Needing Access to NY Passenger Lists?

Needing to access the New York City passenger-immigration lists? And you've been told that this tremendously large group of records is still waiting to be digitized/indexed? WELL!  Wait no longer.... at least for some of these records. 

The leader in FREE online resources, FamilySearch.org, has some passenger lists! "A whopping 9.3 millions images and almost 64 million names have been fully transcribed and are now searchable." So penned Joe Grandinetti in the Jun-Jul 2019 issue of Internet GENEALOGY.  These include:

• NY Passenger Lists (Castle Garden) 1820-1891
• NY Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) 1892-1924
• NY Passener and Crew Lists 1925-1957

And they are all to be accessed at www.familysearch.org. Check it out!

FamilySearch Records Search Update: New Collections for Cheshire, England, Minnesota, and New York

23 July 2009

New record collections were added to the FamilySearch Record Search pilot this week for Cheshire, England, Minnesota, and New York.

These collections can be searched for free at the FamilySearch.org Record Search pilot (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot).

Special thanks to the online volunteers who help make these collections freely available by donating a few minutes of their time or talents to the FamilySearch Indexing program.

Collection Name: England, Cheshire Non-conformist records, 1671-1900
Indexed Records: 74,925
Digital Images: ---
Comments: NEW. Index only.

Collection Name: Minnesota State Census, 1895
Indexed Records: 1,542,818
Digital Images: ---
Comments: NEW. Complete census. Index only.

Collection Name: New York State Census, 1905
Indexed Records: ---
Digital Images: 44,005
Comments: NEW. Images only. Index is currently in progress through FamilySearch Indexing.

FamilySearch Record Search Update: 2 Million Records Added

Two million new records were added to the FamilySearch Records Search pilot. The completed statewide deaths index for Alabama was published—over 1.8 million names. This collection covers deaths from 1908 to 1974.

Digital collections were added for Jamaica (Trelawny Parish Civil Registration—births), the 1892 New York Census, and Spain (Avila Diocese, Catholic Church Records).

These collections can be searched for free at the FamilySearch.org Records Search pilot (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot).

Collections

Alabama Statewide Deaths
Indexed Records: 1,858,819
Comments: New—Full collection, no images

Jamaica, Trelawny Parish Civil Registration Births
Digital Images: 66,333
Comments: New—Full collection, images only

New York Census, 1892
Digital Images: 19,634
Comments: New—Full collection, images only

Spain, Avila Diocese, Catholic Church Records
Digital Images: 48,788
Comments: New—images and updated localities

FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

New York Times 1851-1980

Last week I read a notice about the New York Times opening up their archives. They are every name search able from 1851 to the present, but some you can not view online due to the copyright. (Note: The Spokane downtown library has the ones not online on microfilm). While you probably will not find your ancestor in the Times, you can search for the ship they came on. I searched for my grandfather's ship, the SS Nevada, and about 20 hits came up, several close to when he came to the USA. Another tip is to search for your ancestors hometown. I searched for my grandfather's town in Minnesota (Wadena), and got a few hits. Searching for Spokane brought up coverage of the Spokane Fire in 1889.

When on the Times homepage, near the middle is a drop-down menu with search times; click there and change to 1851-1980 and then type in the name you are looking for. Here is the URL for the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/