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shipping and immigration

Links to some of the best websites for shipping and immigration.

New Zealand

Website Links	Content	More Information
New Zealand Bound	Links to shipping lists	A good starting point
Denise & Peter's Homepage	Over 1,000 passenger lists	Most of our Auckland lists and information is now at “Auckland Stuff”
Denise & Peter's Auckland Stuff	Mostly Auckland information	Genealogy Research and Lists Relating to the Auckland Region
Immigrant Ships to New Zealand	Nearly 4000 ships, 1835 to 1910	By Gavin Petrie, updated 17 January 2013
New Zealand Yesteryears	2434 Passenger Lists	With 942 Ships, 250 ship photographs
Passenger Arrivals at Port Chalmers	March 1848 – January 1851	An expanded and corrected version of Dr Hocken’s lists
New Zealand Maritime Index	NZ Maritime Museum	Search for vessels, organisations, subjects and people, mentioned in a number of publications currently being indexed by the Museum.
Papers Past	19-20th Century NZ Newspapers	Search by Date, Region, or Title.
New Zealand Society of Genealogists	Limited database of passengers to NZ from 1841	NZSG members can view the NZSG Shipping Database in the Members Area. A more extensive database is available to members at the FRC either in person or by email to researchservice@genealogy.org.nz
Immigration to NZ	118 items from FamilySearch	Many of these items are books and microfiche containing shipping information relating to NZ. Some are available at the NZSG library.
NZ Immigration Passenger Lists	1855-1973, from FamilySearch	Filmed from lists at Archives New Zealand – some are indexed, the others can be browsed.
Seafarers who have lost their lives at sea		Scroll of known Seafarers who have lost their lives at sea whilst serving in New Zealand waters.
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand	Stories of immigrant shipping	From the 1840s, thousands of British settlers sailed for months across the world to their new home.
Nelson Early Settlers database	1841-1850	Search the Nelson City Council Early Settlers’ Database to find information about your ancestors who arrived by sea to settle in the Nelson Region.
Archives of NZ	Search by Archway	Archive records of shipwrecks etc.
National Register of Archives UK	Search for shipboard diaries
Helen's Page of NZ History	Passenger Lists to NZ	Mainly (but not only) Wellington & Mid to Lower North Island.
Auckland City Libraries	Auckland area passenger arrivals	Taken from newspaper reports 1838 to 1889. Also passengers from 1909 to 1921 from Archives NZ lists.
Emigrants NET	Online aid for those seeking emigrant passenger lists.	Searchable database compiled from public submissions.
Ships' Logs, Journals, Pictures	With Passenger Ship Links	Australia and New Zealand

Other Countries

Country	Website Links	Content	More Information
Australia	Ozships	Convicts 1788-1968	Arrrivals, Departures, Passenger Lists
Australia	Dead Persons Society	Perth, Western Australia	The Perth Dead Persons’ Society is alive and well, tracing family history
Australia	Unassisted Immigration to Victoria	1852 to 1923	Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and foreign ports
USA	New York immigration	1855 – 1890	CastleGarden.org
USA	New York immigration	1892 – 1924	Ellis Island Database