Hamburg Passenger Lists: Difference between revisions

'''If you have an arrival record of your ancestor in America on a ship that left Hamburg between 1850 and 1934.'''<br>If you know the name of the ship that your ancestor arrived on in America and the date that ship arrived, the book ''Germans to America and the Hamburg Passenger Lists: Coordinated Schedules'', by Roger P. Minert can help you quickly access the Hamburg Passenger Lists microfilm containing your ancestor's departure record. This can be done without having to search the alphabetical name&nbsp;index for your ancestor's name.. In this book the arrivals in America of ships from Hamburg are listed by arrival date and ship name. The FHL microfilm and page number of that ship's list in the Hamburg Passenger Lists is then given. The call number for this book is 973. W22m and it is located in the FHL International Reference Section. <br><br>  

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= Step 1: Select the Best Index to Use  =

*'''''Klüber Index&nbsp;1''''' for:  

**Direct Passenger Lists, 1856–1871  

*'''''Klüber Index&nbsp;2''''' for:  

**Direct Passenger Lists, 1850–1871  

*'''''Fifteen-Year Direct Index''''' 1856-1871 - Incomplete but easier to use than handwritten indexes.  

*'''''1872 Direct and Indirect Index''''' - Shows age and microfilm page number.  

'''''Determine the indexes to use''''' from the following table. It lists the indexes available for various emigration years. The table also shows the recommended order in which to search the indexes until you find the ancestor.  

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| align="left" | '''Search These Recommended Indexes for Those Years'''<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_2_1850-1871|Klüber 2]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Alphabetical_Passenger_Lists_1850-1854|Alphabetical Passenger Lists]]<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_2_1850-1871|Klüber 2]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten Direct]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Indirect_Indexes_1855-1910|Handwritten Indirect]]<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_1_1856-1871|Klüber 1]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_2_1850-1871|Klüber 2]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Fifteen-Year_Direct_Index_1856-1871|Fifteen-Year Index]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten Direct]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Indirect_Indexes_1855-1910|Handwritten Indirect]]<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#1872_Direct_and_Indirect_Index|1872 Index]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten Direct]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Indirect_Indexes_1855-1910|Handwritten Indirect]]<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten Direct]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Indirect_Indexes_1855-1910|Handwritten Indirect]]<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Internet_Index_1890-1913|Internet Index]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten Direct]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Indirect_Indexes_1855-1910|Handwritten Indirect]]<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Internet_Index_1890-1913|Internet Index]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten Direct]]<br>

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| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten Direct]]<br>

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= Step 2: Search the Indexes  =

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== Klüber Index 2&nbsp; 1850-1871  ==

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The index cards provide the emigrant’s name, status or occupation, age, names of persons traveling in the same party, and place of origin. It also includes the year of emigration and the page number where the entry will be found. A letter i or d following the year will indicate if the entry was from the indirect or direct index. There are different types of cards used in this file. The figures below show two typical samples of cards from the Klüber indexes.  

== Fifteen-Year Direct Index 1856-1871  ==

Use the following table to determine the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%2C+1850-1934++ Family History Library microfilm number]. These microfilms can be ordered at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp nearest Family History Center].  

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|+ '''Fifteen-Year Index&nbsp; FHL film numbers'''  

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When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. See [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Hamburg_Passenger_Lists#Step_3:_Obtain_the_Desired_Passenger_List step 3] to learn how to do this.  

''Figure 4'' below is a sample of an entry from the handwritten index. The actual format of the indexes vary over time. Notice the type of information provided within these entries.  

The actual format of the indexes vary over time. Notice the type of information provided within these entries. This index entry contains:  

If you cannot find a person in the index to the direct lists, follow the steps outlined here to search the index to the Indirect Lists.  

== Handwritten Indirect Indexes 1855-1910  ==

== Cannot Find Your Ancestor in the Indexes?  ==

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*The emigrant did not sail from Hamburg. He or she may have sailed from one of several other ports in Europe, most of which have few or no records available.

*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 Resource Guide]  

*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=102523&disp=The+Hamburg+passenger+lists%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Hamburg Passenger Lists''] (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984; FHL fiche 6000034). Paper and microfiche publication: Fourth edition, 1996.