Hamburg Passenger Lists: Difference between revisions

''[[Germany Genealogy|Germany]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Hamburg_Passenger_Lists|Passenger Lists]]''<br><br>[[Image:{{Hamburg1900}}]]  

'''Internet Access.''' The partially completed (1877-1914) [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068 Internet index] and, on the right side of same screen, the "Browse this collection" option to access the direct and indirect list for all years 1850-1934. The separate [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1166 handwritten index images]; 1855-1934 [1850-1854 need no index] are available at Ancestry.com, a subscription site. The Family History Library and many Family History Centers have a subscription which includes the Ancestry images and indexes. Use these links when at one of these locations: [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Internet index] and the separate [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1166&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 handwritten index images]; 1855-1934.  

:[http://familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Germany,+Hamburg,+Hamburg&author_givenName=&author_surname=&uri=http%3A//catalog.familysearch.org%3A8080/www-catalogapi-webservice/search%3Fquery%3Dsubject_id%3A338908%26count%3D50&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D&subjectId=338908 Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg - Emigration and Immigration]<br><br>

'''Ships arriving in America from Hamburg 1850 to 1934.''' If you know the name of the ship on which your ancestor arrived in the United States from Hamburg and the date that ship arrived, Roger P. Minert's, Kathryn Boeckel's, and Caren Winter's ''Germans to America and the Hamburg Passenger Lists: Coordinated Schedules'' ({{FHL|1318249|item|disp=FHL International Ref Desk Book 973 W22m}}) can help you quickly access the Hamburg Passenger Lists microfilm departure record for your ancestor. This can be done without having to search the alphabetical name index for your ancestor's name. In this book each ship arrival in America from Hamburg is listed by arrival date and ship name. The FHL film and page number of that ship's list in the Hamburg Passenger Lists is also given. The book's [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62409447 WorldCat entry]. <br><br>  

| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_2.C2.A0_1850-1871|Klüber 2]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Alphabetical_Passenger_Lists_1850-1854|Alphabetical Passenger Lists]]<br>

| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_2.C2.A0_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>

| align="left" | [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_1.C2.A0_1856-1871|Klüber 1]], [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Kl.C3.BCber_Index_2.C2.A0_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>

| 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>

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

| 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>

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

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

To search this partial index for free at the Family History Library on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here].&nbsp;&nbsp; You can also search the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the search results list.  

'''Internet Access. '''To view the Ancestry.com images of alphabetical passenger lists for free at the Family History Library [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here],&nbsp; and then click the date you wish to view. You can also search the same list of images on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here], and then click the date you wish to view, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the images.  

'''Microfilm Access. '''For the FamilySearch Catalog listing of the alphabetical passenger lists from 1850-1854 microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=140&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%25252525252C%252525252B1850%25252525252D1934%252525252B%252525252B&last=239&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here]. These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest&nbsp; <span style="text-decoration: underline;" />[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center.]]  

For&nbsp;[[Index of Changed Microfilm numbers at the Family History Library]] use the following list. These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].  

For Family History Library microfilm numbers use the following list. These microfilms can be ordered at the [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|nearest Family History Center]].  

<center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG3.jpg|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG3.jpg]]''Figure 1: Card from Klüber Index.''</center><center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG3-4.jpg|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG3-4.jpg]]''Figure 2: Card from Klüber Index for an 1869 Direct Passenger List entry.''</center>  

Use the following table to determine the [[Index of Changed Microfilm numbers at the Family History Library]]. These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].  

[[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|thumb|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG2.jpg]]''Figure 3: A Fifteen-Year Direct Index card.''</center>  

'''Internet Access.''' This index is available for free on the Internet&nbsp;from ProGenealogists.com&nbsp;by&nbsp;[http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html?url=http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html&affiliate=joeb&merchant=cottrill clicking here].  

'''Microfilm Access.''' This index is on Family History Library microfilm [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F576461 1183696 items 3 - 6]. This microfilm can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]]. The book call number is FHL INTL Ref book 943.515/H1 W39h 1872. Books do not circulate to Family History Centers.  

'''Internet Access. '''At the Family History Library&nbsp;search for the free&nbsp;images of this complete but hard-to-read index on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1166&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here].&nbsp; You can see a list of images and years covered for the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1166&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the actual index images.  

'''Microfilm Access. '''For the FamilySearch Catalog listing of [[Index of Changed Microfilm numbers at the Family History Library]]. These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].  

<center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG5.jpg|thumb|center|300px|HAMBURGFIG5.jpg]]''Figure 4: Handwritten Index Entry.''</center>  

#The passenger's name (''Peter Becker &amp; wife [Frau] &amp; 4 sons [Söhne] &amp; 2 daughters [Töchter]'').  

For a Wiki list of terminology used in the Hamburg Passenger List [[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|click here]].  

'''Internet Access. '''At the Family History Library to search for the free images of this complete but hard-to-read index on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1166&path=1855-1910+(Indirekt) click here].&nbsp;&nbsp; You can see a list of images and years covered for the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1166&path=1855-1910+(Indirekt) click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the actual index images.  

'''Microfilm Access. '''For the FamilySearch Catalog listing of Handwritten Indirect Indexes microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=402&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%25252C%252B1850%25252D1934%252B%252B&last=501&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here]. These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].  

'''Instructions. '''The Indirect and the Direct Handwritten indexes are similar. For more detailed instructions explaining how to use these '''''Indirect''''' indexes see the [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten '''''Direct''''' Indexes instructions]].  

*The name was spelled differently than it appears in your records. Look for [[Guessing a Name Variation|alternate spellings of the name]].

Also, at the Family History Library you can browse a complete set of free images of both Direct and Indirect Passenger Lists on Ancestry.com if you [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here]&nbsp; and scroll to the bottom of the page to select the appropriate years. You can browse the same years and passenger list images on a home computer, if you scroll to the bottom after you [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the actual passenger list images.  

'''Microfilm Access. '''For the FamilySearch Catalog listing of '''''Direct Passenger List''''' microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=140&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%2525252C%25252B1850%2525252D1934%25252B%25252B&last=239&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here].  

For the FamilySearch Catalog listing of '''''Indirect Passenger List''''' microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=414&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%252525252525252C%2525252525252B1850%252525252525252D1934%2525252525252B%2525252525252B&last=513&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here].  

These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].  

'''''Update your records.''''' When you find an ancestor make a note on your [[Research Logs|research log]] showing exactly where you found him. Also [[Copying Sources|make a printout or photocopy]] of the passenger list pages showing him and his family. Note the microfilm number and page on the back of the copy. Update your [[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record]] by [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|adding a custom event for emigration]] and include [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnotes]]. Organize and [[Document AS YOU GO!|document as you go]].  

*[[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|Hamburg Passenger List Terminology]] English translations of German phrases.  

*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 Resource Guide] an older version of this Wiki article.  

*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Germany Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article about search strategies and sources about German emigration.  

*[[Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article about the principles, search strategies, and record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. Worldwide scope.

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