SS City of Washington 3 April Ship Adeline 16 April How would this announcement help you prepare for your voyage? Use these links when at one of these locations: Internet index and the separate handwritten index images; 1855-1934. SS Adriatic 17 February SS Bolivia 24 September Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1944-1948 (NARA Microfilm Numbers), Baltimore Passenger Lists Online Index 1820-1948 and 1954-1957, Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, MD, 1820-1897 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, MD (City Passenger Lists), 1833-1866 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, MD, 1897-1952 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), Finding Passenger Records at the Port of Boston, Massachusetts 1820-1963, Finding Galveston, Texas Passenger Records, New Orleans Passenger Lists Index and Images 1820-1945, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1853-1899 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Roll Numbers), Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1900-1952 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, Philadelphia Passenger Lists - Index and Images 1800-1945, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, PA, 1800-1906 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, PA, January 1, 1883-June 28, 1948 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), Miscellaneous Atlantic, Gulf Coast and Great Lakes Ports 1820-1873, Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists 1890s-1940s, Charleston, South Carolina Passenger Lists, New Bedford, Massachusetts Index 1902-1954, San Francisco, California Index to Passenger Lists 1893-1953, Savannah, Georgia Passenger Lists 1906-1945, Seattle, Tacoma and Port Townsend, Washington Passenger and Crew Lists 1882-1957, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Ports in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina 1890-1924, U.S. If passengers didnt fill steerage, the space often held cargo. Some records for tonnage outlived the ships that set them - notably the SS Great Eastern, and RMS Queen Elizabeth. SS Circassia 19 February Ship Topaz 25 September SS Celtic 22 December Brig Robert Ray 15 March, 1833 Note: Use of the data and images in this online database is governed by the terms and conditions of this site. Mid-nineteenth-century German immigrants who settled in the United States and other faraway destinations faced the formidable hurdle of crossing an ocean and coming up with the resources to pay for it. Ship Burgandy 20 April, 1840 which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Boston 3 January SS City of Alexandria 31 December Many immigrants sailed to America or back to their homelands in packet ships, vessels that carried mail, cargo, and people. Ship Caroline Tucker 2 May Schooner Oregon 24 March SS Dona Maria 8 December SS Alvena 18 April Steamer Britannia 4 September Ship manifests for German immigrants arriving in Pennsylvania have survived for I727 through 1820. SS Rhinardda 16 April This index is available for free on the Internetfrom AncestryProGenealogistsbyclicking here. SS Neckar 21 January Sch. Ship Sunbeam 10 September molasses, and 2 ounces of tea. Schooner Industry 17 May Until 1910, separate lists were kept for direct passengers and indirect passengers. Bark General Greene 29 May Bark St Dominique 7 August SS Prometheus 21 June 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, Immigrant Records at the National Archives, list of all the digitized records available on our partners' websites, USCIS Freedom of Information Act Program (FOIA). Schooner Sisters 24 January City of Berlin 3 February Brig Porto Plata 26 September "Direct passengers" were those who arrived at their final destination upon the same ship that they were registered on when they departed Hamburg. Brig Columbine 23 June If you tried the, The name was spelled differently than it appears in your records. Bark J. W. Paige 30 April Ship Crescent 29 January Germans in the American Revolutionary War, The Sinking of the Lusitania and America's Entry into World War I. SS Cornwall 23 June SS City of Brussels 20 September SS State of Nevada 10 January For a detailed guide about finding New Orleans passenger lists see: Bridgeport, New Haven, and New London, Connecticut 1929-1959, Portland, Maine 1893-1943 (plus 1 list from 1891), BOOK: Swedish Passenger Arrivals in the United States 1820-1850 by Nils William Olsson and Erik Wikn, published by Schmidts Boktryckeri AB, 1995; indexed. Ship Southampton 29 August Schooner Jos. At the FamilySearch Librarysearch for the freeimages of this complete but hard-to-read index on Ancestry.com click here. Bark George & Henry 27 September Ship Europa 5 June Bark Dyle