This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1820-1957. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists. Information contained in the index includes given name, surname, age, gender, arrival date, port of arrival, port of departure and ship name.
| Exclusion Codes | |
|---|---|
| 13(c) | Aliens ineligible to citizenship (after 1924) |
| ACC | Accompanying (an alien accompanying another alien who has been excluded) |
| ACL | Contract laborers |
| ALCOHOLIC | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| ANARCHIST | Anarchistic or other subversive aliens |
| ASST | Assisted alien |
| BEGGER | Paupers, professional beggars, and vagrants |
| C.D. | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (Loathsome or dangerous contagious disease) |
| CERT | Certificate, usually a Medical Certificate indicating illness or physical debility |
| CL | Contract laborer |
| CONST | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (constitutional psychopathic inferiority) |
| CRIPPLE | Aliens likely to become public charges |
| D.C.D. | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (Loathsome or dangerous contagious disease) |
| EPILEPTIC | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| FAVUS | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (Loathsome or dangerous contagious disease) |
| FEEBLE MINDED | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| IDIOT | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| ILLIT | Illiterate |
| IMBICILE | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| IMM | Prostitutes, procurers, and like immoral classes |
| IMMORAL | Prostitutes, procurers, and like immoral classes |
| INELIG | Aliens ineligible to citizenship |
| INSANE | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| L.D. | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (Loathsome or dangerous contagious disease) |
| LCD | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (Loathsome or dangerous contagious disease) |
| LPC | Aliens likely to become public charges |
| M.D. | Aliens with mental, physical, economic or educational disqualifications |
| MED | Medical - Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| MED CERT | Medical Certificate, usually in combination with another abbreviation more specific to the ailment or problem involved |
| MENTAL | Aliens with mental, physical, economic or educational disqualifications |
| MENTAL | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| MORAL TURP | Aliens convicted or admitting comission of a crime involving moral turpitude |
| P.D. | Aliens with mental, physical, economic or educational disqualifications |
| PAUPER | Paupers, professional beggars, and vagrants |
| PG | Pregnant (note, this annotation may have another or an additional meaning, as it has been seen on the records of male passengers) |
| PHYSICAL | Aliens with mental, physical, economic or educational disqualifications |
| PHYSICAL | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| POLYGAMY | Polygamists |
| PREG | Pregnant |
| PRIOR | An alien who has been previously excluded from admission into the U.S. at a port of entry and deported |
| PROST | Prostitutes, procurers, and like immoral classes |
| PSYCH | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (constitutional psychopathic inferiority) |
| SENILE | Aliens likely to become public charges |
| STOW | Stowaway |
| TRACH | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (Loathsome or dangerous contagious disease) |
| TRACHOMA | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens (Loathsome or dangerous contagious disease) |
| TUBERCULOSIS | Mental or physical defectives and diseased aliens |
| UNDER 16 | Children under 16 years of age, unaccompanied by or not coming to one or both parents |
| VAGRANT | Paupers, professional beggars, and vagrants |