Philadelphia Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1800-1948

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ship Passenger Lists & Immigration Records 1800-1948

This page lists research material to help find Philadelphia, Pennsylvania passenger arrival records from 1800-1948. Included are online indexes, microfilmed records and indexes, and books. The microfilmed passenger lists are only available to 1945, but they are indexed to 1948 (they are indexed online to 1945).

Philadelphia Passenger Lists Indexes

Online Index: Philadelphia Passenger Lists Index & Images 1800-1945 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
includes digitized images of the passenger lists from the National Archives microfilm

Microfilm Index: Philadelphia Passenger List Index 1800-1906 (alphabetical)
Microfilm Index: Philadelphia Passenger List Index 1883-1948 (soundex)

Philadelphia Passenger Lists

Online Images: see the first link above (1800-1945) for online digitized images of Philadelphia passenger lists from the microfilm
Philadelphia Passenger Lists 1800-1882 information about the microfilm
Philadelphia Passenger Lists 1883-1945 information about the microfilm

German Immigrants to Philadelphia in Germans to America

Germans to America 1840s books only
Germans to America 1850-1897 (to 1890 for Philadelphia) books and an online database

Philadelphia Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1800-1948

by Joe Beine