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*The '''Indirect Passenger Lists''' include passengers who stopped at another European or British port before sailing to their final destination. About 20 percent of the immigrants leaving Europe took indirect routes. | *The '''Indirect Passenger Lists''' include passengers who stopped at another European or British port before sailing to their final destination. About 20 percent of the immigrants leaving Europe took indirect routes. | ||
'''Internet Access.''' The partially completed (1877-1914) [ | '''Internet Access.''' The partially completed (1877-1914) [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/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. | ||
'''Microfilm Access.''' Also, the passenger lists, Fifteen-Year Direct Index, and handwritten indexes are on 486 rolls of microfilm at the Family History Library, and can be accessed at various Family History Centers and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. An additional 48 rolls of microfilm for the Klüber Indexes for the years 1850-1871, and one additional roll for the 1872 Direct and Indirect Index are also available. | '''Microfilm Access.''' Also, the passenger lists, Fifteen-Year Direct Index, and handwritten indexes are on 486 rolls of microfilm at the Family History Library, and can be accessed at various Family History Centers and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. An additional 48 rolls of microfilm for the Klüber Indexes for the years 1850-1871, and one additional roll for the 1872 Direct and Indirect Index are also available. | ||
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If you know the name of a traveling companion, or the name of a relative or neighbor who lived near the ancestor in both the old world and the new world, it may help to more clearly identify your ancestor on the passenger lists. | If you know the name of a traveling companion, or the name of a relative or neighbor who lived near the ancestor in both the old world and the new world, it may help to more clearly identify your ancestor on the passenger lists. | ||
'''''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]]. | '''''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]]. | ||
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