New York (Ellis Island) Passenger Lists 1940-1966
Passenger Lists from 1940-1966 available from the GG Archives for voyages calling on the Port of New York. The great ocean liners were designed primarily as origination to destination vessels rather than cruising from an origination port, visiting other ports, and returning to the originating port. The post-World War 2 period introduced cruising for pleasure, ultimately laying the groundwork for modern-day cruise ships.
========== 1940s ==========
Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger list for the RMS Queen Elizabeth of the Cunard Line, Departing Thursday, 13 February 1947 from Southampton to New York, Commanded by Captain C. M. Ford, C.B.E., R.D., R.N.R. | GGA Image ID # 174dbe83dd
Cunard Line Passenger Lists - 1940s
- 1947-02-13 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York
- 1947-05-24 SS Queen Elizabeth - New York to Southampton
- 1947-09-11 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York
- 1947-09-19 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York
- 1947-09-25 RMS Media - Liverpool to New York
- 1947-10-14 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York Via Cherbourg.
- 1948-05-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1948-05-22 RMS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1948-06-24 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1948-07-02 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1948-08-07 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1948-09-07 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York Via Cherbourg.
- 1948-09-28 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York Via Cherbourg.
- 1948-10-31 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1949-04-26 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York Via Le Havre and Cobh.
- 1949-05-04 SS Mauretania - New York to Southampton Via Cobh and Le Havre.
- 1949-05-06 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1949-06-23 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
- 1949-08-27 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1949-10-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1949-10-22 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
Holland-America Line Passenger Lists - 1940s
- 1948-07-23 TSS Veendam - Rotterdam to New York via Southampton.
- 1948-12-11 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam - Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre and Southampton
- 1949-07-12 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam - Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre and Southampton
Italia Line Passenger Lists - 1940s
- 1949-07-22 SS Saturnia - Genoa to New York via Naples, Gibraltar, and Azores.
Swedish American Line / Swenska Amerika Linien Passenger Lists - 1940s
- 1946-06-18 SS Gripsholm - Gothenburg to New York via Liverpool.
- 1946-07-09 SS Drottningholm - Gothenburg to Saint John and New York via Liverpool.
United States Lines Passenger Lists - 1940s
- 1940-07-12 SS Manhattan - Lisbon to New York
- 1947-09-05 SS America - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg and Cobh.
- 1948-01-21 SS America - New York to Southampton via Cobh and Cherbourg.
- 1948-02-20 SS America - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg and Cobh.
Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List For The SS Saturnia of the Italia Line, Departing 22 July 1949 from Genoa to New York via Naples, Gibraltar, and Azores, Commanded by Captain Gianni Gladioli. | GGA Image ID # 1d7ed29a4e
========== 1950s - 1960s ==========
A Standard Cover Design From 1953 for the American Export Lines. It Adorned Most of Their Passenger Lists During This Era, Providing a Simplistic, Highly Brandable Cover. | GGA Image ID # 163f2cc204
American Export Lines Passenger Lists - 1950s
- 1951-09-10 SS Constitution - Genoa to New York via Cannes, Naples, and Gibraltar
- 1952-03-01 SS Constitution - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar.
- 1952-10-27 SS Independence - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar.
- 1953-08-02 SS Independence - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar.
- 1953-08-21 SS Constitution - New York to Naples via Gibraltar, Cannes, and Genoa.
- 1953-08-24 SS Independence - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes and Gibraltar.
- 1954-07-03 SS Independence - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar.
- 1954-08-14 SS Independence - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar.
- 1954-11-05 SS Constitution - New York to Naples via Cannes and Genoa.
- 1954-11-09 SS Independence - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar.
- 1954-12-07 SS Constitution - Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar.
Canadian Pacific Line Passenger Lists - 1950s
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) French Line Passenger Lists - 1950s
- 1954-07-20 SS Flandre - Le Havre to New York via Southampton
- 1954-09-21 SS Liberté - Le Havre to New York via Southampton.
A More Modern Passenger List Cover From the Cunard Line, Dating From 1953, Was a Clever Design Allowing Cunard To Use the Same Format Using Different Colors. | GGA Image ID # 1670e71404
Cunard Line Passenger Lists 1950s-1960s
- 1950-01-28 SS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1950-02-08 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1950-05-24 SS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1950-10-07 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1950-10-14 SS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1950-11-16 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1951-04-07 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
- 1951-08-15 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1951-11-13 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York via Le Havre.
- 1952-05-07 SS Queen Elizabeth - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1952-06-05 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1952-06-18 SS Queen Elizabeth - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1952-08-07 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1953-03-28 SS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1953-04-10 MV Britannic - Liverpool to New York via Cobh.
