New York Immigration records online may include passenger lists, passport information, crew lists, settlement records, passports, court cases, emigration and migration records, and more.

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New York Immigration Records online at the federal level

US – United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003, index & links to images, at FS

US – United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, index, at FS

US – United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957, index, at FS

US – United States, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, compiled 1944-1948, index & links to images, at FS

US – United States Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851, index, at FS

US – United States Italians to America Index, 1855-1900, index, at FS

US – United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897, index, at FS

US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, index & images, at FS

US – United States Russians to America Index, 1834-1897, index, at FS

New York – New York Immigration Research Guide, at NYG&B, at FS

New York – New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) : COLLECTION RECORD, 1892-1924, at FS

New York – New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, index & images, at FS

New York – New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891, index & images, at FS

New York – New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, index & images, at FS

New York – New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted, 1917-1957, index & images, at FS

New York – New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846, index & images, at FS

New York – New York, New York, Soundex to Passenger and Crew Lists, 1887-1921, index & images, at FS

New York – New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956, index & images, at FS

New York – New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists, 1948-1972, index & images, at FS

New York – New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists, 1954-1956, index & images, at FS

New York – Manifests of alien arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954, at FS

New York – New York book indexes to passenger lists, 1906-1942, at FS

New York – New York, indexes and lists of passengers, crew and vessels, 1906-1942, at FS

New York – New York, northern arrival manifests, 1902-1956, at FS

New York – Soundex card manifests of alien and citizen arrivals at Hogansburg, Malone, Morristown, Nyando, Ogdensburg, Rooseveltown, and Waddington, New York, July 1929-April 1956 : National Archives microfilm publications, M1482, 1929-1956, at FS

New York – Alphabetical card manifests of alien arrivals at Alexandria Bay, Cape Vincent, Champlain, Clayton, Fort Covington, Mooers, Rouses Point, Thousand Island Bridge, and Trout River, New York, July 1929-April, 1956 : National Archives microfilm publication M1481, 1929-1956, at FS

New York – Alphabetical manifest cards of alien and citizen arrivals at Fort Fairfield, Maine, ca., 1909-April 1953 : National Archives microfilm publication M2064, at FS

New York – Aux Wallons qui fondèrent New-York : éphérides pour le troisième centenaire, at FS

New York – Collection of original documents selected from the Public Record Office relating to the Palatine immigration : original documents selected for filming from the Colonial Office and Treasury Papers, at FS

New York – A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776 with a statement of the names of ships, whence they sailed and the date of their arrival at Philadelphia : chronologically arranged, together with the necessary historical and other notes, also an appendix containing lists of more than one thousand German and French names in New York prior to 1712, at FS

New York – A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727-1776 : with a statement of the names of ships, whence they sailed, and the date of their arrival at Philadelphia, chronologically arranged, together with the necessary historical and other notes, also, an appendix containing lists of more than one thousand German and French names in New York prior to 1712, at FS

New York – Die Deutschen im staate New York, at FS

New York – Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775, at FS

New York – Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York 1820-1846, at FS

New York – Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York 1820-1846 : continued from Vol 14, No.2, at FS

New York – Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York 1820-1846 : continued from Number 3, at FS

New York – List of immigrants recorded at New York, 1802-1814, at FS

New York – Manifests of alien arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 : NARA Record Group 85, M1480, at FS

New York – Mattice family history, 1709-1961, Palatine emigration, at FS

New York – Migrations from New England to New York and New Jersey, at FS

New York – The Mohawk Valley of New York : early assembly point for westward migration, at FS

New York – New York book indexes to passenger lists, 1906-1942, at FS

New York – New York, indexes and lists of passengers, crew and vessels, 1906-1942, at FS

New York – New York, northern arrival manifests, 1902-1956, at FS

New York – New York, passenger and crew lists, 1945-1974, at FS

New York – New York, passenger lists, 1903, at FS

New York – Passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1944-1957 : NARA T0715, at FS

New York – Port of New York immigrants with Ohio as their stated destination : September 1 – 25, 1852, at FS

New York – Records of the Russian Consular Offices in the United States : NARA publication M1486, 1862-1928, at FS

New York – Rhode Island, Maine New York, and Connecticut passenger lists, 1820-1874, at FS

New York – Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 : with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640; Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620; some Scandinavians in New York in the Eighteenth Century; German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674, at FS

New York – Ship passenger lists, New York and New Jersey, 1600-1825, at FS

New York – Year book of the Holland Society of New York …, at FS

New York – Year book of the Holland Society of New York … : 1913-1915 [reprint], at FS

