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<br>'''Passenger Departure Lists''' | <br>'''Passenger Departure Lists''' | ||
[http://www.grtpublications.com Germans to America and the Hamburg Passenger Lists: Coordinated Schedules] | |||
The earliest German emigrants went down the Rhine River and left Europe from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. As passenger traffic increased, Dutch, Belgian, French, and Danish ports were used. From 1850 to 1891, 41 percent of German and east European emigrants left via the port of Bremen (Germany), 30 percent via Hamburg (Germany), 16 percent via Le Havre (France), 8 percent via Antwerp (Belgium), and 5 percent via several ports in the Netherlands. (for further information see the following article by Raymond Wright III): | The earliest German emigrants went down the Rhine River and left Europe from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. As passenger traffic increased, Dutch, Belgian, French, and Danish ports were used. From 1850 to 1891, 41 percent of German and east European emigrants left via the port of Bremen (Germany), 30 percent via Hamburg (Germany), 16 percent via Le Havre (France), 8 percent via Antwerp (Belgium), and 5 percent via several ports in the Netherlands. (for further information see the following article by Raymond Wright III): | ||
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GERMANY, [STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | GERMANY, [STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ||
GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ||
= Records of German Emigrants in Their Destination Countries = | = Records of German Emigrants in Their Destination Countries = | ||