Would anybody know if ships records contained the children travelling with them too? 

thanks in advance
mandy molava

The answer may depend on the date.  In United States passenger lists of the early 19th century one might find only "Mr. So-and-so, wife, and 5 children" listed.  It gets better as the century progresses, and by the late 19th c. every person should be listed by name.

Marian Smith

The only time I have seen manifest pages without the names of children are on the detention pages of U.S. arrival manifests where it might just have something like the name of the adult + 5 children. Sometimes for whatever reason, on the regular passenger manifest pages people traveling together in a group are on different pages of a manifest, sometimes the name you are looking for isn't the name under which a person is traveling, sometimes a child traveled with another family member on a different ship.
Janette Silverman
Phoenix, AZ & Salt Lake City, UT

I have an 1868 arrival in New York, a baby is not named. There's a column on the manifest "Baby" with a 1 in it. 

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Phil Karlin
Hartford, CT USA

By the late 19th century, the children are identified individually, but a caveat:  the ages and even sexes of the children may not be correct.   

Jim Milch
Rochester, NY

Jim Milch wrote:

By the late 19th century, the children are identified individually, but a caveat: the ages and even sexes of the children may not be correct.   

By the time my great-grandfather brought his youngest children to America from what is now Belarus in the late 1900s, the children names were listed on the manifest even though they apparently did not have their own passports but were listed on his passport. 
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Barbara Sloan
Conway, SC

I asked this question when I discovered my GGM and two children on a manifest, but no sign of the youngest child, my grandfather.  I wondered if my GF could have been on board, but just not entered in the manifest, perhaps because of his young age.  I was assured without the slightest doubt that everyone, without exception, was recorded.  This included children born on the voyage, those who died and stowaways.  I've since noticed entries in all those categories when reviewing manifests.

Lee Jaffe

Yes Mandy. Every passenger is registered and named. You included Slovakia so I think you might be referring to post Holocaust. Many ships left from DP camps to ultimate destination. Ship manifests like these can be obtained thru CJE of Yivo and thru USHMM. Otherwise checking with country of destination where these records are is another way. Good luck. Feigie Teichman.

Thank you very much, sorry for delay in replying. I have a mr and mrs name spelt wrong, but sounds the same, but not their two children who were under 5, so maybe this isn't them.

Thank you again, I will keep looking and appreciate your help.

Mandy Molava
Researching MOLAVA Russia and USA
WEXLER HALASA Slovakia Hungary Bulgaria