For all ships entering the US from abroad, there were passenger records at the port of entry to the US. A good number survive, including most from Boston, New York and Philadelphia.. NARA has even indexed some (film, not online, but can be seen at the Natl archives or branches), depending on where the arrival was. >>>From: George Rushton <g_r_rushton@yahoo.com> To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CASANFRA] Dumb relative, Passenger records pre 1848, from San Francisco Are there passenger records pre 1848, from San Francisco, to the east coast. For I have a dumb relative, who was in California pre 1848, and want back to the east coast, N.Y., N.J. before gold was found ;-(. Either in for the departure from S.F. or for the arrival in N.Y.<