Irish Immigration, Emigration, Naturalization & Passenger Records

Here are links to various Irish records of immigration, emigration, naturalization, and passenger lists & sites that we find useful. Some are subscription sites, others are free. We highly recommend Dr. John P. Colletta's book, They Came in Ships, 3rd Edition for those just starting the search for an immigrant ancestor. Do it yourself, or have us conduct a search for you by calling or submitting a request for a Free Estimate. If you find any invalid links, please let us know.

Ellis Island - Search the Ellis Island database for your Irish ancestors arriving in NYC

Castle Gardens - Before Ellis Island the first official US immigration station was Castle Garden, NY. Search this database of more than 10,000,000 immigrants

Chicago Irish Families, 1875-1925

Passenger Lists from Ireland Passenger - arranged by century and destination

Immigrant Ships Transcriber Guild- over 6500 ship's manifests transcribed

Irish Immigrants of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, 1850-53 - article explaining the information of the Emigrant Savings Bank

D-New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883 - Database of the NY Emigrant Savings Bank

Irish Passenger Lists - passenger lists for emigrants from Ireland to the United States and Canada, arranged in date order

Passenger Lists from the U.K. and Europe

Ireland to Australia 1788-1868 - convicts transported from Ireland to Australia; in some cases these include records of members of convicts' families transported as free settlers.

Immigration Resources from the Burlington Iowa Public Library

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