Connecticut, passenger and crew lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains records from two record collections from the National Archives of the United States: and Airplanes (April 1946-February 1959) Arriving at Bridgeport, Groton, Hartford, New Haven, and New London, Connecticut. Apart of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
 * M1320: Passenger and Crew Lists  of Vessels  (February 1929-February 1959)
 * M2095: Lists of Passengers Arriving at and Departing from the District of Fairfield, Connecticut, 1804-1889. apart of Record Group 36, Records of the United States Customs Service

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Crew
 * Name
 * Length of service
 * Position
 * When and where engaged
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Race
 * Passport number

Passengers on ships
 * Name
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Place of birth
 * Marital status
 * Passport number
 * Baggage
 * Destination in Unite States
 * Name of ship
 * Staring and ending ports, dates

Airline passengers
 * Name
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Occupation
 * Nationality
 * Permanent address
 * Staring and ending points
 * Date of flights
 * Passport number

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor on a passenger or crew list, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
You can use passenger lists to:
 * Request a federal immigration record
 * Learn an immigrant’s place of origin
 * Confirm the date of arrival
 * Find records in his or her country of origin
 * If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct
 * Continue to search the passenger lists to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who may have immigrated at the same time
 * If your ancestor has an uncommon surname, you may want to obtain the passenger list of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names
 * Search for a naturalization record to find the date of arrival
 * Locate immigration information on census records after 1900

Research Helps
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 * United States Guided Research
 * United States Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Beginning Research in United States Naturalization Records
 * Beginning Research in United States Immigration and Emigration Records

Citing This Collection
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