New York – King’s handbook of New York city : an outline history and description of the American metropolis, at FS

New York – The Palatine immigration to New York in 1710, at FS

New York – Port of New York immigrants with Ohio as their stated destination : September 1 – 25, 1852, at FS

New York Immigration Records online at the county level

Jefferson County – Migration, Internal – Vermont and New York Vital Records, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1909, 1925-1957, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, Compiled 1944-1948 : COLLECTION RECORD, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) : COLLECTION RECORD, 1892-1924, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1820-1846, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Passenger Lists, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted : COLLECTION RECORD, 1917-1957, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted, 1917-1957, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1820-1846, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Vessels : COLLECTION RECORD, 1897-1956, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Vessels, 1897-1956, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Soundex to Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1887-1921, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Soundex to Passenger and Crew Lists, 1887-1921, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1820-1891, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen Passagier-Liste Des Dampfers “Neckar” : Capitain R. Bussius, Von Bremen Nach New York, 6 Mai 1883, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1942; Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, June 16, 1897- June 30, 1902 ; Index (soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, July 1, 1902-July 1, 1948 : NARA Publications T519, T621, T715, and M1417, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger List of the Steamship, Guiding Star, from Copenhagen, Denmark to New York City, June 29, 1869, at FS

New York County – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820-1897 ; Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in New York, 1820-1846 : NARA Publications M261 and M237, at FS

Onondaga County – Emigration and Immigration – British Aliens in Onondaga County in 1812, at FS

Onondaga County – Emigration and Immigration – Immigration and Naturalization Records, Onondaga County, New York, 1802-1859 : in 2 Vols, at FS

Rensselaer County – Emigration and Immigration – Year Book of the Holland Society of New York …, at FS

Rensselaer County – Emigration and Immigration – Year Book of the Holland Society of New York … : 1913-1915 [reprint], at FS

New York Immigration Records online at the city level

Buffalo – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 : NARA Record Group 85, M1480, at FS

Buffalo – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1945-1974, at FS

Elmira – The Barcus Family, Ca.1492-1986, at FS

Lackawanna – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1945-1974, at FS

Lewiston – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 : NARA Record Group 85, M1480, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels : COLLECTION RECORD, 1897-1902, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Canada Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1881-1922, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Netherlands Passenger Lists Holland-America Line : COLLECTION RECORD, 1900-1974, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Arrival of Vessels at the Port of New York, 1797-1801, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Bond Registers, 1819-1840, 1855-1858, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Book Indexes to New York Passenger Lists, 1906-1921 : NARA RG85 Publication T612, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Excerpts from Ship Passengers List of N. Y. Harbors with Possible Historical Interest for Iowa and Johnson Co. : Pioneer Families Who Migrated in 1854, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Genealogy of Herbert and Mary Palmer and Related Families, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Immigrant Records, 1884-1952, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Immigration Form 30A, Ocean Arrivals, 1919-1924, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Jewish Immigrant Aid Societies’ Records of Jewish Arrivals, 1913-1947, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Netherlands, Holland-America Line Passenger Lists, 1900-1974, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) : COLLECTION RECORD, 1892-1924, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York City, Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members, 1887-1952, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1909, 1925-1957, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1820-1846, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Passenger Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1820-1891, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1942; Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, June 16, 1897- June 30, 1902 ; Index (soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, July 1, 1902-July 1, 1948 : NARA Publications T519, T621, T715, and M1417, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820-1897 ; Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in New York, 1820-1846 : NARA Publications M261 and M237, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820-97 : National Archives Microfilm Publications, Pamphlet Accompanying Microcopy No. 237, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Personregister över Invandrare Från Sverige Till New York 1851-1869, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Register of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Ships’ Passenger Lists for Canada, 1900-1922, 1925-1935, at FS

New York City – Emigration and Immigration – Voices from Ellis Island : an Oral History of American Immigration : a Project of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, at FS

Niagara Falls – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 : NARA Record Group 85, M1480, at FS

Ogdensburg – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1948-1972, at FS

Ogdensburg – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists, 1948-1972, at FS

Ogdensburg – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1948-1972, at FS

Ogdensburg – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists, 1948-1972, at FS

Rochester – Emigration and Immigration – Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 : NARA Record Group 85, M1480, at FS

Rouses Point – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1954-1956, at FS

Rouses Point – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists, 1954-1956, at FS

Rouses Point – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists : COLLECTION RECORD, 1954-1956, at FS

Rouses Point – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists, 1954-1956, at FS

Tonawanda – Emigration and Immigration – New York, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1945-1974, at FS

New York Immigration Records online