrants by Peter Wilson Coldham, 4 volumes; GPC 1988-1993 Derived from English sources, each book is arranged chronologically with an alphabetical index of names in the back. Each volume lists approximately 20,000-30,000 emigrants to the new world.
Scotland Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 by David Dobson at Ancestry/requires payment; scanned searchable books Books by David Dobson...
Ireland The Irish section has moved to its own webpage... Scotch-Irish Books...
Germany For more Germany/Palatinate resources see the Georgia, New York and Philadelphia sections above. Online Database: Palatine German Immigration to the U.S. and Ireland, the Hank Z Jones Collection, 1654-1878 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes the following scanned searchable books...
Books: Even More Palatine Families: 18th Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss, and Austrian Origins; 3 volume set by Henry Z. Jones; See the Ancestry collection above for online versions of these 3 volumes. Contains the following material...
Pennsylvania German Pioneers Research Guide 1727-1808 Scanned Book: Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration by Walter Allen Knittle Lists the names of about 12,000 Palatine settlers mostly to Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys of New York, with their dates of emigration. More Books and Resources...
Switzerland ONLINE SCANNED BOOKS: Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies, Vol. 1 by Albert Bernhardt Faust and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh at FamilySearch Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies, Vol. 2 at FamilySearch |
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