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= | =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. You will also need the emigrant's name. In addition, it would help to know the name of a relative or neighbor traveling with him. The 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. censuses are a good place to begin searching for these kinds of information. The census provides the year a person arrived in the United States, and shows neighbors. If possible, find out whether the emigrant traveled directly to his or her destination or stopped at other European or British 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. You will also need the emigrant's name. In addition, it would help to know the name of a relative or neighbor traveling with him. The 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. censuses are a good place to begin searching for these kinds of information. The census provides the year a person arrived in the United States, and shows neighbors. If possible, find out whether the emigrant traveled directly to his or her destination or stopped at other European or British ports along the way. | ||
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= | =Step 2: Search the Indexes= | ||
Use the following instructions to search the index you selected in STEP 1. | Use the following instructions to search the index you selected in STEP 1. | ||
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= | =Step 3: Obtain the Desired Passenger List= | ||
Once you have found your ancestor in an index, you will want to get the actual passenger list on which that person appears. | Once you have found your ancestor in an index, you will want to get the actual passenger list on which that person appears. | ||
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These microfilms can be ordered at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp nearest Family History Center]. | These microfilms can be ordered at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp nearest Family History Center]. | ||
= | =Step 4: Search the Passenger List= | ||
[[Image:Hamburg-Sankt-Pauli-peers.JPG|thumb|right|Hamburg-St. Pauli port in 2005]] 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:Hamburg-Sankt-Pauli-peers.JPG|thumb|right|Hamburg-St. Pauli port in 2005]] 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. | ||