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===Church Records=== | ===Church Records=== | ||
Church records of baptisms, marriages, and burials may provide additional information. If, for example, the civil marriage record showed that a couple was married by a minister, this marriage was probably also entered in the respective parish register. City directories and county histories may help you find the name of the congregation where the minister served. You can also “google” the minister’s name and city.<br> | Church records of baptisms, marriages, and burials may provide additional information. If, for example, the civil marriage record showed that a couple was married by a minister, this marriage was probably also entered in the respective parish register. City directories and county histories may help you find the name of the congregation where the minister served. You can also “google” the minister’s name and city.<br> | ||
===Passenger Lists=== | ===Passenger Arrival Lists=== | ||
Passenger lists, especially in the 20th century, may list birth place, last residence in mother country, and name and residence of a close relative in the mother country. Study the records of fellow passengers, as frequently relatives and neighbors traveled together. See [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]] | Passenger lists, especially in the 20th century, may list birth place, last residence in mother country, and name and residence of a close relative in the mother country. Study the records of fellow passengers, as frequently relatives and neighbors traveled together. See [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]] | ||
==== Passenger Departure Lists: ==== | |||
One source to determine place of origin is in a passenger departure list. [[Hamburg Passenger Lists|Hamburg Passenger Lists]]: Hamburg a major port of departure for Germans and the records from there usually give the place of origin. The Hamburg Passenger Lists include the last foreign residence of people leaving from Hamburg. | |||
*There are two lists: | |||
**The Direct Passenger List (1850 to 1934) lists those who left Hamburg and went directly to their destination. | |||
**The Indirect Passenger List (1850 to 1910) shows those who left Hamburg, went to another port, and then on to their destination. | |||
**After 1910 the indirect list is included with the Direct Passenger List. | |||
[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Records from other ports]], however, tend to be sparse. | |||
TIP:German emigrants usually left in groups from the same area of Germany. Be aware of the following information when searching your ancestor's passenger list or port record: After finding your ancestor on a port record or passenger register, write down all the people on the same list.<br>Check local census and other records to determine which people settled in the same area as your ancestor.<br>Check for place of origin information on those who were on the same list.<br>If your ancestor's surname is not unusual, but some of the others on the same list are, look those names up in the German surname books to determine where they originated. | |||
===Naturalization Records=== | ===Naturalization Records=== | ||
*Naturalization records may also list an ancestor’s birth place. | *Naturalization records may also list an ancestor’s birth place. | ||