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Major Ports of Departure from Europe and Britain
Arrival Ports in US
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Major Ports of Departure from Europe and Britain
If you are searching for your ancestors on a passenger list, it can be
helpful to know what port they left from. European immigrants, who came
from all over Britain and Europe, couldn't just sail from any city or
town. They had to go to a port where the ships made regular trips to
the United States. Major ports that ships often departed from are below.
It is most likely that your ancestors sailed on a ship leaving from the
port that was closest to them and planned their voyage on a ship that
arrived closest to where they intended to settle.
Belgium: Antwerp
Denmark: Copenhagen
England: Liverpool, Southampton
Estonia: Tallinn
Finland: Helsinki
France: Le Havre, Marseilles, Cherbourg
Germany: Bremen, Hamburg
Gibraltar: A British colony
Greece: Patras, Piraeus
Ireland: Cobh, Dublin, Galway, Queenstown
Italy: Naples, Genoa, Palermo, Trieste
Netherlands: Rotterdam
Northern Ireland: Belfast, Derry, Londonderry
Norway: Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo
Poland: Gdynia, Memel/Klaipeda, Gdansk
Portugal: Lisbon
Russia: Odessa, St. Petersburg/Leningrad, Riga, Libau/Liepaja, Memel/Klaipeda
Scotland: Glasgow
Spain: Barcelona
Sweden: Goteborg
Turkey: Constantinople/Istanbul
Yugoslavia: Rijeka, Fiume
Ports of Arrival into the United States
Not all immigrants arrived in the United States. There are ports of entry all up
along the East Coast, a few on the West Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and the
Canadian border. Below is a list of U.S. ports for which the National
Archives has passenger arrival records.
Alexandria, Virginia
Annapolis, Maryland
Apalachicola, Florida
Baltimore, Maryland
Bangor, Maine
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Bath, Maine
Belfast, Maine
Beaufort, North Carolina
Beverly/Salem, Massachusetts
Boca Grande, Florida
Boston, Massachusetts
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgetown, New Jersey
Bristol/Warren, Rhode Island
Brunswick, Georgia
Cape May, New Jersey
Carrabelle, Florida
Charleston, South Carolina
Darien, Georgia
Dighton, Massachusetts
East River, Virginia
Edenton, North Carolina
Edgartown, Massachusetts
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fall River, Massachusetts
Falmouth/Portland, Maine
Fernandina, Florida
Frenchman's Bay, Maine
Galveston, Texas
Georgetown, District of Columbia
Georgetown, South Carolina
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gulfport, Mississippi
Hampton, Virginia
Havre de Grace, Maine
Hartford, Connecticut
Hingham, Massachusetts
Jacksonville, Florida
Kennebunk, Maine
Key West, Florida
Knights Key, Florida
Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey
Los Angeles, California
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Mayport, Florida
Miami, Florida
Middletown, Connecticut
Millville, Florida
Mobile, Alabama
Nantucket, Massachusetts
New Bedford, Massachusetts
New Burn, North Carolina
New Haven, Connecticut
New London, Connecticut
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York, New York
Newark, New Jersey
Newburyport, Massachusetts
;Newport, Rhode Island
Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia
Oswegatchie, New York
Panama City, Florida
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Passamaquoddy, Maine
Penobscot, Maine
Pensacola, Florida
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Petersburg, Virginia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth, North Carolina
Port Everglades, Florida
Port Inglis, Florida
Port Royal, South Carolina
Port St. Joe, Florida
Portland/Falmouth, Maine
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth/Norfolk, Virginia
Providence, Rhode Island
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Richmond, Virginia
Rochester, New York
Sag Harbor, New York
St. Albans, Vermont
St. Andrews, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Johns, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Salem/Beverly, Massachusetts
San Francisco, California
Sandusky, Ohio
Savannah, Georgia
Saybrook, Connecticut
Seattle, Washington
Tampa, Florida
Waldoboro, Maine
Warren/Bristol, Rhode Island
Washington, North Carolina
West Palm Beach, Florida
Wilmington, Delaware
Wiscasset, Maine
Yarmouth, Maine
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