First Quarter T. King 2 June Information contained in this database includes: Not all of this information may be available for each individual as not all of the passenger list forms included all of these fields. SS Edam 12 November SS England 30 April Each index covers different years and has its individual strengths and weaknesses. Brig Charlotte 29 April SS Wisconsin 12 March It also includes the year of emigration and the page number where the entry will be found. SS Acapulco 6 May Bark Sarah 22 December, 1896 Schooner Jos. Barque Sterling 31 October, 1832 Index ($) Bremen, Germany Ships Crew Lists (Bremer Musterungslisten der Schiffe), ($). Brig Catharina 12 December Brig Wm. Steamer Borussia 19 September SS Zeeland 9 January SS Surrey 19 February Germans to America is a series of books which index ship passenger arrival records of German immigrants for the years listed below. Bark Intrinsic 14 July For the FamilySearch Catalog listing of the alphabetical passenger lists from 1850-1854 microfilm numbers click here. Scholten 9 January SS Denmark 30 January Bark Atlantic 10 June, 1866 SS Wm. This list may not reflect recent changes. Ship Importer 21 February Bark Edmund 3 November SS Trinidad 31 December Ship Nestor 30 November SS State of Virginia 1 February SS City of Berlin 14 April Halifax 9 January Beginning in 1891, "Germans to America" only includes arrivals to the port of New York. Brig Phoenix 29 August Brig Stillman 11 May Cheshire 13 April Bark G. C. Stanford 8 March Washington, D.C. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy & Terms of Use). This index is on FS Library microfilm 1183696 items 3 - 6. Ship Hector 8 January SS Lessing 10 April SS Rhein 7 December SS Australia 31 May While most of the Bremen, Germany passenger departure records were destroyed, a few from 1920-1939 have survived. SS Germanic 7 January SS Saratoga 9 April SS Empire City 10 December Tap or click on a vessel to view images. SS City of Puebla 16 May SS South Carolina 15 March SS Rhein 13 January Names are arranged by the first letter of the surname only, so you may need to search the entire section (letter of the alphabet) to find the person. Ship Java 5 December SS Britannia 15 December These handwritten indexes can assist you in finding your ancestor in the original passenger lists for the years 1855-1934, and are especially helpful for locating records for those years that have not yet been electronically indexed. Organize and document as you go. Brig Anna Maria 22 February Schooner Tigress 12 May Brig Alexandra 30 March Steamer Washington 30 August Brig Hector 26 June Bark Paulina 29 April which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device SS Canada 14 February Imagine you were emigrating from Great Britain to the United States in 1850. Ship Opawa to Lyttelton 7 December Ship New England 27 December, 1854 SS Dakota 2 October Passenger ships of Germany include all ships designed, built, or operated in Germany for the purpose of transporting passengers. SS Maas 29 March SS Abyssinia 18 September reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by If you know the name of the ship on which your ancestor arrived in the United States from Hamburg and the date that ship arrived, Roger P. Minert's, Kathryn Boeckel's, and Caren Winter's Germans to America and the Hamburg Passenger Lists: Coordinated Schedules (FS Library International Ref Desk Book 973 W22m) can help you quickly access the Hamburg Passenger Lists microfilm departure record for your ancestor. SS Donau 29 April Amana 23 September, 1887 Ship St. Nicolas 29 August Brig Hero 3 January The index cards provide the emigrants name, status or occupation, age, names of persons traveling in the same party, and place of origin. Bark Fredonia 16 June SS Finance 12 December SS Polaria 30 June Brig Hippomenes 7 January SS San Blas 3 May You can see a list of images and years covered for the same index on a home computer if you click here, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the actual index images. Powell, Kimberly. Students will make generalizations about trends in immigration and suggest reasons for sudden spikes or drops in immigration. Search the end sections of other letters of the alphabet. They brought their own bedding. SS City of Puebla 1 May London Packet 15 March Brig Hope 19 January SS England 22 December Ship Robert Burton 30 March Ship Hermann 6 November You will also need the emigrant's name. (Some entered Texas at Galveston or New Orleans and then sailed to Indianola) Links are to scanned and transcribed passenger lists. Germans to America. SS Colon 16 May Wealthy travelers took advantage of packets reliable sailings to study, tour, or transact business abroad. Brig Gem 23 March SS Utopia 9 April SS