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


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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'' ({{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>  
'''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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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|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>  
<center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG3.jpg|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG3.jpg|''Figure 1: Card from Klüber Index.''|alt=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.''|alt=Figure 2: Card from Klüber Index for an 1869 Direct Passenger List entry.]]</center>  
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[[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|thumb|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG2.jpg]]''Figure 3: A Fifteen-Year Direct Index card.''</center>  
[[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|thumb|center|400px|HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|''Figure 3: A Fifteen-Year Direct Index card.''|alt=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 [[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 [[Hamburg_Passenger_Lists#Step_3:_Obtain_the_Desired_Passenger_List|step 3]] to learn how to do this.


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''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.  
''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.  
<center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG5.jpg|thumb|center|300px|HAMBURGFIG5.jpg]]''Figure 4: Handwritten Index Entry.''</center>  
<center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG5.jpg|thumb|center|300px|HAMBURGFIG5.jpg|''Figure 4: Handwritten Index Entry.''|alt=Figure 4: Handwritten Index Entry.]]</center>  
This index entry contains:  
This index entry contains:  


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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:Hamburg-Sankt-Pauli-peers.JPG|thumb|right|300px|<center>Hamburg-St. Pauli (Germany) port in 2005.</center>|alt=Hamburg-St. Pauli (Germany) 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.  


Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year.  
Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year.  
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