Source Information

Ancestry.com. Mexico, European Immigrants to USA Arriving at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1921-1931 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data:

Passenger Lists of European Immigrants Arriving at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1921–1923, and Related Correspondence, 1921–1931. Microfilm publication M2032, 1 roll. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

About Mexico, European Immigrants to USA Arriving at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1921-1931

This database contains lists of passengers and correspondence relating to immigrants to the U.S. who docked at Vera Cruz, Mexico.

What You Can Find in the Records

These records were created by the United States government and relate to immigrants coming to the U.S. aboard ships that docked in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Documents include lists of passengers aboard ships that arrived 1921–1923 and correspondence dating from March 1921 through February 1931. You may find the following details in the records:

  • name
  • age at arrival
  • nationality
  • arrival date
  • ship name
  • place of arrival

Some of the lists included in the database were carbon copies of originals and can be difficult to read.