Special Passport Applications 1829-1887 Surnames X,Y,Z

This Olive Tree Genealogy project is an Index to Special Passport Applications issued in the USA between 1829 and 1887. Special passports were issued to US diplomatic and consular officers, military attaches, secretaries of legations, and other government officers and their families. This index is on FHC film #1463577 INDEX TO SPECIAL PASSPORT APPLICATIONS v. 1. 1829 – 1887; v. 2. Jan. 1872 – Apr. 1878; v. 3. April 8, 1878 – Sept. 28, 1887; v. 4. 1887 – 1894. Microfilm of original records is also in NARA, Washington, D.C. To use this index, write down the information (Name, Date, Volume, Page No.). Use this to find the actual applications which are on the following FHL US/CAN films:

1549210 Item 1: 1829-1859 v. 1.

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1531648: 1846-1858 v. 2; 1858-1865 v. 3; 1865-1869 v. 4

1531649 Item 1: 1869-1873 v. 5.

1549210 Item 2: 1873-1878, v. 6

1531649 Item 2: 1878-1881 v. 7; 1881-1884 v. 8 (p. 1-313)

1531649 Item 2: 1881-1884 v. 8 (p. 312-end); 1884-1887 v. 9; 1887-1890 v. 10

1531850: 1890-1891 v. 11; 1891-1894 v. 12; 1894-1897 v. 13.

The original register listed names by first letter of surname, and within that letter, by date order. Thus all “A” names were recorded in chronological, not alphabetical, order. I have sorted the names in alphabetical order by surname for easier searching by researchers.

Start with Index to Special Passport Applications, Volumes 1-3, 1829 – 1887 Also see Index to Special Passports, Volume 4, 1887 – 1894

Book No.	Date	Surname	First name	Page No
3	1 Dec 1862	Xanten	John	446

Book, Date, Surname, First Name, Page No.

2 31 Oct 1853 Young James H. 240
2 22 Sep 1857 York A. S. 400
3 12 Oct 1858 Young Tapley W. 26
3 21 Aug 1861 Young John 218
3 21 Nov 1861 Young William 310
3 17 Mar 1862 Young Hugh 363
3 12 May 1863 Young, Jr. Aaron 486
4 28 Sep 1865 Yeaman George H. 26
4 10 Aug 1866 Yates Robert Clinton 128
4 22 May 1869 Young Wm. H. 498
5 12 Jan 1870 Younger Charles 15
5 14 Feb 1872 Yates Mathew T. 357
5 19 Jun 1872 Young Edward 407
5 5 Nov 1872 Young A. N. 446
5 29 Jan 1873 Yates Mathew T. 462
5 2 Apr 1873 Young J. Russell 522
5 7 May 1873 Yager John H. 588
6 3 Aug 1874 Young William H. 150
6 13 Oct 1875 Young Samuel P. 294
6 15 Mar 1878 Young James C. 558
7 16 Apr 1878 Young P. M. B. 12[?]
7 1 Jul 1878 Young James R. 90
7 18 Jul 1878 Young Henry C. 112
7 3 Feb 1881 Youngs Edward A. 460
8 22 Mar 1882 Young John Russell 113
9 2 Apr 1886 Young Lewis 321
9 4 Sep 1886 Young Edward 426
9 14 May 1887 Yates Theodore 576

Book No.	Date	Surname	First name	Page No
3	26 Nov 1860	Zegarra	Cipriaus C.	92
3	27 Dec 1861	Zeyk	Albert J. de	325
4	11 Mar 1868	Zborowski	Martin	317
6	12 Nov 1875	Zeller	Theodore	297
7	5 Nov 1879	Zimmerman	Frank C.	317
7	15 Jun 1881	Zuck	James C.	594
8	25 Feb 1884	Zimmerman	Franck C.	464
9	2 Apr 1886	Zane	Andrew	317

Last Updated on 08/12/2005
By Kathy B

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Please note that Indexed Surnames to American Passports are being put online as they are transcribed. If the surname letter is not linked, it isn’t done yet, please come back