Passenger Lists
(noun) a document listing the cargo, passengers, and crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle, for the use of customs and other officials.
About Passenger Lists
There is NO central repository for passenger lists.
IMPORTANT: Please contact, and credit, the CGC if you use any part of this collection by sending an email to secretary@cubangenclub.org.
Books of Passage to Cuba - Pérez y Compañía - 9 volumes (1900-1960)
Libros de Embarque a Cuba de la Compañía Pérez y Compañía – 9 tomos (1900-1960)
More than 400 sheets with thousands of passengers destined for Havana, among other destinations.
Courtesy of Historia y Genealogia Hispanoamericana Blog
CubaGenWeb
Passenger lists were often published in the Cuban newspaper, El Diario de la Marina
Transcription of these arrivals/departures are in a searchable database at CubaGenWeb** (see below)
The information contained in the data base varies but generally contains:
-the individual’s name
-ship’s name
-date of voyage/arrival
This database now surpasses 330,000 names!
CubaGenWeb also has an incredible amount of information about other types of passenger lists.
**APRIL 2024 – IMPORTANT NOTICE
Due to an unforeseen situation, the Passenger Database is no longer accessible.
It is still being determined when it will become available again.
Compañía Trasatlántica Española, S.A. M/N Covadonga
Family documents donated by CGC 2nd Vice-President, Jose Ignacio Vildósola, for a 1961 sailing of the M/N Covadonga
M/N Covadonga Info
M/N Covadonga Postcard
M/N Covadonga Postcard - back
Passenger Ticket - Cover
Passenger Ticket - Gen'l Info
Passenger Ticket - 2nd page
Passenger Ticket 1
Passenger Ticket 2
Boarding Ticket
Int'l Cert of Vaccination - Cover
Int'l Cert of Vaccination - Inside
Sworn Statement of Foreign Currency
Sources:
Family documents for 1961 voyage – CGC 2nd Vice-President, Jose Ignacio Vildósola
Menus and passenger list for 1967 – www.buques.com