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The [http://www.movinghere.org.uk/ Moving Here] website contains some images of passenger lists showing arrivals from India to the UK between March 1948 and October 1960. These lists have been indexed by ship and by person and are free to search and download online. | The [http://www.movinghere.org.uk/ Moving Here] website contains some images of passenger lists showing arrivals from India to the UK between March 1948 and October 1960. These lists have been indexed by ship and by person and are free to search and download online. | ||
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| + | This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-07/1343507361 post] says "Many people travelling from India found it faster and more convenient to travel by steamer to Marseilles and take the train direct to Calais and then by regular ferry to Dover. Entry into England by this route was not recorded. Many of my relatives did this (we know from letters) but no official records were kept. Frustrating for us later!" | ||
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Revision as of 13:54, 1 August 2012
UK Ports passenger lists 1878-1960
AncestorsOnBoard, part of FindMyPast.com, has UK outbound passenger lists 1890 – 1960
Ancestry.co.uk has UK incoming passenger lists 1878 – 1960 which contain the names of people arriving at United Kingdom ports from places outside Europe.
This National Archives Research Guide gives more details.
Both the above sites are free to search, but require payment to view the records. They are free to view at the National Archives. Some Libraries may have free access, refer Miscellaneous tips. Some Genealogy Societies provide free access from their libraries if you are a member.
The Moving Here website contains some images of passenger lists showing arrivals from India to the UK between March 1948 and October 1960. These lists have been indexed by ship and by person and are free to search and download online.
This India List post says "Many people travelling from India found it faster and more convenient to travel by steamer to Marseilles and take the train direct to Calais and then by regular ferry to Dover. Entry into England by this route was not recorded. Many of my relatives did this (we know from letters) but no official records were kept. Frustrating for us later!"
Earlier passenger lists
- See Ships' Journals
- Refer to the British Library webpage Maritime Services,and associated information, accessible from Maritime Service-External links.
- Passenger lists appear in various directories and periodicals. For editions available online, see Directories online and Newspapers and journals online
- Wendy Leahy’s Shadows of Time includes
- India Records
- Duchess of Atholl passenger list and information 1828
- Duchess of Atholl passenger list and information 1830
- Duke of Sussex passenger list and information 1831
- Duke of York passenger list and information 1822
- Dunira passenger list and information 1822
- Bombay Calendar And Almanac Passenger Lists and Shipping Information 1822 – 1842 (Extracts)
- India Records
- Shipping Related Events of 1862 From The Times from the Ships List. Includes some passengers from India.
- India List post transcribing a letter in The Times Thursday, 29 July 1858 praising the captain of the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Candida, travelling from India and China, with signatories, and a second India List transcription of a letter in The Times 5 January 1859 regarding the “evils and annoyances” experienced on the transit through Egypt to board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam vessel Ceylon,(for travel to India), with signatories
FIBIS resources
- Passenger lists on FIBIS Database
- Arrival and Departure notices
- Embarkation Records on FIBIS Database relate to soldiers of EIC and British Armies and, in some cases, include women and children, lists of ship's crew and passengers.
