Georgia, Savannah Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of 5 volumes of passenger lists of vessels arriving at Savannah, Georgia, June 5, 1906 - December 6, 1945. These records correspond with NARA publication T943 and are part of Record Group 85 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Volumes and Date Ranges
 * 1 June 5, 1906-June 19, 1917, Roll 1
 * 2 July 5, 1917-May 22, 1923, Roll 2
 * 3-4 June 18, 1923-May 14, 1942, Roll 3
 * 5 Apr. 16, 1944-Dec. 6, 1945, Roll 5

What Can these Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search the Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The location or date of immigration

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. research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information to find other records such as emigrations, port records, ship’s manifests, birth, christening, census, and land records
 * Learn foreign and “Americanized” names
 * Use the information to find additional family members
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family

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

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names
 * Search the indexes and records of Georgia, United States Genealogy.

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Georgia.
 * Searching Passenger Lists
 * Beginning Research in United States Immigration and Emigration Records
 * Georgia Guided Research
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Passenger lists of vessels arriving at Savannah, Georgia, 1906-1945 T943

Citing this Collection
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