Finding the Names, Vol. One, Installment 24 — New Orleans Inward Manifests, 1825

Installment 24 of Finding the Names, Volume One — 343 more entries transcribed name by name from the original New Orleans ship manifests at the National Archives (Microfilm M1895, Roll 3, images 721–840). 132 pages, large print. FREE — please share it so families can find their people.

Charles, Augustin, and Sophia were carried to New Orleans as prisoners: the master reported them as runaways, deposited them in gaol on arrival "for them to be Identified," and the Collector ordered them sent to prison. These pages also hold the brig Gannet's two Sams — the inspector's exception names one, and the papers never say which; "Ann or Dinah," whose name the clerk himself could not settle, and William, her child; Jane Dane, who landed under a manifest naming a ship she never sailed on; and a nine-month-old whose name was written on the Express's list and then effaced beyond reading.

Counting this installment, the Finding the Names project has recovered 12,759 entries from the New Orleans manifests, every one free. The companion guide and the Complete Set (Installments 1–24 in one download) are also free in this store.