Florida, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Ship Passenger lists of the Port of St. Petersburg provided to ther Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Service. The passeneger lists are part of Record Group 85 Records of ther Immigration and Naturalization Service and are from National Archive Micofilm Publication M1959 Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida, December 1926-March 1941. The majority the the ship departures were from Havanna, Cuba.

Collection Content
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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 * Florida, Pensacola, Passenger Lists, 1900-1945.
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 * Florida, Knights Keys Passenger Lists, 1908-1912.
 * Florida, Port Everglades Passenger Lists, 1932-1951.
 * Florida, Florida, Tampa, Passenger Lists, 1898-1945.

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