Each entry records the name, age, marital status, calling, native place, religion, and education of the immigrant. This series generally provides more information about immigrants than the Agent's Immigrant Lists , which it complements, but it is incomplete.
Arrangement is alphabetical by the name of ship within each year.
The Board's Lists contain more information about each immigrant and so are the more useful. A 'month' column has been added to this Index to distinguish between these different arrivals.