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Almost always include:
Each immigrant's name
Age
Sex
Occupation
Country of origin
May also include:
Names and information about others traveling with your ancestor
Unexpected detail, such as the actual city or town of origin (rare)
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General compiled sources such as
P. William Filby's Passenger and Immigration Lists
or the FHL Catalog:
http://www.familysearch.org/
Search/searchcatalog.asp
National Archives:
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/
Online & CD transcription projects
Emigration Records
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To discover when your ancestor arrived in the U.S.
To find out which country your ancestor was from
To learn roughly when he or she was born
To find the occupation of your ancestor
To uncover family relationships
To find evidence of chain migration
To perhaps find the name of a county, town or place more specific than a country
To learn the dividing line time-wise of when to focus your research in the U.S. and when to focus on the country of origin
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