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.  

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

'''Internet Access. '''To view the Ancestry.com images of alphabetical passenger lists for free at the Family History Library [http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here], and then click the date you wish to view. You can also search the same list of images on a home computer if you [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=1068&path=1850-1859 click here], and then click the date you wish to view, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the images.  

This card index on microfilm partially indexes:  

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This card index on microfilm partially indexes:  

*Direct Passenger Lists, 1850–1871  

*Indirect Passenger Lists, 1854–1865

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The index cards provide the emigrant’s name, status or occupation, age, names of persons traveling in the same party, and place of origin. It also includes the year of emigration and the page number where the entry will be found. A letter i or d following the year will indicate if the entry was from the indirect or direct index. There are different types of cards used in this file. The figures below show two typical samples of cards from the Klüber indexes.  

== Fifteen-Year Direct Index 1856-1871  ==

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[[Image:HAMBURGFIG2.jpg|thumb|center|460px]]''Figure 3: A Fifteen-Year Direct Index card.''</center>

'''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].  

== Handwritten Direct Indexes 1855-1934  ==

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.  

'''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.  

'''Microfilm Access. '''For the Family History Library Catalog listing of Handwritten Indirect Indexes microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=402&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%25252C%252B1850%25252D1934%252B%252B&last=501&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].  

== Cannot Find Your Ancestor in the Indexes?  ==

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*The emigrant did not sail from Hamburg. He or she may have sailed from one of several other ports in Europe, most of which have few or no records available.

*The person was listed on another index page because the first page was full. Search the end sections of other letters of the alphabet.

*The name was spelled differently than it appears in your records. Look for [[Guessing a Name Variation|alternate spellings of the name]].

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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.  

For the Family History Library Catalog listing of '''''Indirect Passenger List''''' microfilm numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=414&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=43289&disp=Auswandererlisten%252525252525252C%2525252525252B1850%252525252525252D1934%2525252525252B%2525252525252B&last=513&columns=*%2C0%2C0 click here].  

= Step 4: Search the Passenger List  =

Format and titles may vary by shipping line and year.  

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

*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 Resource Guide]  

*[[Emigration and Immigration Germany|Emigration and Immigration Germany]]