California, San Francisco Chinese passenger lists, 1882-1947

What is in This Collection?

This is a collection of passenger lists for Chinese immigrants applying for admission to the United States the years 1882 to 1947. NARA Series M1414 and M1476, Record Group 85. The images are arranged in groups according to the names of the vessels and ports and dates.Some have a few images some have more. On the page titled All Chinese Passengers is the information with the person who is on the ship giving pertinent information such as name, sex, birth, destination and physical description. At the end of that information is a column that gives a line number . Sometimes you will find another image that correlates with that number, but not usually. Other pages with information found in this collection are Born in the United States, Domiciled Merchants, Excepts and Wives and children .

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 records:

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Chinese passenger list part 1

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  Chinese passenger list part 2

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  Wives and children list

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  Born in the United States

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  Exempts page

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  Merchant page

Inventory

For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see California, San Francisco Chinese passenger lists - Inventory