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== Step 4: Search the Passenger List == | == Step 4: Search the Passenger List == | ||
[[Image:{{Hamburg2005}}]] In the passenger list, turn to the page number you found in the index. On some passenger lists a numbered page is followed by one or more unnumbered pages. If your ancestor's name does not appear on the numbered page, search the unnumbered page(s) immediately following it. | [[Image:{{Hamburg2005}}]]In the passenger list, turn to the page number you found in the index. On some passenger lists a numbered page is followed by one or more unnumbered pages. If your ancestor's name does not appear on the numbered page, search the unnumbered page(s) immediately following it. | ||
Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year. | Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year. | ||
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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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