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| Emigrants from the Netherlands left records documenting their migration in the country they left as well as in the country they moved to. | | Emigrants from the Netherlands left records documenting their migration in the country they left as well as in the country they moved to. |
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| === Passenger Lists ===
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| Records of departures are called passenger lists. The information in these lists usually includes each emigrant’s name, age, occupation, destination, relationship to traveling companions, and last residence. His or her birthplace may be given.
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| The Family History Library has microfiche copies of the Holland–America Line passenger lists from the port of Rotterdam for 1900 to 1940. The fiche numbers of these records are listed in the Place search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
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| NETHERLANDS, ZUID–HOLLAND, ROTTERDAM – EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
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| '''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''<br>
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| [[Netherlands, Passenger Lists of the Holland-America Steamship Line - FamilySearch Historical Records|Netherlands, Passenger Lists of the Holland-America Steamship Line - FamilySearch Historical Records]]<br>Some web-sites to consider are:
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| *[https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/expanded-passenger-records-release The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.] Castle Garden, America's First Immigration Center
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| *[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Records]
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| *[http://www.immigrantships.net/ Immigrantships Transcribers Guild] Remember, with this site you need to search ALL volumes.
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| === Other Records === | | === Other Records === |