This list was developed with help from Steve Morse's website, which permits far more sophisticated searches of the Ellis Island database than does the search engine at the official Ellis Island website. Due to the wide variations in spellings used, errors on the manifests themselves and mistakes in the recent transcription process, extracting these records is of necessity an inexact process. If you spot errors, or know of others who ought to be included, please send us an e-mail and we will make corrections.

The entries in the three columns that appear at right in the first section are links to pages on the Ellis Island site. Before you can view them you must register, but registration is free. The “passenger record” is a digest of information about the individual. The “text manifest” is a list of passengers in the order they appear on the original document that includes certain selected facts about each. Of most value is the “scanned manifest,” an image of the original document. This generally includes more information than the database, including the next-of-kin and the name of a relative or friend who the passenger intended to join in the U.S. And sometimes you can make out letters or words on the manifest that eluded those who did the transcription.

Note: Manifests often extend over more than one page, and the links do not always lead you to the first page on which your passenger is mentioned. You may need to navigate a few pages forward or back by clicking "previous" or "next."