Baltimore Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1950s

Baltimore Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1950s : Finding Baltimore Immigration Records

This page lists research material for locating Baltimore, Maryland ship passenger arrival records from 1820-1952 and 1954-1957. Note: For the period from July 1, 1948 to November 30, 1954 the Baltimore passenger lists have not survived. However a microfilmed index exists for part of this time frame (1897 to July 1952). Some of the earlier lists (1820s to the 1840s) have also not survived, but there are some alternate sources available in that time frame.

Baltimore Passenger Lists Indexes

Online Index and Images: Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820-1948 and 1954-1957 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
includes digitized images of the passenger lists from National Archives microfilm publications T844, M255, M596 and M1477

Microfilm: Baltimore Passenger Lists Indexes 1820-1897

Microfilm: Baltimore Passenger Lists Index 1897-July 1952

Baltimore Passenger Lists

Microfilm: Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820-1891
Microfilm: Baltimore Passenger Lists 1891-1948

The Missing Lists - How to Fill in the Gaps

Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820-1840s - Filling in the Gaps discusses Baltimore passenger lists that have not survived with information on how to locate many of the passenger's names from alternate sources (ongoing project)

German Immigrants to Baltimore in Germans to America

Germans to America 1850-1897 (to 1890 for Baltimore) books and an online database
Missing Baltimore Passenger Lists in Germans to America what was left out and how to find them

Baltimore Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1950s

by Joe Beine