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    "ocrText": "NATIONAL\nARCHIVES\nLIST OF SCANNED DOCUMENTATION\nBalch Institute June 2003 Transfer: Germans to America, 1850-1897; Italians to America,\n1855-1900; Russians to America, 1834-1897\nDonated Materials of the Center for Immigration Research\nDonated Materials Group CIR\nNN3-CIR-98-001\nList of Scanned Documentation\n1 pg.\nSupplemental User Note 2\n7 pg.\nSupplemental User Note 1\n4 pg.\nNARA-prepared User Note dated June 6, 2003\n5 pg.\nDonor-prepared Documentation (README.TXT file)\n5 pg.\nTotal Pages:\n22 pg.\nHard-copy printouts of the below electronic documentation files are available on request:\nCIR0603_GRM_Y5097\nGermans to America Passenger Data File, 1850 1897\nCIR0603 _GRM PBYR\nGerman Annual Passenger Statistics\nCIR0603 ITL_Y5500\nItalians to America Passenger Data File, 1855 - 1900\nCIR0603 ITL PBYR\nItalian Annual Passenger Statistics\nCIR0603 RUS_Y3497\nRussians to America Passenger Data File, 1834 - 1897\nCIR0603 RUS PBYR\nRussian Annual Passenger Statistics\nCIR0603 AGECOD\nAge Code Table\nCIR0603 PRTCOD\nPort of Arrival Code Table\nCIR0603 CTYCOD\nCountry Code Table\nCIR0603_LITCOD\nLiteracy Code Table\nCIR0603_DSTCOD\nDestination Code Table\nCIR0603_OCCCOD\nOccupation Code Table\nCIR0603 PTOCOD\nPort of Embarkation Code Table\nCIR0603 TRNCOD\nTransit Code Table\nCIR0603 TRVCOD\nTravel Code Table\nDate: August 2, 2018\nPrepared by: Electronic Records Division, Reference Branch (RDER)\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES and\nPage 1 of 1\nRECORDS ADMINISTRATION\n8601 ADELPHI ROAD\nCOLLEGE PARK, MD 20740-6001\nNARA Reference Copy\nwww.archives.gov\nRECORDS AND ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATION TINOLLIN\nNational Archives and Records Administration\n8601 Adelphi Road\n1985\nCollege Park, Maryland 20740-6001\nSupplementary User Note 2\nBalch Institute June 2003 Transfer: Germans to America, 1850-1897;\nItalians to America, 1855-1900; Russians to America, 1834-1897\nNN3-CIR-98-001\nDonated Materials of the Center for Immigration Research (Donated Materials Group CIR)\nThe Germans to America, Italians to America, and Russians to America Passenger Data Files came\nto the National Archives (NARA) together and with a minimum of introductory or explanatory\ndocumentation. In the absence of any detailed documentation, NWME staff reviewed other NARA\nmaterials about the original passenger lists, as well as the donor's publications based on the\npassenger lists. The bibliography lists the published volumes consulted. Below is a summary of what\nNWME staff has learned about the Passenger Data Files.\nBackground of the published volumes of passenger lists and Passenger Data Files\nThe published volumes of passenger lists and the Passenger Data Files consist of information\nextracted by the Center for Immigration Research (CIR), under the direction of Ira A. Glazier, from\noriginal ship manifests that were on deposit at Temple University Library and Balch Institute for\nEthnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA. The manifests have been returned to the appropriate National\nArchives regional facilities. They are part of the Records of the U.S. Customs Service (Record\nGroup 36). Prior to depositing the manifests with Temple University Library and Balch Institute in\n1977, the National Archives microfilmed the passenger lists. For some of the microfilm\npublications, the National Archives included copies of passenger lists that were filed with other\nagencies, such as the Secretary of State or local government customhouses, \"as substitutes for\nmissing or illegible original documents.\" Researchers seeking the original passenger lists (ship\nmanifests) should consult the microfilm publications (listed below), which are available at the\nNational Archives Building in Washington, D.C., and at various National Archives regional\nfacilities.\nAccording to the forewords and introductions to their published volumes, the Center for Immigration\nResearch at the Balch Institute (also listed as the Temple-Balch Center for Immigration Research)\nprepared data bases with information from the original ship manifests in order to publish the\npassenger lists for both genealogists and historians. In his foreword to the Germans to America,\nVolume 1, January 1850-May 1851, editor P. William Filby notes how the lack of indices for many\nof the original passenger lists housed at the National Archives limited a researcher's ability to locate\nspecific immigrants. He points out that the Temple-Balch Center for Immigration Research's\npublication of the passenger lists, with an index for each volume, was intended to aid genealogists in\nlocating individual passenger records. Glazier, in Migration from the Russian Empire, volume 1,\nJanuary 1875-September 1882, states that \"[h]istorians and genealogists in the field of immigration\n1 National Archives, \"Pamphlet Accompanying Microcopy No. 237, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York,\n1820-1897 [Microfilm Publication M237]\" (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Services, 1962), 2. See\nalso National Archives, \"Pamphlet Describing M255, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1891\n[Microfilm Publication M255]\" (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Services, 1973).