American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965
Collection of passenger lists, passports and travel permits, letters of identity, affidavits of birth, visas and visa requests, and naturalization petitions from American Samoa.
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American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes indexes and images of travel documents from American Samoa, covering the years 1918-1965. They were acquired from the San Francisco Federal Records Center in San Bruno, California.
- Affidavits of Births, 1933-1958
- Letters of Identify, 1948-1960
- Passenger Lists, 1932-1938; 1958-1961
- Passports and Travel Permits, 1918-1941
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for American Samoa, Immigration and Emigration, 1918-1965. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Visas: documents proving legal permission given by the authority of a country for a person who is not a citizen of that country to enter and to remain there for a specified length of time.
- Name of petitioner
- Residence of petitioner
- Date of birth
- Month and year of visit
- Intended length of stay in the country
- Areas authorized to visit
Petitions for naturalization: formal applications submitted during the process of becoming a citizen of the country to which an individual has immigrated.
- Name of petitioner
- Residence of petitioner
- Date of birth
- Month and year of immigration
- Court where petition is filed
Passports: travel documents, usually issued by the government of a nation, that certify the identity and nationality of the holder for the purpose of international travel.
- Name of petitioner
- Residence of petitioner
- Date of birth
- Nationality
- Physical description of petitioner
Passenger Lists: documentation of ship passengers.
- Name of petitioner
- Residence of petitioner
- Month and year of immigration
- Name of ship
- Date of departure and arrival
- Ports of departure and arrival
- Occupation
- Names of family members
- Purpose of travel
Other records may include:
- Travel permits: documents allowing passengers to travel when they have not purchased a ticket in advance and the ticket office of the station they are traveling from is closed.
- Affidavits: written, sworn statements of fact voluntarily made under an oath to a person authorized to do so by law.
Collection Content
Sample Images
Affidavit 1934
Affidavit 1941
Letter of Identity 1952
Passenger list 1959
Inventory
| Film | DGS | Collection |
|---|---|---|
| 1084679 | 7641892 | Passenger lists, 1932 (Dec-Jan), 1936 (Dec-Jan) 1937 (Dec-Jan) |
| 1084680 | 7641891 | Passenger lists 1937 (Jan), 1938 (Dec-Jan) |
| 1084681 | 7641890 | Passports and travel permits, 1918-1941 Letters of identity, 1951-1957 (includes affidavits of births) |
| 1084682 | 7641889 | Visas, requests for visas, naturalization petitions, travel permits, 1936-1965 Affidavits, 1935-1952 Taxpayers lists, 1947-1949 Affidavits of births, 1950-1935 (reverse order) |
| 1084683 | 7641888 | Affidavits of births, 1933-1950 Letters of identity, 1948-1952 |
| 1084774 | 7641893 | Letters of identity, 1952-1960 |
| 1084775 | 7641894 | Letters of identity, 1960 Affidavits, 1951-1958 (not in order) |
| 1084776 | 7641895 | Affidavits, 1958-1957 (not in order) Passenger lists, 1959 (Jan-Feb) |
| 1084777 | 764189 | Passenger lists, 1959 (Feb-Dec) List of arrivals, 1958-1961 |
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National Archives and Records Administration
"American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 10 October 2024. Citing NARA NAID 1756081. National Archives and Records Administration, San Francisco.
