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'''''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. The 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. censuses are a good place to begin searching for this kind of information. The census provides the year a person arrived in the United States. If possible, find out whether the emigrant traveled directly to his or her destination or stopped at other 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. The 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. censuses are a good place to begin searching for this kind of information. The census provides the year a person arrived in the United States. If possible, find out whether the emigrant traveled directly to his or her destination or stopped at other ports along the way. | ||
The Hamburg passenger lists have many partial indexes: | |||
* | *'''''Computer Index''''' 1890-1913 | ||
* | *'''''alphabetical passenger lists''''' 1850-1854 | ||
* | *'''''Klüber Index 1''''' 1856-1871 | ||
* | *'''''Klüber Index 2''''' 1850-1871 | ||
* | *'''''Fifteen-Year Direct Index''''' 1856-1871 | ||
* | *'''''1872 Index''''' | ||
* | *'''''Handwritten Index to Direct''''' Passenger Lists 1855-1934 | ||
* | *'''''Handwritten Index to Indirect''''' Passenger Lists 1855-1910 | ||
'''''No single index lists everyone.''''' Each index covers different years and has its individual strengths and weaknesses. If the emigrant departed between 1890 and 1913 check the computer index first. If the emigrant departed between 1850 and 1854, search the alphabetical passenger list for those years, or the Kluber Index 2. If the emigrant departed between 1856 and 1871, search the fifteen-year index or two sets of Klüber indexes first. If the person is not listed in these, you will need to search the handwritten index to the Direct Lists, and then then the handwritten index to the Indirect Lists. | '''''No single index lists everyone.''''' Each index covers different years and has its individual strengths and weaknesses. If the emigrant departed between 1890 and 1913 check the computer index first. If the emigrant departed between 1850 and 1854, search the alphabetical passenger list for those years, or the Kluber Index 2. If the emigrant departed between 1856 and 1871, search the fifteen-year index or two sets of Klüber indexes first. If the person is not listed in these, you will need to search the handwritten index to the Direct Lists, and then then the handwritten index to the Indirect Lists. | ||