\n1\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nresearch have relied on aggregate level data to examine the development, extent, and character of\npopulation movements. With information available in these volumes, researchers will be able to go\nbeyond gross statistical profiles to study these movements at the level of microhistory - to follow\nindividuals and families ,,,2 The data base format, especially in electronic form, lends itself to\nstatistical studies. The introductions in the published volumes provide a historical background on the\nmigration of the particular nationality (Germans, Russians, or Italians) with accompanying statistical\ntables from various sources including from the Temple-Balch Center for Immigration Research.\nHow CIR compiled the published volumes of passenger lists\nThe introductions to the published volumes also provide some information on the criteria used in\nextracting data from the original ship manifests for the data bases used to reproduce the passenger\nlists in the published volumes. Although the donor material indicates that portions of the Passenger\nData Files are directly related to their published volumes and some of documentation for\nthe data files echoes the criteria provided in the published volumes, NARA staff do not know the\nextent to which the donor used the same criteria for the data bases as for the published volumes.\nThere appear to be ship manifests included in the data files that are not included in the respective\npublished volumes and the time periods covered differ.\nGermans to America\nFor the Germans to America published volumes, Glazier explains:\nIn the 1850-1855 volumes, these lists contain a minimum of 80 percent German surnames\nand are published in their entirety. Starting in 1856 the selection criterion changes to include\nall ships with German passengers, regardless of the percentage. Unlike the previous volumes,\nonly those calling themselves Germans are now listed; all other passenger names are deleted.\nIt should be noted that after 1856 these German immigrants include those coming not only\nfrom German states or territories but also from countries such as France, Switzerland, or\nLuxemburg.³\nSome of the passengers who called themselves Germans, and who thus were included in the\npublications, gave a place of last residence in the United States. The editors suggest that these\npassengers may have already settled in America, but traveled back to Germany and upon re-entering\nthe United States reported their American residence, yet identified their nationality as German. 4 The\nGermans to America published volumes include passenger lists of those arriving at the ports of New\nYork, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; New Orleans, Louisiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and\nBoston, Massachusetts.\nFor the Germans to America Passenger Data File, the documentation (README. TXT printout)\nindicates that \"France, Switzerland and Luxemburg are included in the German group but are\n2 Ira A. Glazier, ed, Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York, volume 1,\nJanuary 1875 - September 1882 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1995), xiii.\n3 P. William Filby and Ira A. Glazier, ed. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports [Series I],\nvolume 10, January 1856 - April 1857 (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1990), ix.\n4 P. William Filby and Ira A. Glazier, ed. Germans to America, volume 10, January 1856 - April 1857, xxvii.\n2\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nidentified by distinct nationality codes\" and \"USA appears as a nationality code in the German and\nother groups as migrants who were returning from Germany but who already resided in the U.S.\n[and] reported U.S. as their country of origin.\" NARA staff assume these nationality codes are the\ncountry of origin codes. According to the data in the Country of Origin field, there are also records\nin the Germans to America Passenger Data File for passengers from countries other than USA,\nGermany, France, Switzerland, and Luxemburg. For some of the records, the Country of Origin field\ncontains a code for a specific \"German\" state, city, or region, such as Hessen or Saxony, instead of\nGermany. Some of the codes used in the Country of Origin field appear in more than one of the\nPassenger Data Files. The Germans to America Passenger Data File contains records of passengers\narriving at the ports of New York, Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Philadelphia (see NARA-\nprepared Supplementary User Note 1).\nItalians to America\nFor the Italians to America published volumes, Italian passengers on the original ship manifests\n\"who disembarked at New York are published in their entirety; the names of non-Italian passengers\nare deleted.' As in the case of the Germans to America published volumes, some passengers who\nalready resided in the United States provided their American residence, but reported their nationality\nas Italian. Currently, the Italians to America published volumes cover the time period of 1880\nthrough October 1902.\nAs described in the NARA-prepared Supplementary user Note 1 for the data files, the Italians to\nAmerica Passenger Data File contains a few records of passengers arriving at the ports of Boston,\nBaltimore, New Orleans, and Philadelphia, although most of the passenger records are of those\narriving at the port of New York. Also, according to the Country of Origin field, there are also some\nrecords in the Italians to America Passenger Data File for passengers from countries other than USA\nand Italy or specific Italian regions or states. Some of the codes used in the Country of Origin field\nappear in more than one of the Passenger Data Files. The Italians to America Passenger Data File\ncontains records dating from 1855 to 1900.