![]() ![]() Officials would often cross off duplicate entries, leaving one “official” passenger record for each individual to avoid confusion. Officials instead crossed the individual off of the passenger list and usually included “N.O.B.” (“Not on Board”), “did not sail,” “not shipped,” or another notation in the left margin of the manifest.Ģ) The individual may have been aboard a vessel but were listed more than once on the vessel’s manifest. Whatever the reason, the change in the individual’s plans sometimes occurred too late for officials to amend the passenger list before departure. The individual may have become ill and could not travel, or they may have missed the ship’s departure. There are several reasons why this happened:ġ) The individual might have booked passage aboard a vessel but ultimately did not sail with that vessel. However, genealogists sometimes find that their ancestor's name is crossed off of a passenger manifest. Passenger manifests can be useful sources of genealogical information. The records are arranged by the port of arrival. The National Archives houses passenger manifests from vessels arriving to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and the mid-twentieth century. ![]()
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