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= STEP 1: | = STEP 1: Select the Best Index to Use = | ||
'''''What you need to know to use the indexes.''''' Before using the index, you need to know the approximate year the emigrant departed from Hamburg, Germany. The 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. censuses are a good place to begin searching for this kind of information. The census provides the year a person arrived in the United States. If possible, find out whether the emigrant traveled directly to his or her destination or stopped at other ports along the way. | '''''What you need to know to use the indexes.''''' Before using the index, you need to know the approximate year the emigrant departed from Hamburg, Germany. The 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. censuses are a good place to begin searching for this kind of information. The census provides the year a person arrived in the United States. If possible, find out whether the emigrant traveled directly to his or her destination or stopped at other ports along the way. | ||
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== The Fifteen-Year Index == | == The Fifteen-Year Index == | ||
The Fifteen-year Index arranges all the names on the direct lists from 1856 to 1871 in one alphabetical index. Though it is convenient to use, this index is not complete. After checking the index, you may still need to use the Klüber indexes or the regular indexes for the same time period. The regular indexes are more complete, but they are more difficult to use. | The Fifteen-year Index arranges all the names on the direct lists from 1856 to 1871 in one alphabetical index. Though it is convenient to use, this index is not complete. After checking the index, you may still need to use the Klüber indexes or the regular indexes for the same time period. The regular indexes are more complete, but they are more difficult to use. | ||
== The Klüber Indexes == | == The Klüber Indexes == | ||
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*Indirect Passenger Lists, 1854–1865 | *Indirect Passenger Lists, 1854–1865 | ||
Although the two files overlap in time periods, both are necessary since neither file is complete. These indexes are considered more complete than the Fifteen-year Index when indexes 1 and 2 are used together. | Although the two files overlap in time periods, both are necessary since neither file is complete. These indexes are considered more complete than the Fifteen-year Index when indexes 1 and 2 are used together. | ||
== The Handwritten Indexes == | == The Handwritten Indexes == | ||