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= STEP 1: Select the Best Index to Use = | = 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. 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. You will also need the emigrants name, and hopefully the name of a relative traveling with him. 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: | The Hamburg passenger lists have many partial indexes: | ||
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'''''Determine which index(es) to use''''' with the following table listing the indexes available for the year an ancestor emigrated. The table also shows the recommended order to search the indexes. | '''''Determine which index(es) to use''''' with the following table listing the indexes available for the year an ancestor emigrated. The table also shows the recommended order to search the indexes. | ||
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| align="right" | '''Emigration Year'''<br> | | align="right" | '''Emigration Year'''<br> | ||