- 1953-06-11 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1953-07-01 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1953-08-04 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York Via Le Havre and Cobh.
- 1953-08-12 SS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1953-09-16 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1954-05-27 SS Mauretania - New York to Southampton via Cobh and Le Havre.
- 1954-07-01 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1954-07-07 SS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1954-07-15 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York via Le Havre and Cobh.
- 1954-07-28 RMS Queen Mary - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg
- 1954-08-07 RMS Media - Liverpool to New York
- 1954-08-26 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1954-12-23 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1955-02-19 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1955-08-17 RMS Queen Elizabeth - New York to Southampton via Cherbourg.
- 1955-09-22 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1956-09-18 RMS Mauretania - Southampton to New York via Le Havre and Cobh
- 1957-08-08 RMS Queen Elizabeth - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg
- 1960-02-26 RMS Queen Mary - Southampton to New York via Cherbourg.
- 1966-02-08 RMS Carinthia - Liverpool to New York via Cobh and Halifax
This 1954 Vintage Passenger List Cover From the Cunard Line Represents a Clean, Elegant Design, Still Incorporating Their Logo in the form of a Crest. | GGA Image ID # 172c95181e
Holland-America Line Passenger Lists 1950s and 1960s
- 1951-10-05 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam - Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre and Southampton
- 1953-07-15 SS Maasdam - Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre, Southampton, and Cobh.
- 1953-11-05 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam - Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre and Southampton
- 1954-08-31 MV Sibajak - Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre.
- 1954-10-08 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam - Rotterdam to New York via Le Havre and Southampton
- 1964-06-12 TSS Nieuw Amsterdam - New York to Rotterdam via Southampton and Le Havre
Home Lines Passenger Lists 1950s
- 1952-10-20 MS Italia - New York to Cuxhaven (Hamburg) via Plymouth and Le Havre.
Italia Line Passenger Lists 1950s
- 1950-05-26 SS Conte Biancamano - New York to Genoa via Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Naples
- 1950-07-04 SS Saturnia - Genoa to New York via Cannes, Naples, and Gibraltar.
- 1950-08-11 SS Conte Biancamano - Genoa to New York via Naples, Gibraltar, and Lisbon.
- 1950-09-14 SS Conte Biancamano - Genoa to New York via Naples, Gibraltar, and Lisbon.
- 1951-05-25 SS Vulcania - Genoa to Halifax and New York via Cannes, Naples, Palermo, and Gibraltar.
- 1951-08-12 SS Conte Biancamano - Genoa to Halifax and New York via Naples and Gibraltar
- 1952-03-11 SS Saturnia - New York to Naples via Gibraltar, Barcelona, and Genoa.
Norwegian America Line / Den Norske Amerikalinje (NAL) Passenger Lists 1950s
- 1953-02-10 SS Stavangerfjord - Oslo to New York via Copenhagen and Kristiansand.
- 1953-07-14 SS Stavangerfjord - New York to Oslo via Bergen, Stavanger, and Kristiansand.
- 1954-09-29 SS Stavangerfjord - Oslo to New York via Kristiansand, Stavanger, and Bergen.
Swedish American Line / Swenska Amerika Linien Passenger Lists 1950s
United States Lines Passenger Lists 1950s
- 1951-01-10 SS Washington - New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Southampton, Le Havre and Bremerhaven.
- 1952-09-25 SS United States - Southampton to New York via Le Havre.
A Colorful Passenger List Cover From the Norwegian American Line Displays a Viking Longship in the Clouds That Appear To Be Augmented by the Smoke From a Generic Ship of the NAL. An Ingenious Way To Show the Past and Present Together in a Painting. | GGA Image ID # 12c6bd0e38
⚠️ About Accuracy in Historical Records Research Tip
Context. The GG Archives presents passenger lists as faithfully as possible to the original documents. While OCR is generally accurate, portions of these collections—especially image captions and some transcriptions—are typed by hand and may include typographical or spelling variations. The original manifests themselves also contained clerical inconsistencies (names recorded phonetically, mid-voyage corrections, etc.).
What this means for your research:
- Search variant spellings of names (e.g., “Schmidt/Schmitt/Smith,” “Giuseppe/Joseph”).
- Cross-reference with immigration cards, passport applications, naturalization files, city directories, and newspapers.
- Treat manifests as primary sources with historical quirks—use them alongside corroborating records.
- For place names, consider historical borders and language variants (e.g., Danzig/Gdańsk, Trieste/Trst).
How to cite. When quoting a name from a manifest, consider adding [sic] for obvious misspellings and include a note such as “spelling as printed in original passenger list.”
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