Passenger Lists – Immigrant Ships - Steamships, Ocean Liners – Historical Archives
Listing of All Passenger Lists in the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives (Includes those not yet transcribed - which are the majority of our holdings). Organized by Steamship Line. Bolded Steamship Lines denote major collections.
Summaries of the Passenger Lists include images of the covers. Complete Listings of Passenger Lists Available for a specific steamship line contain only listings of each voyage. Select one of the other options for that steamship line to view the passenger list summary.
Passenger Lists by Steamship Line
- Aberdeen Line ±
- Allan Royal Mail Line ±
- American Export Lines ±
- American Line ±
- American Mail Line
- American Merchant Lines
- Anchor - Donaldson
- Anchor Line - Complete Listing of Passenger Lists Available
- Atlantic Transport Line - Complete Listing of Passenger Lists Available
- Atlantic Transport Line - Pre WWI
- Atlantic Transport Line 1918-1939 The Inter war Years
- Baltimore Mail Line
- Canadian Pacific Ocean Services (CPOS) - Complete Listing of Passenger Lists Available
- CGT - French Line - All Passenger Lists (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique)
- Cosulich Line
- Cunard Line - Complete Listing of Passenger Lists Available (New Format)
- Cunard White Star
- Norwegian-America Line (NAL) (Den Norske Amerikalinje)
- Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab, Trondhjem
- Dominion Line
- Donaldson Atlantic Line
- Fabre Line
- Furness-Bermuda Line
- Grace Line (Panama Mail Steamship Company)
- Hamburg-American Line (HAPAG) - Complete Listing of All Passenger Lists Available (Hamburg Amerika Linie)
- Holland America Line (N.A.S.M.) - Complete Listing of All Passenger Lists Available
- Home Lines
- Italia (includes Soc. per Azioni di Navigzione Genova and Sabaudo - Navigazione Generale (S.p.A.N.))
- KNSM (Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij / Royal Netherlands Steamship Company)
- Leyland Line
- Lloyd Sabaudo
- NGI Italian Line (Navigazione Generale Italiana / Italia-America Shipping Corp)
- North German Lloyd - All Passenger Lists (Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen)
- Orient Line
- Pacific Line (P.S.N.C.)
- Red Star Line
- R.M.S.P. (The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company / Royal Mail)
- Royal Mail Lines
- Scandinavian American Line (Skandinavien Amerika Linien)
- Swedish American Line (Svenska Amerika Linien)
- Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company
- United American Lines (Harriman Line)
- United States Lines
- White Star Dominion Line
- White Star Line - All Passenger Lists
- Yeoward Line
Browse Passenger Lists by Year
- 1880s: 1881 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888
- 1890s: 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899
- 1900s: 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909
- 1910s: 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1919
- 1920s: 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929
- 1930s: 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939
- 1940s: 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949
- 1950s: 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1958
- 1960s: 1960 | 1961 (We do not actively collect post 1954 - these were strays)
New - Browse by Destination Port
- New York (Ellis Island)
- Boston
- Philadelphia
- Canadian Ports (Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, St. John, etc.)
The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives has approximately 1,000 Passenger Lists in our Maritime Collection. Our largest holdings of Passenger Lists are for the Cunard Line / Cunard White Star Line.
The passenger lists vary considerably between steamship lines in terms of information provided on each passenger. Additionally, passenger lists were often issued by Class with separate lists for the various classes while others were combined into one or two passenger lists for the same voyage.
The passenger list section will undergo a complete revision to make it easier for our patrons to find the information. We will be eliminating the majority of the one line summaries in favor of the more detailed listing providing more information with less redundancy.
It will likely take a few months to complete, so please bear with us during this transition period (November 2008 to January 2009). See Allan Royal Mail Line for an example of the makeover. ± indicates makeover completed.
Related Passenger List Information
- Classifications of Passengers
- Major European Ports of Departure
- Passenger Manifests - The Other Passenger Lists
- Information Included in Passenger Lists
- Designations of Steamers or Steamships (Merchant Vessels)
External Resources for Passenger Lists and Transcribed Passenger Manifests
