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Catalogue reference: BT 27/931. Crown copyright

Catalogue reference: BT 27/931. Crown copyright

Meeting of zoologists, 1898. Cat ref: COPY 1/437

Migration records

Outward passenger lists

Migration records [Passenger Lists] are invaluable in helping you find your ancestors. Board of Trade Passenger Lists, Outwards (BT 27), 1890-1960, contain the names of people leaving ports in the United Kingdom and Ireland for final destinations outside Europe and the Mediterranean.

You can carry out a person search using the first and last name. You can also refine your search by departure port, destination country and destination port. A ship search will be available later in the year.

Search the AncestorsOnBoard website free of charge by name.

Download images and information from a passenger list for a small fee.

Users searching should be aware that passenger lists are being added to the database regularly but at this time contains records from 1890-1939.

You can access the ancestorsonboard website free on site at The National Archives in Kew and the Family Records Centre in Islington, courtesy of findmypast.com. Please note that standard onsite charges for printing paper copies will still apply.

For further information on co-branded projects, see our licensing section

Moving Here

The Moving Here website explores immigration to England over the last 200 years.

  • Find out about the migration of Caribbean, South-Asian, Irish and Jewish communities to England
  • Free online access to a selection of 200,000 documents and photos about migration (for personal and education use only)
  • Start tracing your family history
  • Read people's personal experiences of migration and add your own story to the site
  • Free resources for schools: migration history and diversity (KS2 and KS3)