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| | bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | STEP 1: Select the best index to use. | | | bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | STEP 1: Select the best index to use. |
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| *'''''Internet Index''''' 1890-1913 - The Hamburg State Archive created the partial index at Ancestry.com. | | *'''''Internet Index''''' 1890-1913 - The Hamburg State Archive created the partial index at Ancestry.com. |
| *'''''Alphabetical Passenger Lists''''' 1850-1854 - The lists themselves are alphabetical by at least the first letter of the family name. | | *'''''Alphabetical Passenger Lists''''' 1850-1854 - The lists themselves are alphabetical by at least the first letter of the family name. |
| *'''''Klüber Index 1''''' for: | | *'''''Klüber Index 1''''' for: |
| **Direct Passenger Lists, 1856–1871 | | **Direct Passenger Lists, 1856–1871 |
| **Indirect Passenger Lists, 1866–1867 | | **Indirect Passenger Lists, 1866–1867 |
| *'''''Klüber Index 2''''' for: | | *'''''Klüber Index 2''''' for: |
| **Direct Passenger Lists, 1850–1871 | | **Direct Passenger Lists, 1850–1871 |
| **Indirect Passenger Lists, 1854–1865 | | **Indirect Passenger Lists, 1854–1865 |
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| | align="right" | '''Emigration Year'''<br> | | | align="right" | '''Emigration Year'''<br> |
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| | align="left" | '''Search These Recommended Indexes for Those Years'''<br> | | | align="left" | '''Search These Recommended Indexes for Those Years'''<br> |
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| ==== Internet Index 1877-1914 ==== | | ==== Internet Index 1877-1914 ==== |
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| 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. |
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| The lists themselves are alphabetical by the first letter of the surname from 1850-1854. | | The lists themselves are alphabetical by the first letter of the surname from 1850-1854. |
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| '''Microfilm Access. '''For the FamilySearch 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 accessed at various FamilySearch Centers, and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. | | '''Microfilm Access. '''For the FamilySearch 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 accessed at various FamilySearch Centers, and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. |
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| ==== Klüber Index 1 1856-1871 ==== | | ==== Klüber Index 1 1856-1871 ==== |
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| *Indirect Passenger Lists, 1866–1867 | | *Indirect Passenger Lists, 1866–1867 |
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| |+ '''Klüber Index 2 FS Library International film numbers''' | | |+ '''Klüber Index 2 FS Library International film numbers''' |
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| |+ '''Fifteen-Year Index FS Library International film numbers''' | | |+ '''Fifteen-Year Index FS Library International film numbers''' |
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| ==== 1872 Direct and Indirect Index ==== | | ==== 1872 Direct and Indirect Index ==== |
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| '''Note: Indexes are not necessary for the years 1850-1854 because the records are already sorted by first letter of last name.''' | | '''Note: Indexes are not necessary for the years 1850-1854 because the records are already sorted by first letter of last name.''' |
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| ==== Handwritten Indirect Indexes 1855-1910 ==== | | ==== Handwritten Indirect Indexes 1855-1910 ==== |
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| '''Internet Access. '''On the Ancestry.com Internet index results list, click "View Image" at the end of a name entry to see the image of that person's passenger list page. | | '''Internet Access. '''On the Ancestry.com Internet index results list, click "View Image" at the end of a name entry to see the image of that person's passenger list page. |
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