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'''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'' ({{FHL|1318249|item|disp=FHL 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 FHL 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> | '''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'' ({{FHL|1318249|item|disp=FHL 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 FHL 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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== Step 1: Select the Best Index to Use == | == Step 1: Select the Best Index to Use == | ||
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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. | ||
=== Internet Index 1877-1914 === | === Internet Index 1877-1914 === | ||
To search this partial index for free at the Family History Library on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here]. You can also search the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the search results list. | To search this partial index for free at the Family History Library on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here]. You can also search the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the search results list. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
=== Alphabetical Passenger Lists 1850-1854 === | === Alphabetical Passenger Lists 1850-1854 === | ||
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'''Internet Access. '''To view the Ancestry.com images of alphabetical passenger lists for free at the Family History Library [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here], and then click the date you wish to view. You can also search the same list of images on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here], and then click the date you wish to view, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the images. | '''Internet Access. '''To view the Ancestry.com images of alphabetical passenger lists for free at the Family History Library [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here], and then click the date you wish to view. You can also search the same list of images on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here], and then click the date you wish to view, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the images. | ||
'''Microfilm Access. '''For the Family History Library 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 ordered at the nearest <span style="text-decoration: underline;" />[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center.]] | '''Microfilm Access. '''For the Family History Library 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 ordered at the nearest <span style="text-decoration: underline;" />[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center.]] | ||
=== Klüber Index 1 1856-1871 === | === Klüber Index 1 1856-1871 === | ||
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=== Klüber Index 2 1850-1871 === | === Klüber Index 2 1850-1871 === | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
<center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG3.jpg|center|400px]]''Figure 1: Card from Klüber Index.''</center><center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG3-4.jpg|center|400px]]''Figure 2: Card from Klüber Index for an 1869 Direct Passenger List entry.''</center> | <center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG3.jpg|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG3.jpg]]''Figure 1: Card from Klüber Index.''</center><center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG3-4.jpg|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG3-4.jpg]]''Figure 2: Card from Klüber Index for an 1869 Direct Passenger List entry.''</center> | ||
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=== Fifteen-Year Direct Index 1856-1871 === | === Fifteen-Year Direct Index 1856-1871 === | ||
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[[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|thumb|center|400px]]''Figure 3: A Fifteen-Year Direct Index card.''</center> | [[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|thumb|center|400px]]''Figure 3: A Fifteen-Year Direct Index card.''</center> | ||
When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. See [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Hamburg_Passenger_Lists#Step_3:_Obtain_the_Desired_Passenger_List step 3] to learn how to do this. | When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. See [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Hamburg_Passenger_Lists#Step_3:_Obtain_the_Desired_Passenger_List step 3] to learn how to do this. | ||
=== 1872 Direct and Indirect Index === | === 1872 Direct and Indirect Index === | ||
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'''Internet Access.''' This index is available for free on the Internet from ProGenealogists.com by [http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html?url=http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html&affiliate=joeb&merchant=cottrill clicking here]. | '''Internet Access.''' This index is available for free on the Internet from ProGenealogists.com by [http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html?url=http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html&affiliate=joeb&merchant=cottrill clicking here]. | ||
'''Microfilm Access.''' This index is on Family History Library microfilm [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F576461 1183696 items 3 - 6]. This microfilm can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]]. The book call number is FHL INTL Ref book 943.515/H1 W39h 1872. Books do not circulate to Family History Centers. | '''Microfilm Access.''' This index is on Family History Library microfilm [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F576461 1183696 items 3 - 6]. This microfilm can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]]. The book call number is FHL INTL Ref book 943.515/H1 W39h 1872. Books do not circulate to Family History Centers. | ||
=== Handwritten Direct Indexes 1855-1934 === | === Handwritten Direct Indexes 1855-1934 === | ||
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If you cannot find a person in the index to the direct lists, follow the steps outlined here to search the index to the Indirect Lists. | If you cannot find a person in the index to the direct lists, follow the steps outlined here to search the index to the Indirect Lists. | ||
For a Wiki list of terminology used in the Hamburg Passenger List [[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|click here]]. | For a Wiki list of terminology used in the Hamburg Passenger List [[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|click here]]. | ||
=== Handwritten Indirect Indexes 1855-1910 === | === Handwritten Indirect Indexes 1855-1910 === | ||
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'''Microfilm Access. '''For the Family History Library 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 ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]]. | '''Microfilm Access. '''For the Family History Library 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 ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]]. | ||
'''Instructions. '''The Indirect and the Direct Handwritten indexes are similar. For more detailed instructions explaining how to use these '''''Indirect''''' indexes see the [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten '''''Direct''''' Indexes instructions]]. | '''Instructions. '''The Indirect and the Direct Handwritten indexes are similar. For more detailed instructions explaining how to use these '''''Indirect''''' indexes see the [[Hamburg Passenger Lists#Handwritten_Direct_Indexes_1855-1934|Handwritten '''''Direct''''' Indexes instructions]]. | ||
=== Cannot Find Your Ancestor in the Indexes? === | === Cannot Find Your Ancestor in the Indexes? === | ||
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For the Family History Library Catalog listing of '''''Indirect Passenger List''''' microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=414&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%252525252525252C%2525252525252B1850%252525252525252D1934%2525252525252B%2525252525252B&last=513&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here]. | For the Family History Library Catalog listing of '''''Indirect Passenger List''''' microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=414&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%252525252525252C%2525252525252B1850%252525252525252D1934%2525252525252B%2525252525252B&last=513&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here]. | ||
These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]]. | These microfilms can be ordered at the nearest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]]. | ||
== Step 4: Search the Passenger List == | == Step 4: Search the Passenger List == | ||
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*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Germany Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article about search strategies and sources about German emigration. | *[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Germany Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article about search strategies and sources about German emigration. | ||
*[[Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article about the principles, search strategies, and record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. Worldwide scope. | *[[Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article about the principles, search strategies, and record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. Worldwide scope. | ||
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