Hamburg Passenger Lists: Difference between revisions

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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'' ({{FHL|1318249|item|disp=FHL 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 FHL 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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'''''Determine the indexes to use''''' from the following table. It lists the indexes available for various emigration years. The table also shows the recommended order in which to search the indexes until you find the ancestor.  

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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.  

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Use the following table to determine the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%2C+1850-1934++ Family History Library microfilm number]. These microfilms can be ordered at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp nearest Family History Center].  

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When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. See [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Hamburg_Passenger_Lists#Step_3:_Obtain_the_Desired_Passenger_List step 3] to learn how to do this.  

=== Cannot Find Your Ancestor in the Indexes?  ===

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| bgcolor="#ffff99" | <center>'''If you cannot find an emigrant in the indexes, there are several possible reasons:''' </center>