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At the Family History Library to search for free the 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]. 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. | At the Family History Library to search for free the 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]. 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. | ||
For the Family History Library Catalog listing of Handwritten | For the Family History Library Catalog listing of Handwritten Direct Indexes 1855-1934 microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=12&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%25252C%252B1850%25252D1934%252B%252B&last=111&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here]. | ||
<br> Using the Family History Library Catalog to find the film number, locate the index for the time period the emigrant departed. | |||
Using the Family History Library Catalog to find the film number, locate the index for the time period the emigrant departed. | |||
Find the year the emigrant departed and the letter of the alphabet with which your ancestor’s surname begins. Names are arranged by the first letter of the surname only, so you may need to search the entire section to find the person you are looking for. | Find the year the emigrant departed and the letter of the alphabet with which your ancestor’s surname begins. Names are arranged by the first letter of the surname only, so you may need to search the entire section to find the person you are looking for. | ||
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#The name of the ship's captain (''Capt. Winakla''). | #The name of the ship's captain (''Capt. Winakla''). | ||
#The name of the destination port (''New York''). | #The name of the destination port (''New York''). | ||
#The page this information is found on the actual passenger lists (''1086'').<span | #The page this information is found on the actual passenger lists (''1086'').<span style="display: none;" id="1216065749985E"> </span> | ||
When you find the emigrant in the index, note the number following the name. This number indicates which page the name appears on in the passenger list. In some cases page numbers are dittoed, referring to the previous page. Occasionally, large page numbers are partially dittoed. For example, pages 1086, 1087, and 1088 might appear as 1086, 87, 88. | When you find the emigrant in the index, note the number following the name. This number indicates which page the name appears on in the passenger list. In some cases page numbers are dittoed, referring to the previous page. Occasionally, large page numbers are partially dittoed. For example, pages 1086, 1087, and 1088 might appear as 1086, 87, 88. | ||