\nMigration from the Russian Empire\nFor the Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York\npublished volumes, \"passengers of Russian nationality - Poles, Finns, and Russians - are given here\nin their entirety, while records of non-Russian nationals are excluded.' Although the subtitle, Lists\nof Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York, suggests that only passengers arriving at the port of\nNew York are included in the publication, the published volumes include passenger lists from other\nports such as Baltimore and Philadelphia. Currently, the Migration from the Russian Empire\npublished volumes include passenger lists dating from 1875 through June 1891.\nFor the Russians to America Passenger Data File, the documentation (ReadMe.txt file) states that the\n\"Russian Empire includes Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Armenia.\" According to the\n5 P. William Filby and Ira A. Glazier, eds., Italians to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, volume 1,\nPassengers Arriving at New York: January 1880 - December 1884 (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1992), ix.\n6 Ira A. Glazier, ed., Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York, volume\n1, January 1875 - September 1882 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1995), v.\n3\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\ncodes for the Country of Origin field, there are also records for other areas or ethnic groups. Some of\nthe codes used in the Country of Origin field appear in more than one of the Passenger Data Files.\nThe Russians to America Passenger Data File contains records of passengers arriving at the ports of\nBoston, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Philadelphia, along with New York (see NARA-prepared\nSupplementary User Note 1).\nWhat information is on the original passenger lists (ship manifests)\nThe Passenger Lists Data Files are extracts of information from the original passenger lists or ship\nmanifests created between 1834 and 1900. In general, the original passenger lists contain\ninformation on the ship, including the name of vessel, port of embarkation, date of arrival, port of\narrival, and/or name of master of the vessel, and information on the passengers, including name, age,\nsex, occupation, country to which he/she belongs or nationality, destination, and/or last residence.\nThe amount of information captured and the uniformity with which it was recorded varies, along\nwith the legibility and condition of the lists. The Federal government did not established procedures\nfor recording the arrival of immigrants in the United States until 1882. A passenger's destination\nmay be recorded as a specific city or the United States in general. Some passenger lists may not\ninclude some information, such as occupation or last residence, for some or all of the passengers.\nAnd, as Glazier points out in the introduction to Migration from the Russian Empire:\nInformation in the passenger lists regarding nationality changed several times during the\nnineteenth century. Until 1882 passenger lists gave the name of the country to which the\npassengers belonged. This was interpreted to mean either country of citizenship, country of\nlast residence, or country of birth. Beginning in 1882, however, immigrants were required to\nname their native country, citizenship, or country of birth. From 1898 to 1934 passengers\nlists recorded aliens according to race, religion, or people, in addition to country of origin.⁷\nHence, as already mentioned, passengers may have reported a place of last residence in the United\nStates but identified their nationality as German, Italian, Russian, etc.\nIn addition, many passengers took an indirect route to the United States so the port of embarkation\nlisted on the passenger lists does not necessarily correspond to or reflect the passenger's actual place\nof last residence. For example, German emigrants may have left from a German port and sailed to\nEngland, where they took another ship and/or left from a different port to the United States. As\npreviously noted, the passenger lists also contain information on non-immigrants, such as U.S.\ncitizens returning to the United States.\nFor more information about the original passenger lists, researchers may wish to consult the National\nArchives' Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, the\nmaterials available on the National Archives website, the National Archives' pamphlets\naccompanying the microfilm publications of the passenger lists, or other genealogical resources.\nThe Passenger Lists Data Files reflect the unique characteristics of the original passenger lists. In\nsome of the Passenger Lists Data Files records, dashes or question marks may indicate illegible\n7\nIra A. Glazier, ed., Migration from the Russian Empire, volume 1, January 1875 - September 1882, V.\n4\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nletters that could not be transcribed. There may be variations in spellings as recorded in the original\npassenger records or as a result of interpreting handwriting that was difficult to read. For some of the\nfields, a \"U\" for unknown or blank may indicate that piece of information was not captured in the\noriginal passenger record. The donors may have not transcribed or extracted all passenger lists for a\ngiven port or time period because of the unreadable condition of the passenger list or because it did\nnot fit the donor's criteria for extraction. The Transit and/or Travel Compartment field contains\ncodes that account for U.S. citizens, non-citizens returning to the United States, or those traveling to\ncountries other than the U.S., in addition to immigrants planning to stay in the United States.