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General Services Admin.
Washington D.C.
20408, USA
Washington, D.C.
20509, USA
The earliest immigration Passenger Lists are for the port of Philadelphia and begin in 1883.
Most other ports have records starting somewhat later than this, with many starting in 1891.
You may wish to write the Regional Federal Archives and Records Centers. They receive the records of field offices located in their particular region and will loan microfilm to libraries and research institutions. For each of the following you should write to:
Chief Archives Branch, Federal Archives and Record Center at the addresses below for each region
1557 St. Joseph Avenue
East Point, Georgia 30344
(It serves:Alabama, Georgiaa, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North and South Carolina and Tennessee)
Boston Branch: National Archives
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
(It serves: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)
Chicago Branch: National Archives
7358 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, Illinois 60629
(It services: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin)
Denver Branch: National Archives
P.O. Box 25307
Denver, Colorado 80225
(It serves: Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming)
Fort Worth Branch: National Archives
501 West Felix Street
P.O. Box 6216
Fort Worth, Texas 76115
(It serves: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas)
Kansas City Branch: National Archives
2312 East Bannister Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64131
(It serves: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska)
24000 Avila Road
Laguna Niguel, California 92656
(It serves: Arizona, southern California counties of Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura; and Calrk County, Nevada)
New York Branch: National Archives
201 Varick Street
New york, New York 10014
(It serves: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)
Philadelphia Branch: National Archives
9th and Market Streets, Room 1350
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
(It serves: Delaware and Pennsylvania; for the loan of microfilm, also serves the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia)
San Francisco Branch: National Archives
1000 Commodore Drive
San Bruno, California 94066
(It serves: California except southern California, Hawaii, Nevada except Clark County, and the Pacific Ocean area)
Seattle Branch: National Archives
6125 Sand Point Way N. E.
Seattle, Washington 98115
(It serves: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington state)
The 36 ports that have Immigration Passenger Lists in the National Archives and the Regional Records Centers are the following:
Hartford, CT....................Feb.1929 to Dec.1943
FLORIDA:
Apalachicola.....................Sep.1918 to present
Boca Grande.....................Oct.1912 to Aug.1935
Clarabelle..........................Nov.1915 to present
Bernandina.......................Aug.1904 to Oct.1932
Jacksonville.....................Jan.1904 to Dec.1945
Key West.........................Nov.1898 to Dec.1945
Knights Key.......................Feb.1908 to Jan.1912
Mayport............................Nov.1907 to Apr.1916
Miami...............................Oct.1899 to Dec.1945
Millville............................Jul.1916 to present
Panama City.....................Nov.1927 to Dec.1939
Port Everglades................Feb.1932 to Dec.1945
Port St. Inglis...................Mar.1912 to Jan.1913
Port St. Joe.....................Jan.1923 to Oct. 1939
St. Andrews.....................Jan.1916 to May.1926
St. Petersburg..................Dec.1926 to Mar.1941
Tampa..............................Nov.1898 to Dec.1945
West Palm Beach..............Sep.1920 to Nov.1945
Savannah, Georgia.....Jun.1906 to Dec.1945
New Orleans, LA.........Jan.1903 to Dec.1945
Portland & Falmouth,ME............Nov.1893 to Mar.1943
Baltimore, MD..............Dec.1891 to Nov.1909
Boston & Charleston,MA........Aug.1891 to Dec.1943
Gloucester, MA...........Oct.1906 to Jun.1923
" " " " " " " ".................Feb.1930 to Dec.1943
New Bedford, MA.......Jul.1902 to Jul.1942
Gulfport, MS...............Aug.1904 to Sep.1944
Pascagoula, MS...........Jul.1903 to May.1935
New York, NY..............Jun.1897 to 1942
Philadelphia, PA...........Jan.1883 to Dec.1945
Providence, RI.............Jun.1911 to Jun.1943
Charleston, SC.............Apr.1906 to Dec.1945
Georgetown, SC..........Jun.1923 to Oct.1939
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