AMERICAN PASSENGER LISTS, SUBSTITUTE LISTS, & INDEXES, 1538-1940

The following bibliography is intended to serve as a checklist of many of the most important ship passenger lists and passenger list indexes available in print and microfilm formats in the collection of St. Louis Public Library. It is organized by the state (or colony) the immigrants arrived in and then chronologically by dates of arrival covered by the work in question. This organization scheme was chosen to assist genealogical researchers who are already fairly certain about an ancestor's entry port and approximate time of arrival in the United States, and want to know what's available for that port and time period in the collection of St. Louis Public Library.

Items in this bibliography are available in one or more of the following Central Library departments: HG (History & Genealogy); MI (Microforms); and ST (Stacks). Staff in the History & Genealogy (314-539-0385) and Microforms Departments (314-539-0368) can check indexed items for the public: or send your questions via email (we will need your mailing address if you are requesting any photocopies).

Item listings include date covered by source; title of source; place of publication; publisher; date of publication; and library location.

PART I

Arrivals at Alabama Ports

(1832-1852) Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (excluding New York), 1820-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Service, 1960. [has coverage for the port of Mobile, Alabama] MI-Ref 929.173 (188 reels)

(1820-1873) Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1820-1873. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964 . MI-Ref 929.373 (16 reels)

Arrivals at California Ports

(1850-1875) Rasmussen, Louis J. San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists. Colma, CA: San Francisco Historic Record and Genealogy Bulletin, 1965-1970. HG-Ref 929.3794

Arrivals at Connecticut Ports

(1820-1847) Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (excluding New York), 1820-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Service, 1960. [has coverage for the port of New London, Connecticut] MI-Ref 929.173 (188 reels)

(1820-1873) Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (excluding New York), 1820-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Service, 1960. [has coverage for the port of New Haven, Connecticut] MI-Ref 929.173 (188 reels)

(1820-1873) Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1820-1873. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964. MI-Ref 929.373 (16 reels)

Arrivals at Delaware Ports

(1638-1664) Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664 (2 vols). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. ST-Ref 975.102

(1641-1825) Boyer, Carl. Ship Passenger Lists: Pennsylvania and Delaware (1641-1825). Newhall, CA: the author, 1980. HG-Ref 929.374

Arrivals at Florida Ports

(1820-1873) Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1820-1873. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964. Mi-Ref 929.373 (16 reels)

(1821-1870) Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (excluding New York), 1820-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960. [has coverage for the port of St. Augustine, Florida]
MI-Ref 929.173 (188 reels)

(1837-1868) Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (excluding New York), 1820-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960. [has coverage for the port of Key West, Florida]
MI-Ref 929.173 (188 reels)

Arrivals at Georgia Ports

(1538-1825) Boyer, Carl. Ship Passenger Lists: the South, 1538-1825. Newhall, CA: the author, 1979. HG-Ref 929.376

(1733-1783) Jones, George F. Germans of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1783. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. HG-Ref 929.3758

(1819-1820) United States. Department of State. Passenger Arrivals, 1819-1820: a Transcript of the List of Passengers Who Arrived in the United States from the 1st October, 1819 to the 30th September, 1820. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967. HG-Ref 929.373

(1820-1868) Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (excluding New York), 1820-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960. [has coverage for the port of Savannah, Georgia] MI-Ref 929.173 (188 reels)

(1820-1873) Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1820-1873. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964. MI-Ref 929.373 (16 reels)

Compiled by Thomas A. Pearson, Reference Librarian
Special Collections Department
St. Louis Public Library
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