United States, Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851
Records for passengers who arrived at the Port of New York during the Irish Famine 1846-1851. Created by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Center for Immigration Research. In August of 2013, the National Archives replaced the ARC – Archival Research Catalog - with the OPA – Online Public Access. ARC identifiers will still work to access the collections in OPA.
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United States, Famine Irish Passenger Index
What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of an index to records for passengers who arrived at the port of New York during the Irish Famine 1846-1851. Created by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Center for Immigration Research.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these Passenger list records:
- Name of immigrant
- Date of immigration
- Age
- Gender
- Country of origin
- Name of ship
- Port of departure
- Port of entry
- Literate
Collection Details
Location of Original Records
National Archives and Records Administration
"United States, Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 27 June 2026. Citing NARA NAID 569666. National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
