About this collection
The
Index to Passenger Manifests includes indexes to: Chinese, Japanese, and Portuguese Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900. The following information are included in the index entries: name, age, profession, names of family members on the same ship, country of origin, ship's name, date of arrival in Hawaii or departure from Hawaii, port of embarkation or destination. The index is searchable by name only.
Index entries appear as they do on the actual passenger manifests. Many of the manifests are handwritten and were subject to the interpretation of the indexer.
Index entries for the same names were put together in one multipage file to expedite access to the index entries. Although the names on the index are the same, they may not be referring to the same individual. Use clues such as age, date of arrival or departure, and names of family members traveling with the passenger to determine if this is an index entry for the individual you are researching.
Most of the Passenger Manifests being referenced by this index can be found at Hawaii State Archives as Microfilm MFL No. 73, Ships Manifests, or Series 82, Records of Passenger Arrivals and Departures, 1843-1900.
Index to Chinese Passenger Manifests Includes lastnames from A - Z.
Romanization of Chinese names was not standardized when the manifests were created. Hawaiianization of some of the names are also reflected on the index.
Index to Japanese Passenger Manifests Includes only last names from : Senba thru Tzurumoto.
More names will be added in the coming months.
Index to Portuguese Passenger Manifests Includes last names from A- Z.
Surnames beginning with de or da appear this way on the index:
- de Jesus, Maria is listed as Jesus, Maria de
- da Silva, Manoel is listed as Silva, Manoel da