\nBibliography\nCarmack, Sharon DeBartolo. A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic\nAncestors. Cincinnati, OH: Betterway Books, 2000.\nColletta, John Philip. They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival\nRecord. 3ʳᵈ ed., updated and revised. Orem, UT: Ancestry, 2002.\nEales, Anne Bruner and Robert M. Kvasnicka. Guide to Genealogical Research in the National\nArchives of the United States, 3ʳᵈ edition. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records\nAdministration, 2000.\nFilby, P. William and Ira A. Glazier, eds. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S.\nPorts [Series I, 1850-1897], 67 volumes. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1988 -\nFilby, P. William and Ira A. Glazier, eds. Italians to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S.\nPorts [1880-1902], 20 volumes. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1992 -\nGlazier, Ira A., ed. Germans to America - Series II: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports in the\n1840s, 7 volumes. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2002 -\nGlazier, Ira A., ed. Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of\nNew York [1875-1891], 6 volumes. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.,\n1995 -.\nRemington, Gordon L. \"Feast or Famine: Problems in the Genealogical Use of The Famine\nImmigrants and Germans to America.\" National Genealogical Society Quarterly 78 (June\n1990): 135-146.\nTepper, Michael. American Passenger Arrival Records. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing\nCo., Inc., 1988.\n5\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nMicrofilm Publications of the Original Ship Manifests & Related Records\nBaltimore\nPassenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, Maryland, 1820-1891 (National Archives\nMicrofilm Publication M255); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36.\nIndex (Soundex) Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, MD, (City Passenger Lists),\n1833-1866) (National Archives Microfilm Publication M326); Records of the U.S. Customs\nService, Record Group 36.\nIndex (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, Maryland (Federal Passenger\nLists), 1820-1897 (National Archives Microfilm Publication M327); Records of the U.S.\nCustoms Service, Record Group 36.\nQuarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, Maryland, 1820-1869\n(National Archives Microfilm Publication M596); Records of the U.S. Customs Service,\nRecord Group 36.\nBoston\nPassenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891 (National Archives\nMicrofilm Publication M277); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36.\nIndex to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1848-1891 (National\nArchives Microfilm Publications M265); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record\nGroup 36.\nNew Orleans\nPassenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902 (National Archives\nMicrofilm Publication M259); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36.\nIndex to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853-1899 (National\nArchives Microfilm Publication T527); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group\n36.\nQuarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1875.\n(National Archives Microfilm Publication M272); Records of the U.S. Customs Service,\nRecord Group 36.\nNew York\nPassenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897 (National Archives\nMicrofilm Publication M237); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36.\nIndex to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1846 (National Archives\nMicrofilm Publication M261); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36.\n6\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nPhiladelphia\nPassenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1800-1882 (National Archives\nMicrofilm Publication M425); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36.\nIndex to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1800-1906 (National\nArchives Microfilm Publication M360); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group\n36.\nPrepared by:\nLynn Goodsell, Archivist\nElectronic and Special Media Records Services Division (NWME)\nJanuary 24, 2008\n7\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS\nNational Archives and Records Administration\n8601 Adelphi Road\n1985\nCollege Park, Maryland 20740-6001\nSupplementary User Note 1\nBalch Institute June 2003 Transfer: Germans to America, 1850-1897;\nItalians to America, 1855-1900; Russians to America, 1834-1897\nNN3-CIR-98-001\nDonated Materials of the Center for Immigration Research (Donated Materials Group CIR)\nWhile preparing Germans to America, 1850-1897, Italians to America, 1855-1900, and Russians to\nAmerica, 1834-1897, files for accessibility online via the Access to Archival Databases (AAD)\nresource, NARA staff noted additional information regarding the data files and code tables.