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===Do you know the year of immigration?=== | ===Do you know the year of immigration?=== | ||
If not, you can find out this information usually in the US Federal Census (from 1850 on) Do this research online through Ancestry.com or US Census films in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT ( | If not, you can find out this information usually in the US Federal Census (from 1850 on) Do this research online through Ancestry.com or US Census films in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT (FS Library) | ||
===Do you know the port of arrival in the United States?=== | ===Do you know the port of arrival in the United States?=== | ||
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===Do you know the date of arrival in the United States and which ship your ancestor came on?=== | ===Do you know the date of arrival in the United States and which ship your ancestor came on?=== | ||
Search the Hamburg Passenger List (online) or through the | Search the Hamburg Passenger List (online) or through the FS Library. | ||
Search the direct or indirect indexes, then the direct or indirect lists. | Search the direct or indirect indexes, then the direct or indirect lists. | ||
Search by ship names (through the | Search by ship names (through the FS Library) | ||
Note: Your ancestor may have used another port of departure. According to one source, the safest way to travel to America was via Hull in England, then across land to Liverpool and from there on to the United States. There are no German passenger lists for departures from Liverpool.Should your ancestor have come through the port of Hamburg, the passenger lists will provide a last place of residence which could also be the birth place of your ancestor. | Note: Your ancestor may have used another port of departure. According to one source, the safest way to travel to America was via Hull in England, then across land to Liverpool and from there on to the United States. There are no German passenger lists for departures from Liverpool.Should your ancestor have come through the port of Hamburg, the passenger lists will provide a last place of residence which could also be the birth place of your ancestor. | ||
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=== You have a birth place for your ancestor but no church records are listed in the Family History Catalog? === | === You have a birth place for your ancestor but no church records are listed in the Family History Catalog? === | ||
You may be dealing with a jurisdiction problem. Not every town in Schleswig/Holstein has a record keeping church. Several towns may have been assigned to the town where the minister resided, who recorded all births, marriages and deaths for his parishioners from 1600s to 1874. To determine to what parish the birth place of your ancestor belonged, consult Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon online at [[Germany Gazetteers|Germany Gazetteers]] If Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon does not list a Catholic or Evangelical church, but refers to a see reference, check out this locality for parishes. Another source for checking parishes is a local gazetteer, such as the Gemeindelexikon for Schleswig-Holstein ( | You may be dealing with a jurisdiction problem. Not every town in Schleswig/Holstein has a record keeping church. Several towns may have been assigned to the town where the minister resided, who recorded all births, marriages and deaths for his parishioners from 1600s to 1874. To determine to what parish the birth place of your ancestor belonged, consult Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon online at [[Germany Gazetteers|Germany Gazetteers]] If Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon does not list a Catholic or Evangelical church, but refers to a see reference, check out this locality for parishes. Another source for checking parishes is a local gazetteer, such as the Gemeindelexikon for Schleswig-Holstein (FS Library only), which lists both denominations and where their records might be located. In the Family History Library collection are two volumes of topographical gazetteers for the duchies of Lauenburg and Schleswig (call numbers 943.512 E5sjh and 943.512 E5sj). They are excellent tools, giving detailed descriptions of each village, plus they explain parish and administrative jurisdictions. | ||
See also: FamilySearch Wiki portal Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, topic Place names. | See also: FamilySearch Wiki portal Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, topic Place names. | ||
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