Louisiana, New Orleans, Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820-1875

This collection contains passenger lists from January 1, 1820 through June 30, 1875 . The records usually include the name of the vessel, ports and dates of departure and arrival, and the following information about each crew member: full name, position in ship’s company, age, gender, race, nationality. These records correspond with NARA publication M272 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

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Louisiana, New Orleans, Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans

What is in This Collection?

Index and images of Quarterly abstracts of passenger lists bound are from the New Orleans Customhouse and unbound abstracts from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The abstracts cover January 1, 1820 through June 30, 1875 and are arranged according to the date of arrival. The records are part of Record Group 36 Records of the Bureau of Customs.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

  • Name
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Occupation

  • Country of origin
  • County of intended settlement

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Inventory

For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see Louisiana, New Orleans, Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans - Inventory