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== The Regular Indexes  ==
== The Regular Indexes  ==


Both the '''''Direct Passenger Lists''''' and the '''''Indirect Passenger Lists''''' have regular indexes. The indexes are divided into segments that cover one year or part of a year. The '''''direct indexes''''' begin in 1854 and end in 1934. The '''''indirect indexes''''' begin in 1854 and end in 1910.  
Both the '''''Direct Passenger Lists''''' and the '''''Indirect Passenger Lists''''' have regular indexes. The indexes are divided into segments that cover one year or part of a year. The '''''direct indexes''''' begin in 1854 and end in 1934. The '''''indirect indexes''''' begin in 1854 and end in 1910. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
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= STEP 2: SEARCH THE INDEX.  =
= STEP 2: SEARCH THE INDEX.  =
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Figure 1: Fifteen-year Index film numbers</center><center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|frame|center|Figure 2: A fifteen-year index card]] Figure 2: A fifteen-year index card.</center>  
Figure 1: Fifteen-year Index film numbers</center><center>[[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|frame|center|Figure 2: A fifteen-year index card]] Figure 2: A fifteen-year index card.</center>  
When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. See step 3 to learn how to do this. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. See step 3 to learn how to do this. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
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== Using the Klüber Kartei  ==
== Using the Klüber Kartei  ==
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If you cannot find a person in the index to the direct lists, follow the steps outlined here to search the index to the Indirect Lists.  
If you cannot find a person in the index to the direct lists, follow the steps outlined here to search the index to the Indirect Lists.  


For a list of terminology used in the Hamburg Passenger List [[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|click here]]. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
For a list of terminology used in the Hamburg Passenger List [[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|click here]].  


=== CAN'T FIND YOUR ANCESTOR IN THE INDEXES?  ===
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= CAN'T FIND YOUR ANCESTOR IN THE INDEXES?  =


If you cannot find an emigrant in the indexes, there are several possible reasons:  
If you cannot find an emigrant in the indexes, there are several possible reasons:  
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Once you have found your ancestor in an index, you will want to get the actual passenger list on which that person appears. Film numbers for the passengers lists appear after the regular indexes in the Family History Library Catalog.  
Once you have found your ancestor in an index, you will want to get the actual passenger list on which that person appears. Film numbers for the passengers lists appear after the regular indexes in the Family History Library Catalog.  


== STEP 4: SEARCH THE PASSENGER LIST.  ==
= STEP 4: SEARCH THE PASSENGER LIST.  =


In the passenger list, turn to the page number you found in the index. On some passenger lists a numbered page is followed by one or more unnumbered pages. If your ancestor's name does not appear on the numbered page, search the unnumbered page(s) immediately following it.  
In the passenger list, turn to the page number you found in the index. On some passenger lists a numbered page is followed by one or more unnumbered pages. If your ancestor's name does not appear on the numbered page, search the unnumbered page(s) immediately following it.  
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Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year.  
Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year.  


For more information on the Hamburg Passenger Lists and how to use them, see ''The Hamburg Passenger Lists'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984; FHL fiche 6000034). Paper publication: Fourth edition, 1996. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
For more information on the Hamburg Passenger Lists and how to use them, see ''The Hamburg Passenger Lists'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984; FHL fiche 6000034). Paper publication: Fourth edition, 1996. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
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