Jump to content

Jewish Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

Jewish Emigration and Immigration (view source)

Revision as of 13:31, 12 October 2010

495 bytes removed ,  12 October 2010
Fixing links and wording -- from FS to Wiki
VisualWikitext
(fix category)
(Fixing links and wording -- from FS to Wiki)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:Immigrants Behold the Statue of Liberty.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Emma Lazarus, a descendant of Portuguese Sephardic Jews, wrote the poem about the Statue of Liberty including these words, ". . . Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"]]  
[[Image:Immigrants Behold the Statue of Liberty.jpg|thumb|right|320px]]  


''[[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy&nbsp;]] &gt; Emigration and Immigration''<br>  
''[[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy&nbsp;]] &gt; Emigration and Immigration''<br>


Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigration) or coming into (immigration) a country. Because Jews emigrated at various time periods throughout the centuries and went to many different countries, the records that were kept vary from time period to time period and place to place. Records prior to the 18th century, if they exist at all, are generally less detailed.  
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigration) or coming into (immigration) a country. Because Jews emigrated at various time periods throughout the centuries and went to many different countries, the records that were kept vary from time period to time period and place to place. Records prior to the 18th century, if they exist at all, are generally less detailed.  
Line 17: Line 17:
Records of departure are of equal or even greater genealogical value as they are even more likely to provide your ancestor’s place of origin. The major European ports Jews emigrated from were Bremen, Hamburg, Liverpool, and LeHavre. Many Jews also sailed from Odessa in Russia.  
Records of departure are of equal or even greater genealogical value as they are even more likely to provide your ancestor’s place of origin. The major European ports Jews emigrated from were Bremen, Hamburg, Liverpool, and LeHavre. Many Jews also sailed from Odessa in Russia.  


Most of the records of Bremen and Liverpool have been lost. Fortunately, the passenger lists of the port of Hamburg are preserved and accessible. For research for 1850–1934, see Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850–1934 (34047). Another good card index to these records from 1850–1871 is:  
Most of the records of Bremen and Liverpool have been lost. Fortunately, the passenger lists of the port of Hamburg are preserved and accessible. For research [[Hamburg Passenger Lists]]. Another good card index to these records from 1850–1871 is:  


Index von Karl Werner Klüber zu den Passagierlisten der Auswandererschiffe 1850–1871 (Index by Karl Werner Klüber to the Passenger Lists of Emigration Ships 1850– 1871). Hamburg: Staatarchiv, 1994. (On 48 FHL films beginning with number 1961710.)  
Index von Karl Werner Klüber zu den Passagierlisten der Auswandererschiffe 1850–1871 (Index by Karl Werner Klüber to the Passenger Lists of Emigration Ships 1850– 1871). Hamburg: Staatarchiv, 1994. (On 48 FHL films beginning with number 1961710.)  
Line 25: Line 25:
An index to the emigration lists for the port of Hamburg from 1850 to 1934 is being compiled. For further information, see the following web site: http://www.hamburg.de/LinkToYourRoots/english/welcome.htm/  
An index to the emigration lists for the port of Hamburg from 1850 to 1934 is being compiled. For further information, see the following web site: http://www.hamburg.de/LinkToYourRoots/english/welcome.htm/  


These passenger lists and indexes are most fully described in the Wiki article [[Hamburg Passenger Lists|Hamburg Passenger Lists]]. Also, the Family History Library has&nbsp;the&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger List 1850-1934 Resource Guide], and&nbsp;microfiche instructions&nbsp;''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=102523&disp=The+Hamburg+passenger+lists%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Hamburg Passenger Lists]''.  
These passenger lists and indexes are most fully described in [[Hamburg Passenger Lists]] Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into the article. Also see the microfiche instructions in ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=102523&disp=The+Hamburg+passenger+lists%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Hamburg Passenger Lists]''.  


In addition to the sources discussed in these publications, other emigration and immigration sources, which may or may not be at the Family History Library, are:  
In addition to the sources discussed in these publications, other emigration and immigration sources, which may or may not be at the Family History Library, are:  
Line 50: Line 50:
The library has many emigration and immigration records, including some records of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society. Check for these records in the Family History Library Catalog.  
The library has many emigration and immigration records, including some records of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society. Check for these records in the Family History Library Catalog.  


{{Jewish|Jewish}}<br>  
{{Jewish|Jewish}}<br>


[[Category:Jews|Jewish Emigration]]
[[Category:Jews|Jewish Emigration]]
AdkinsWH
Moderator, Reviewer, editor, pagecreator, pagedeleter
42,729

edits

Retrieved from "https://integration-ru.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/449714"