ship manifests
Vessel inventory lists
Ship manifests are official documents listing a vessel's cargo, passengers, or crew.
These records detail what goods are being transported, their quantities, origins, and destinations.
Historical ship manifests are invaluable for genealogical research, documenting immigrants' arrivals: She found her great-grandmother's name on an 1892 ship manifest from Ellis Island.
- steerageShip's cheapest quarters
- passenger listRecord of travelers aboard
- bill of ladingCargo shipment receipt
- cargo handlingMoving goods onto vehicles
- cargo holdVessel's storage area
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