\nPassenger Data Files (CIR0603_GRM_Y5097; CIR0603_ITL_Y5500; CIR_RUS_Y3497)\n1. Some of the records in the Germans to America, Italians to America, and Russians to America\nPassenger Data Files contain characters that are not listed on the code lists, miscellaneous characters,\nor obvious typographical errors in one or more of the fields. For example, in the Germans to\nAmerica Passenger Data File, the City/Town of Last Residence field for some of the records lists\n\"Born At Sea,\" although the data in the Age field shows an age older than one year old and an\noccupation other than infant (INF) is listed in the Occupation field. In the Italians to America\nPassenger Data File, the Last Name field for several of the records consist of dashes\n(-----), \"#NAME?,\" or a question mark. In some cases, dashes or question marks may indicate\nillegible letters that could not be transcribed. Also, for some records, one or more of the fields may\nbe blank.\n2. In the Last Name field (LN), sometimes only an initial is provided. In the First Name field (FN),\nthe names are sometimes abbreviated, such as \"Geo.,\" or only initials are used. A \"U\" in either field\nmay mean the last name or first name is unknown.\n3. For the Age field (AGE), the Age Code Table (CIR0603_AGECOD) did not include a meaning for\ncode 900. Based on the other codes used to denote months old, staff inferred the meaning of \"Infant\nin months: 00\" for code 900.\n4. NARA staff assume the nationality codes referred to in the documentation (README.TXT\nprintout) are the codes used for the Country of Origin field (COUNTRY) and are listed in the\nCountry Code Table (CIR0603_CTYCOD), German Group Code Table (CIR0603_GGRPCOD),\nItalian Group Table (CIR0603_IGRPCOD); and Russian Group Code Table (CIR0603_RGRPCOD).\nThe Country Code Table can be used for the Country of Origin Field in all three Passenger Data\nFiles. See also the notes for Country Code Table and Group Code Tables below. In AAD, the codes\nin the Country of Origin code table are limited to the codes used in the records of the separate\nPassenger Data Files.\n5. The City/Town of Last Residence field (LRES) and Destination City/County field (DEST) are not\ncoded fields. These fields contain the city, town, and/or country name as appropriate. The\ndocumentation (README.TXT printout) suggests that the donor may have edited or standardized\n1\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nthe spellings of the place names. See also the notes for Village Code Tables and Destination Code\nTables below. A \"U\" in these fields means unknown.\n6. For the Transit and/or Travel Compartment field (PASG), the donors combined the codes for\ntransit and travel compartment into a single field, but they provided separate code tables. To make\nthe data available on AAD, NARA staff combined the code tables to create a single code table for\nthis field. The first character in the Transit and/or Travel Compartment field is the transit code (see\ntable CIR0603_TRNCOD) and the second and third characters are the travel compartment code (see\ntable CIR0603_TRVCOD). In some of the records, this field may contain one valid code, either the\ntransit code or travel compartment code, and characters not listed on the code tables. Values in the\nrecords that do not seem to represent valid codes from both code tables are not included in the code\nlist so in AAD the \"meaning\" will display as \"undefined code.\" In these instances, users may be able\nto use the code tables provided by the donors to obtain a partial meaning for the code. Some of the\nrecords may contain characters not included on either code table. A \"U\" in this field may mean\nunknown.\nManifest Header Data File (CIR0603_HDRSDAT)\n1. The Manifest Identification Number (MID field in both the Manifest Header Data File and\nPassenger Data Files) also indicates the Port of Arrival. The charts below indicate the range of Port\nof Arrival codes per port, as listed in the Port of Arrival Code Table (CIRF0603_PRTCOD), the data\nin the Manifest Header Data File, and the number of records that fall within each range.\nPort of Arrival\nRange of manifest IDs for\nActual range of manifest\nNumber of records (ship\neach port of arrival as\nIDs in the Manifest\nmanifests) in Manifest\nlisted in the documentation\nHeader Data File\nHeader Data File for each\nport of arrival range\nNew York\n\"Everything else\"\n00000001 - 00011053\n7,271\nBoston\n00012000 - 00014999\n00012000 - 00013718\n1,210\nBaltimore\n00015000 - 00017999\n00015000 - 00016545\n1,476\nNew Orleans\n00018000 - 00020999\n00018000 - 00020520\n1,944\nPhiladelphia\n00021000 - 00023999\n00021000 - 00021104\n900\nNew York\n\"Everything else\"\n00024687 - 99999999\n26,670\nTotals\nn/a\nn/a\n39,471\nPort of Arrival\nActual range of\nNumber of records in\nNumber of records\nNumber of records in\nmanifest IDs in the\nGerman Passenger\nin Italian Passenger\nRussian Passenger\nManifest Header Data\nFile for each port of\nFile for each port of\nFile for each port of\nFile\narrival (MID range)\narrival (MID range)\narrival (MID range)\nNew York\n00000001 - 00011053\n787,756\n63,018\n4,579\nBoston\n00012000 - 00013718\n17,728\n21\n6,526\nBaltimore\n00015000 - 00016545\n394,532\n9\n22,132\nNew Orleans\n00018000 - 00020520\n143,379\n151\n257\nPhiladelphia\n00021000 - 00021104\n39,995\n282\n8,190\nNew York\n00024687 - 99999999\n2,685,517\n781,887\n485,710\nTotals\nn/a\n4,068,907\n845,368\n527,394\n2\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\n2. The Manifest Header File does NOT include a Number of Passengers field.\n3. 659 records in the Manifest Header Data File contain arrival dates (ARR_DATE field) that fall\noutside the coverage dates of the three series (1834-1900). These dates may reflect data entry error.