Boston, Massachusetts Passenger Lists 1820-1963 : Finding Boston Immigration Records
This page lists research material for locating Boston, Massachusetts passenger arrival records from 1820-1963. Included are online records and indexes, and microfilmed records and indexes.
Boston Passenger Lists and Indexes Online
- Boston Passenger Lists at Ancestry (fee-based):
- Boston Passenger Lists Online Database, 1820-1963 (index and images) (with gaps); requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription; includes digitized images of the passenger lists from the microfilm
- Note: 1855-1856 and April 1874-1882 are missing from this database. For those years try the online Massachusetts State lists and indexes listed below.
- This database includes some airplane arrivals in the later years -- see the list in the microfilm section below.
- Boston Passenger Lists at FamilySearch (free with registration):
- Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 (with gaps); includes digitized images from NARA microfilm publication M277: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891. Covers Sept. 22, 1820 to July 29, 1891. There are gaps in these records for 1855-1856 and April 1874-1882. For those time periods, see the Massachusetts State Lists index below.
- Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 includes digitized images from NARA microfilm publication T843: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943. Covers Aug. 1, 1891 to 1943.
- Massachusetts State Passenger Lists:
- Massachusetts officials kept separate passenger lists for Boston from January of 1848 to July of 1891. These records can help fill in the gaps in the Boston passenger lists (see above) from 1855-1856 and April 1874-1882.
- Massachusetts State Passenger Lists Indexes:
- Massachusetts State Passenger Lists:
- Alternate Resources:
- Boston Passenger Lists Index, 1899-1940 at FamilySearch (free with registration) includes these there indexes:
- Book Indexes to Boston Passenger Lists, 1899-1940; from National Archives (NARA) microfilm publication T790
- Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, July 1, 1906-Dec. 31, 1920; from NARA microfilm publication T617
- Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, January 1, 1902-June 30, 1906; from NARA microfilm publication T521
- Massachusetts, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, 1921-1949 at FamilySearch (free with registration) from NARA microfilm publication A3453
Boston Passenger Lists and Indexes on Microfilm
Microfilm Passenger Lists:
- Microfilm Information: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, MA; 1820 to July 29, 1891 National Archives Publication M277.
- Microfilm Information: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, MA; August 1, 1891 to 1943 National Archives Publication T843.
- Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1917-1943. National Archives Microfilm Publication T938.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, January 1944 - November 1954. National Archives Microfilm Publication A3604.
- Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, February 1945 - November 1954. National Archives Microfilm Publication A3607.
- Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1954-1963. National Archives Microfilm Publication A3606.
- Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1957-1963. National Archives Microfilm Publication A3608.
- The above seven microfilm publications have been digitized and are included in Ancestry's "Boston Passenger Lists Online Database 1820-1963." See the first link listed near the top of this webpage.
- The first two microfilm publications listed above have been digitized by FamilySearch. See the FamilySearch section above.
Microfilm Indexes:
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