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== Online Resources ==

*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1166 Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934] ($) images

*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/hamburg-germany-emigrants Hamburg, Germany Emigrants] ($) index

== Using the Passenger Lists and Indexes  ==

*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.

'''Microfilm Access.''' Also, the passenger lists, Fifteen-Year Direct Index, and handwritten indexes are on 486 rolls of microfilm at the FamilySearch Library, and can be accessed at various FamilySearch Centers and the FamilySearch 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.  

For details and film numbers, use the '''''Place Search''''' of the FamilySearch Catalog under:  

'''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'' ({{FSC|1318249|item|disp=FS Library 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 FS Library 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>  

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*'''''Internet Index''''' 1890-1913 - The Hamburg State Archive created the partial index at Ancestry.com.  

*'''''Alphabetical Passenger Lists''''' 1850-1854 - The lists themselves are alphabetical by at least the first letter of the family name.  

**Direct Passenger Lists, 1856–1871  

**Indirect Passenger Lists, 1866–1867  

**Direct Passenger Lists, 1850–1871  

**Indirect Passenger Lists, 1854–1865  

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==== Internet Index 1877-1914  ====

If you find a name in this Internet index you can click "View Image" to see a picture of the actual passenger list page including the home town of each emigrant, and his or her relatives on the same ship.

The lists themselves are alphabetical by the first letter of the surname from 1850-1854.  

'''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 accessed at various FamilySearch Centers, and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City.

This card index on microfilm partially indexes:  

*Indirect Passenger Lists, 1866–1867

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The index cards provide the emigrant’s name, status or occupation, age, names of persons traveling in the same party, and place of origin. It also includes the year of emigration and the page number where the entry will be found. A letter i or d following the year will indicate if the entry was from the indirect or direct index. There are different types of cards used in this file. The figures below show two typical samples of cards from the Klüber indexes.  

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When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. See [[Hamburg_Passenger_Lists#Step_3:_Obtain_the_Desired_Passenger_List|step 3]] to learn how to do this.

==== 1872 Direct and Indirect Index  ====

'''Microfilm Access.''' This index is on FS Library microfilm {{FSC|576461|item|disp=1183696 items 3 - 6}}. This microfilm can be accessed at various [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centers] and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake city. The book call number is FS Library INTL Ref book 943.515/H1 W39h 1872. Books do not circulate to FamilySearch Centers.

'''Note: Indexes are not necessary for the years 1850-1854 because the records are already sorted by first letter of last name.'''  

'''Microfilm Access. '''For the FamilySearch Catalog listing of [[Index of Changed Microfilm numbers at the FamilySearch Library]]. These microfilms can be accessed at various [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centers] and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City.  

''Figure 4'' below is a sample of an entry from the handwritten index. The actual format of the indexes vary over time. Notice the type of information provided within these entries.  

This index entry contains:  

==== Handwritten Indirect Indexes 1855-1910  ====

'''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 accessed at various [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centers] and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City.  

*The person was listed on another index page because the first page was full. Search the end sections of other letters of the alphabet.

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

'''Internet Access. '''On the Ancestry.com Internet index results list, click "View Image" at the end of a name entry to see the image of that person's passenger list page.  

'''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].  

=== Step 4: Search the Passenger List  ===

Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year.  

'''''Update your records.''''' When you find an ancestor make a note on your [[Research Logs|research log]] showing exactly where you found them. Also, [[Copying Sources|make a printout or photocopy]] of the passenger list pages showing your ancestor and other family members. 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]].