\nArrival\nRange of Manifest\nNumber of Records\nYear\nIdentifiers*\n(ship manifests)\n1901\n83564 - 83763\n144\n1902\n83792 - 83975\n156\n1904\n100001 - 100006\n5\n1904\n880186 - 880396\n209\n1912\n808187- 808257\n11\n1934\n24798\n1\n2012\n808000 - 808132\n133\n*\nMay not be consecutive, but all the manifest identification numbers within the range have the\nindicated arrival year.\nStaff compared the manifest identification numbers of those records with the arrival dates that fall\noutside the coverage dates with the manifest identification numbers in each of the passenger data\nfiles and determined that no passenger records contain a manifest identification number with any of\nthese dates. See the Supplemental NARA Processing Materials folder for list of all the manifest\nidentification numbers with arrival dates that fall outside the coverage dates and extracts from\nAERIC verification reports showing the passenger records do not contain those manifest\nidentification numbers.\nDestination Code Table (CIR0603_DSTCOD) and\nVillage Code Tables (CIR0603_GVILCOD; CIR0603_IVILCOD; CIR0603_RVILCOD)\n1. The Destination Code Table and Village Code Tables contain multiple spellings for the place\nnames and a field 'P' to identify the proposed correct spelling. The donor documentation\n(README.TXT printout) indicates a blank in the 'P' field indicates the \"suggested right spelling\" in\nthe Village Code Tables, and an asterisk (*) in the 'P' field indicates the \"suggested right spelling\" in\nthe Destination Code Table.\nIn addition, the City/Town of Last Residence field (LRES) and Destination City/County field\n(DEST) in the passenger data files are not coded fields. The donor documentation, including the\nDestination Code Table and Village Code Tables, suggests that the donor may have edited or\nstandardized the spellings of the place names.\nCountry Code Table (CIR0603-CTYCOD) and\nGroup Code Tables (CIR0603_GGRPCOD; CIR0603_IGRPCOD; CIR0603_RGRPCOD)\n1. The donor's documentation includes a composite Country Code Table and three Group Code\nTables and the codes in them are the codes for the Country of Origin field. The codes and meanings\nin the Country Code Table are the same as the codes and meanings in the three Group Code Tables.\nThe Group Code Tables only contain those codes related to a specific group. For example, the\nGerman Group Code Table contains codes for Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Prussia, Bavaria,\n3\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\netc. However, codes other than those listed in a Group Code Table may appear in the corresponding\nPassenger Data File. For example, the German Passenger Data File contains records with the code\n\"009\" meaning Sweden in the Country of Origin field (COUNTRY), but code \"009\" meaning\nSweden is not included on the German Group Code Table. In AAD, the Country of Origin code\ntable for each of the Passenger Data Files includes only the codes from the donor's Country Code\nTable found in the passenger records of the respective Passenger Data File. For the Country of\nOrigin field in any of the Passenger Data Files, researchers using these records independent of AAD\nshould use the Country Code Table.\nPrepared by:\nLynn Goodsell, Archivist\nElectronic and Special Media Records Services Division (NWME)\nJanuary 24, 2008\n4\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS\nNational Archives and Records Administration\n8601 Adelphi Road\n1985\nCollege Park, Maryland 20740-6001\nJune 6, 2003\nTheodore J. Hull\nNN3-CIR-98-001\nUser Note\nBalch Institute June 2003 Transfer:\nGermans to America, 1850-97; Italians to America, 1855-1900;\nRussians to America, 1834-97\nDonated Materials of the Center for Immigration Research,\nBalch Institute, Temple University\nDonated Materials Group CIR\nFile Format: On June 4, 2003, the Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division\n(NWME) received replacement data for the immigrants to America series originally received in\nJuly 2000. The materials were provided as a series of 22 tables (4 data files, 3 summary statistic\nreports, and 15 code table files) in MSAccess 2000. On May 9, 2003, staff of NWME exported\nthe 15 tables out of MSAccess 2000 to the ASCII comma separated values (.CSV) format for\npurposes of archival preservation. The summary statistic and code files were also printed.\nThe specific format in which the files were saved was the CSV (comma separated values)\nformat. The following description of the CSV format is from the Microsoft homepage section\nfor Excel:\nCSV (Comma delimited) format\nThe CSV (Comma delimited) file format saves only the text and values as they are\ndisplayed in cells of the active worksheet. All rows and all characters in each cell are\nsaved. Columns of data are separated by commas, and each row of data ends in a\ncarriage return. If a cell contains a comma, the cell contents are enclosed in double\nquotation marks.\nIf cells display formulas instead of formula values, the formulas are converted as text.\nAll formatting, graphics, objects, and other worksheet contents are lost.\nNote If your workbook contains special font characters such as a copyright symbol\n(©), and you will be using the converted text file on a computer with a different\noperating system, save the workbook in the text file format appropriate for that\nsystem. For example, if you are using Windows and want to use the text file on a\nMacintosh computer, save the file in the CSV (Macintosh) format. If you are using a\nMacintosh computer and want to use the text file on a system running Windows or\nWindows NT, save the file in the CSV (Windows) format.