Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists Volume 2, 1851-1872

This database details the arrivals of approximately 89,000 individuals who sailed to Baltimore in the nineteenth century. The information was extracted from National Archives Microfilm Series M255, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1891. While the entire microfilm series spans 50 rolls, this Family Archive covers rolls 1 through 8 and includes individuals who arrived between September 2, 1820 and May 28, 1852.

Most Baltimore passenger lists were collected following the 1833 enactment of a Maryland state law that required passenger lists be submitted to the mayor upon a ship's arrival. The information collected on those passenger lists and preserved on this database can help you create a well-rounded picture of your ancestor's arrival in America.

As you know, it is often the little details that help bring your family history to life. Because of this, we included more than just the basic information available about a person on the actual microfilm. For example, you'll often learn the type of ship an individual sailed on. Types of ships include:

- Bark: A ship of three to five masts with the after mast fore-and-aft rigged.
- Brig: A two-masted square-rigged sailing ship.
- Galliot: A small galley propelled by sails and oars.
- Ketch: A large fore-and-aft rigged boat with two masts.
- Schooner: A fore-and-aft rigged sailing ship.

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13 Sources for Birth Information

Knowing an ancestor’s age is a big part of identifying him or her in other records and is a huge help when it comes to crafting searches in online collections. As our research takes us back to years before civil records began being kept (which in some cases was the early 20th century), locating critical birth information can require a little creative thinking. 

Unfortunately, our ancestors weren’t always accurate (or in some cases truthful) when it came to giving out their age or birth date. Perhaps it was unintentional and they honestly didn’t remember, or in some cases they may have had their reasons for fudging a little. Whatever the reason, in the absence of a civil birth registration, we need to turn to alternatives and the more the merrier. Here are 13 sources where you might get lucky...

Passenger and Immigration Lists: Baltimore, 1820-1850

This database details the arrivals of approximately 89,000 individuals who sailed to Baltimore in the nineteenth century. The information was extracted from National Archives Microfilm Series M255, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1891. While the entire microfilm series spans 50 rolls, this Family Archive covers rolls 1 through 8 and includes individuals who arrived between September 2, 1820 and May 28, 1852.

Most Baltimore passenger lists were collected following the 1833 enactment of a Maryland state law that required passenger lists be submitted to the mayor upon a ship's arrival. The information collected on those passenger lists and preserved on this database can help you create a well-rounded picture of your ancestor's arrival in America.

As you know, it is often the little details that help bring your family history to life. Because of this, we included more than just the basic information available about a person on the actual microfilm. For example, you'll often learn the type of ship an individual sailed on. Types of ships include:

- Bark: A ship of three to five masts with the after mast fore-and-aft rigged.
- Brig: A two-masted square-rigged sailing ship.
- Galliot: A small galley propelled by sails and oars.
- Ketch: A large fore-and-aft rigged boat with two masts.
- Schooner: A fore-and-aft rigged sailing ship.

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Naturalization Records: Philadelphia, 1789-1880

With information on more than 113,000 immigrants from nearly 100 countries, this database will be a great resource for researchers whose family settled in Pennsylvania. Information compiled in this database was originally edited by P. William Filby and produced as a book volume called Philadelphia Naturalization Records. That book volume was compiled from an eleven-volume index originally completed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) around 1940. That index is generally considered to be one of the most important documents in the American naturalization and immigration archive.

Listings Include:- An individual's name
- Any alternate spellings or interpretations of that name
- The individual's country of former allegiance
- Date and location the individual filed a declaration of intention and/or oath of allegiance.

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Finding Ancestors in 1940

No index, no problem. This guide will help you find your ancestor where indexes fail or are not yet available... 

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Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871

Follow your ancestors as they journey from Ireland to a new life! Touching on 46,000 Irish passengers who arrived in the United States and Canada, these records focus primarily on the 19th century.

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Finding Your Canadian Ancestors

Like the U.S., Canada has seen high rates of immigration from Europe over the past few hundred years. French settlements in present-day Nova Scotia and Quebec were successfully formed during the 17th century, while British influence and occupation of Canada came a bit later, in the 17th century...

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Passenger and Immigration Lists: Boston, 1821-1850

Passenger lists are important primary sources of arrival data for the vast majority of immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century. With the single exception of federal census records, passenger lists are the largest, most continuous, and the most uniform body of population records for the entire country. While researching original passenger lists can often be tedious and difficult, this Family Archive makes finding your immigrant ancestors easier than ever. It contains alphabetical listings of approximately 161,000 individuals who arrived at the port of Boston, Massachusetts from foreign ports between 1821 and 1850.

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Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907

This database contains approximately 1,645,000 records from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The records are often the only available source offering the identification of legal land descriptions and transfer of property ownership from the U.S. Government to private land owners. They show who obtained what land from the Federal Government, and when it was obtained. Source documents include homesteads, cash sales, warrants, private land claims, swamp lists, state selections, and railroad lists.

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Marriage Index: Michigan and Wisconsin, 1830-1900

This database contains information on approximately 52,800 individuals married Wisconsin and 108,500 individuals married in Michigan. It brings together previously uncollected marriage records and gives you easy access to information that you would otherwise have to obtain at from local sources. Data included in this database was collected through the efforts of Jordan Dodd at Liahona Research.

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Marriage Index: Illinois, 1851-1900

This database contains information on approximately 707,000 individuals who were married in Illinois between 1851 and 1900. It is a great resource because it brings together previously uncollected marriage records from fifty-eight Illinois counties.

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Marriage Index: Alabama, 1800-1900s

This database contains information on approximately 179,000 individuals who were married in Alabama between 1800 and 1900. It offers information on marriages that took place before marriage licenses were required and brings together previously uncollected information from forty-one Alabama counties.

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Marriage Index: North Carolina, 1851-1900

Marriage indexes can save you research time by telling you that a particular marriage record containing your ancestor's name exists. With the information provided, you may be able to find a newspaper announcement, which may provide more details about the bride, groom, and their families.

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Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900

This database contains information on approximately 287,000 individuals married in Arkansas. Because this database compiles and indexes marriage records collected at the county level, it makes it easier than ever to locate your family among local records. 

Compared to another Arkansas marriage 1779-1992 index, This Database has more extensive and concentrated coverage of the entire state. It references 287,000 individuals from the years 1850-1900 while Arkansas marriage 1779-1992 index only has 154,000 individuals from a period spanning more than a 200 years.

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Find Your Irish Ancestors in America

Here are 10 sources to check for clues to your Irish roots in America.

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Marriage Index: Indiana, 1851-1900

This database contains information on approximately 292,000 individuals who were married in Indiana between 1851 and 1900. It includes previously uncollected information from thirty-six Indiana counties.

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