Hamburg Passenger Lists: Difference between revisions

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'''''What you need to know to use the indexes.''''' Before using the index, you need to know the approximate year the emigrant departed from Hamburg, Germany. You will also need the emigrant's name. In addition, it would help to know the name of a relative or neighbor traveling with him. The 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. censuses are a good place to begin searching for these kinds of information. The census provides the year a person arrived in the United States, and shows neighbors. If possible, find out whether the emigrant traveled directly to his or her destination or stopped at other European or British ports along the way.  

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Use the following instructions to search the index you selected in STEP 1.  

To search this partial index for free at the Family History Library on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here]. You can also search the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the search results list.  

If you find a name in this Internet index you can click "View Image" to see a picture of the actual passenger list page including the home town of each emigrant, and his or her relatives on the same ship.  

The lists themselves are alphabetical by the first letter of the surname from 1850-1854.  

'''Microfilm Access. '''For the Family History Library Catalog listing of the alphabetical passenger lists from 1850-1854 microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=140&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%25252525252C%252525252B1850%25252525252D1934%252525252B%252525252B&last=239&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here]. These microfilms can be ordered at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp nearest Family History Center].  

This card index on microfilm partially indexes:  

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This card index on microfilm partially 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].  

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.  

'''Internet Access.''' This index is available for free on the Internet&nbsp;from ProGenealogists.com&nbsp;by&nbsp;[http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html?url=http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html&affiliate=joeb&merchant=cottrill clicking here].  

'''Microfilm Access.''' This index is on Family History Library microfilm [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=576461&disp=Hamburg+passenger+list+index+1872++ 1183696 items 3 - 6]. This microfilm can be ordered at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp nearest Family History Center]. The book call number is FHL INTL Ref book 943.515/H1 W39h 1872. Books do not circulate to Family History Centers.  

'''Internet Access. '''At the Family History Library&nbsp;search for the free&nbsp;images of this complete but hard-to-read index on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1166&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here]. You can see a list of images and years covered for the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1166&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the actual index images.  

For a Wiki list of terminology used in the Hamburg Passenger List [[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|click here]].  

'''Internet Access. '''At the Family History Library to search for the free images of this complete but hard-to-read index on Ancestry.com [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1166&path=1855-1910+(Indirekt) click here]. You can see a list of images and years covered for the same index on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1166&path=1855-1910+(Indirekt) click here], but you will be asked to subscribe to see the actual index images.  

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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.  

These microfilms can be ordered at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp nearest Family History Center].  

In [[Image:{{Hamburg2005}}]]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.  

'''''Update your records.''''' When you find an ancestor make a note on your [[Research Logs|research log]] showing exactly where you found him. Also [[Copying Sources|make a printout or photocopy]] of the passenger list pages showing him and his family. Note the microfilm number and page on the back of the copy. Update your [[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record]] by [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|adding a custom event for emigration]] and include [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnotes]]. Organize and [[Document AS YOU GO!|document as you go]].  

*[[Hamburg Passenger List Terminology|Hamburg Passenger List Terminology]]