\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.nara.gov\nThe resulting files are (Balch Institute June 2003 Transfer= acronym CIR0603):\nCIR0603 HDRSDAT\nCIR0603 - Manifest Header Data\nCIR0603_GRM_Y5097\nCIR0603 - Germans to America, 1850-97 Passenger Data\nCIR0603 ITL_Y5500\nCIR0603 - Italians to America, 1855-1900 Passenger Data\nCIR0603_GRM_PBYR\nCIR0603 - German Annual Passenger Statistics\nCIR0603 ITL PBYR\nCIR0603 - Italian Annual Passenger Statistics\nCIR0603_RUS_PBYR\nCIR0603 - Russian Annual Passenger Statistics\nCIR0603_RUS_Y3497\nCIR0603 - Italians to America, 1834-97 Passenger Data\nCIR0603_AGECOD\nCIR0603 - Age Code Table\nCIR0603_PRTCOD\nCIR0603 - Port of Arrival Code Table\nCIR0603_CTYCOD\nCIR0603 - Country Code Table\nCIR0603_GGRPCOD\nCIR0603 - German Group Code Table\nCIR0603 IGRPCOD\nCIR0603 - Italian Group Code Table\nCIR0603_LITCOD\nCIR0603 - Literacy Code Table\nCIR0603_DSTCOD\nCIR0603 - Destination Code Table\nCIR0603_GVILCOD\nCIR0603 - German Village Code Table\nCIR0603_IVILCOD\nCIR0603 - Italian Village Code Table\nCIR0603_RVILCOD\nCIR0603 - Russian Village Code Table\nCIR0603_OCCCOD\nCIR0603 - Occupation Code Table\nCIR0603_PTOCOD\nCIR0603 - Port of Embarkation Code Table\nCIR0603_RGRPCOD\nCIR0603 - Russian Group Code Table\nCIR0603_TRNCOD\nCIR0603 - Transit Code Table\nCIR0603_TRVCOD\nCIR0603 - Travel Code Table\nRecord Layouts: When the 22 tables of the Balch Institute June 2003 transfer MSAccess 2000\ndatabase were converted to .CSV format, the first record of each file (the field headers) was\nretained. The first record contains the data element acronyms for the fields recorded in each of\nthe files. The following lists the fields and field descriptions for each of the 22 files of the Balch\nInstitute June 2003 transfer.\nPassenger Data Files (CIR0603_GRM_Y5097;,CIR0603_ITL_Y55_00;CIR_RUS_Y3497)\nAcronym\nDescription\nLN\nLast Name\nFN\nFirst Name\nAGE\nAge Code (see table CIR0603_AGECOD)\nSEX\nSex Code (values = M-Male, F-Female, U-Unknown)\nOCC\nOccupation Code (see table CIR0603_OCCCOD)\nLITR\nLiteracy Code (see table CIR0603_LITCOD)\nCOUNTRY\nCountry of Origin Code (see table CIR0603_CTYCOD or\nCIR0603_GGRPCOD; CIR0603_IGRPCOD; or\nCIR0603_RGRPCOD)\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.nara.gov\nLRES\nCity/Town of Last Residence (see table\nCIR0603_GVILCOD; CIR0603_IVILCOD; or\nCIR0603_RVILCOD for editing purposes)\nDEST\nDestination City/Country (see table CIR0603_DSTCOD\nfor editing purposes)\nPASG\nTransit or Travel Compartment Code (see table\nCIR0603_TRNCOD or CIR0603_TRVCOD)\nMID\nCIR Manifest Identifier (link to table\nCIR0603_HDRSDAT)\nManifest Header Data (CIR0603_HDRSDAT)\nAcronym\nDescription\nMID\nManifest ID Number (see CIR0603 PRTCOD for Port of\nArrival based on Manifest ID Number)\nSHIP\nShip Name\nPORT\nPort of Departure (Embarkation) (see table\nCIR0603_PTOCOD)\nARR_DATE\nDate of Arrival (MMDDYYYY HH:MM:SS)\nCOUNT\nNumber of Passengers\nAnnual Passenger Statistics (CIR0603_GRM_PBYR; CIR0603_ITL_PBYR; or\nCIR0603_RUS_PBYR)\nAcronym\nDescription\nYEAR\nYear\nCOUNT\nTotal Count of Passengers\nAge Code Table (CIR0603_AGECOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nAGE\nAge\nTIP\nAge interpretations for non-standard\nPort of Arrival Code Table (CIR0603_PRTCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nPORT\nPort Name\nMID_MIN\nManifest ID Minimum Number\nMID_MAX\nManifest ID Maximum Number\nCountry Code Table (CIR0603_CTYCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCODE\nCountry of Origin Code\nCOUNTRY\nCountry Name\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.nara.gov\nGerman Group Code Table (CIR0603_GGRPCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCODE\nGerman Group Code\nSN\nShort Name\nLN\nLong Name\nItalian Group Code Table (CIR0603_IGRPCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCCODE\nItalian Group Code\nG\nunknown/not used\nCOUNTRY\nName\nRussian Group Code Table (CIR0603_RGRPCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCODE\nRussian Group Code\nPROVINCE\nProvince Name\nLiteracy Code Table (CIR0603_LITCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nLITR CODE\nLiteracy Code\nLITERACY\nLiteracy Code Meaning\nDestination Code Table (CIR0603_DSTCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nDESTT\nName of Destination\nP\nPrimary Name Identifier (*)\nCODE\nCode\nGerman, Italian, or Russian Village Code Table (CIR0603_GVILCOD; CIR0603_IVILCOD;\nor CIR0603_RVILCOD - VIL, CODE, P in Italian and Russian files)\nAcronym\nDescription\nVIL\nName of City (Town) of last residence\nP\nPrimary Name Identifier (*)\nCODE\nCode\nOccupation Code Table (CIR0603_OCCCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCODE\nOccupation Code\nOCC\nOccupation Code Meaning\nPort of Embarkation Code Table (CIR0603_PTOCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCODE\nPort Code\nPORT\nPort Code Meaning\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.nara.gov\nTransit Code Table (CIR0603_TRNCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCODE\nTransit Code\nNAME\nTransit Code Meaning\nTravel Code Table (CIR0603_TRVCOD)\nAcronym\nDescription\nCODE\nTravel Code\nNAME\nTravel Code Meaning\nNote that the code tables CIR0603_DSTCOD and CIR0603_GVILCOD;\nCIR0603_IVILCOD; and CIR0603_RVILCOD contain multiple variations on the spellings\nof destinations and towns/villages. The code tables are identified in the documentation as\n\"table for editing purposes.\" Therefore, users of these tables should be aware that these two\ncode tables contain a field 'P,' which identifies the primary spelling of the destinations and\ntowns/villages with an asterisk (*) in the 'P' column.\nNote that the LAST NAME field in 24 records in the CIR0603_ITL_Y5500 is blank.\nTHEODORE J.HULL\nArchivist\nElectronic & Special Media Records Services Division\nNARA Reference Copy\nNARA's web site is http://www.nara.gov\nREADME TXT\nShipment includes information for Germany 1850 through 1897 year (4068907 rec.),\nItaly 1855 through 1897 (845368 rec.) and Russia 1834 trought 1897 (527394 rec.)\nin MS ACCESS 2000 database NA_SHIPMENT with the following distribution of\npassengers by years:\nGermans: 1850 - 1897\nYear\nPasNo\n1850\n49583\n1851\n38981\n1852\n144295\n1853\n132336\n1854\n63489\n1855\n52027\n1856\n55011\n1857\n95841\n1858\n37560\n1859\n34608\n1860\n53404\n1861\n29791\n1862\n27227\n1863\n28467\n1864\n51251\n1865\n76373\n1866\n127398\n1867\n101414\n1868\n111066\n1869\n107312\n1870\n78205\n1871\n95939\n1872\n150369\n1873\n128789\n1874\n55623\n1875\n32974\n1876\n28512\n1877\n26137\n1878\n32972\n1879\n47099\n1880\n138020\n1881\n252387\n1882\n231787\n1883\n194316\n1884\n164462\n1885\n111701\n1886\n87212\n1887\n99030\n1888\n91102\n1889\n100192\n1890\n92582\n1891\n115986\n1892\n91208\n1893\n86355\n1894\n41780\nNARA Reference Copy\n1895\n33572\n1896\n32042\n1897\n11120\nTOTAL:\n4068907\nItalians: 1855-1900\nYEAR\nPasNO\n1855\n319\n1856\n249\n1857\n330\n1858\n165\n1859\n119\n1860\n256\n1861\n230\n1862\n221\n1863\n90\n1864\n53\n1865\n144\n1866\n336\n1867\n2\n1868\n3\n1869\n2\n1870\n9\n1871\n3\n1872\n3\n1873\n456\n1874\n335\n1875\n142\n1876\n231\n1877\n76\n1878\n220\n1879\n714\n1880\n9409\n1881\n8186\n1882\n13350\n1883\n23305\n1884\n11690\n1885\n13453\n1886\n25900\n1887\n27855\n1888\n36852\n1889\n26762\n1890\n57318\n1891\n58117\n1892\n49455\n1893\n57483\n1894\n30740\n1895\n42671\n1896\n57716\n1897\n54334\n1898\n60874\n1899\n71716\n1900\n103474\nNARA Reference Copy\nTOTAL:\n845368\nRussians:1834-1897\nYEAR\nPasNO\n1834\n6\n1835\n6\n1840\n13\n1841\n14\n1842\n20\n1843\n127\n1844\n20\n1845\n30\n1846\n12\n1847\n26\n1848\n69\n1849\n32\n1850\n115\n1851\n47\n1852\n243\n1853\n211\n1854\n167\n1855\n334\n1856\n177\n1857\n144\n1858\n47\n1859\n113\n1860\n82\n1861\n58\n1862\n52\n1863\n119\n1864\n94\n1865\n249\n1866\n482\n1868\n1\n1872\n105\n1873\n1623\n1874\n6301\n1875\n4199\n1876\n6060\n1877\n2899\n1878\n3658\n1879\n3936\n1880\n7035\n1881\n13716\n1882\n16504\n1883\n8648\n1884\n18875\n1885\n18522\n1886\n26458\n1887\n23303\n1888\n35852\n1889\n32218\n1890\n42232\nNARA Reference Copy\n1891\n78460\n1892\n46678\n1893\n33466\n1894\n21116\n1895\n29689\n1896\n33194\n1897\n9537\nTOTAL\n527394\nThe content of the database:\nGERMANS_1850_1897 table - German passenger file\n(table structure contains short description of fields)\nITALIANS_1855_1900 table - Italian passenger file\nRUSSIANS_1834_1897 table - Russian passenger file\n(Fields LRES and DEST of passenger tables are not edited)\nALLHDRS table -header table, common for all passenger tables.\nT_MASVIL_GS - table with list of German villages with codes for encoding\n(editing)\npurposes, that contains variety of misspelled names of the same\nvillage. Relation between spellings established via CODE and P\nfield\nof a table (suggested right spelling of the same village has empty\nP field) .\nT_MASVIL_IT - table with list of Italian villages with codes.\nT_MASVIL_RS - table with list of Russian villages with codes.\nT_MASTER_DEST - analog of T_MASVIL_GS table for destinations.\nRight spellings have * in P field of a table.\nT_AGE\n- table with coding conventions for an AGE field.\nT_ARR_PORTS\n- table with coding conventions for a MID field depending on port\nof arrival:\n00012000\n- 00014999\nBOSTON\n00015000\n- 00017999\nBALTIMORE\n00018000\n- 00020999\nNEW ORLEANS\n00021000\n- 00023999\nPHILADELPHIA\nEverything else is NEW YORK\nand tables with lists of:\n- travel codes\n- (T_TravelCode)\n- transit codes\n- (T_TransCode)\n- port codes\n- (T PORTS)\n- ports of embarkation\n- occupation codes\n- (T_OCCUPATION)\n- country codes\n- (T_COUNTRY)\nNARA Reference Copy\n- literacy codes - (T_LITERACY)\nfor decoding purposes.\nRelations between passenger and header tables are established via MID field.\nRelations between passenger, header tables and T_xxxxx tables can be\nestablished via corresponding fields.\nTable T_GERMANY_GROUP has been used for German selection.\nFrance, Switzerland and Luxemburg are included in the German group but\nare identified by distinct nationality codes.\nUSA appears as a nationality code in the German and other groups as\nmigrants who\nwere returning from Germany but who already resided in the U.S.\nreported U.S. as their country of origin.\nRussian Empire includes Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Armenia.\nFurther shipments will include Irish and U.K.group\nTable T_ITALY_GROUP has been used for Italian selection.\nTable T_RUSSIA_GROUP has been used for Russian selection.\nAll shipments could be put together in a single database with common header file\n(ALLHDRS table) and all T_xxxx tables.\nTables T_MASVIL_XX and T_XXXXX_GROUP (like T_GERMAN_GROUP and T_MASVIL_GS)\nare country-group related.\nCorresponding country group table (T_XXXXX_GROUP table) should be used\nfor country group selection.\nFor picking up assumed right spelling of last residence or editing of LRES field\ntables T_MASVIL_XX must be selected according corresponding country group\n(T_xxxxx_GROUP_table)\nCurrantly (because of technical limits) we store all data in 4 databases:\nGerman, Italian, Irish-UK and Russian\nNARA Reference Copy"
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