Rherla 19 March 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. Schooner Richard 1 September Ship Clara Wheeler 15 July Galliot Hendrika 17 September This page has been viewed 157,860 times (0 via redirect). If the emigrant departed in 1854, search the Klber 2 index, or the alphabetical passenger lists themselves for that year. to retrieve any portion of the site. SS Australia 3 May Schooner John Rose 1 April SS Pennsylvania 16 December, 1872 Black Warrior 31 July Brig Rebecca Francis 4 September From 1870 to 1892, one third or more of the passengers traveled via the indirect route, but later this declined to about 4%. Brig Lily Pommerania 4 April SS Montana 24 January Bark Mary Morris 28 June SS Batavia 13 January John Wells 11 February For details and film numbers, use the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: Ships arriving in America from Hamburg 1850 to 1934. Ports in the 1840s Ira A. Glazier. SS Ethiopia 16 September To view the Ancestry.com images of alphabetical passenger lists for free at the FamilySearch Library click here, and then click the date you wish to view. Isaac Webb 15 May SS Holland 2 October SS Castalia 20 March 1 stone = 14 pounds (6.3 kilograms); 1 cwt or hundredweight = 112 pounds (50.8 kilograms), This report of conditions in steerage was written by a doctor who had crossed the Atlantic many times on large American packet ships. Cutting 29 August SS Empire City 27 March The FS Library film and page number of that ship's list in the Hamburg Passenger Lists is also given. You can browse the same years and passenger list images on a home computer, if you scroll to the bottom after you click here, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the actual passenger list images. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, Immigrant Records at the National Archives, list of all the digitized records available on our partners' websites, USCIS Freedom of Information Act Program (FOIA), Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States: Records in NARA's Regional Archives, Documenting Immigrants: An Examination of Immigration and Naturalization Service Case Files, German Immigration to the U.S., 1850-1897, Irish Famine Passenger Records in the Access to Archives Databases (AAD), Italian Immigration to the U.S., 1855-1900, Russian Immigration to the U.S., 1834-1897, View Selected Chinese Immigration Records Online, How to File a FOIA Request for Archival Records. SS Devonia 23 January Olbers 8 December Wollaston 2 November Patrick Henry 27 July Ship Delos 25 September Ship Hamilton 31 October Brig Keying 12 September SS Rhaetia 18 December SS Carondelet 24 September Ca. Finding New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957 Scholten 21 November, 1883 Ship Algonquin 10 May The first 9 volumes of the "Germans to America" series indexed only passenger lists of ships that contained at least 80% German passengers. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. Due to its inclusion criteria, this series is considered to be an incompletethough fairly thoroughindex to German passengers arriving in America during this period. Ship Benjamin Morgan 9 October Schooner Flora 4 January It lists the indexes available for various emigration years. The partially completed (1877-1914) Internet index and, on the right side of same screen, the "Browse this collection" option can be used to access the direct and indirect lists for all years 1850-1934. SS Vega 11 July Brig Isabella 20 February Ship Olympia 28 November The Hamburg Passenger lists are a unique source for genealogical research as well as the study of the history of emigration and immigration. Caledonia 13 May He is obliged to cook it the best way he can in a cook shop 12 feet by 6! Caroline Nesmith 7 February Bark Marianna Galaxola 16 December Use Form NATF 81or order online to obtain copies of inbound federal passenger arrival manifests for ships and airplanes, . . Schooner Lucy Ames 29 March SS Scythia 26 March SS City of Baltimore 29 September, 1860 These microfilms can be accessed at various FamilySearch centers and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. The Viking Octantis gets into the list as she is the largest or one of the largest purpose-built expedition ships (intended for the Arctic and Antarctic regions). Find resources in our German Research Center. Vittoria Rubruveer 5 April, 1876 1727-1808 Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists, Palatine German Immigrant Ships to Philadelphia 1727-1808 The Book of Names, Especially Relating to The Early Palatines and the First Settlers in the Mohawk Valley, index German Brazilians Online Records [ edit | edit source] Bark Issabella 11 May This number indicates which page the name appears on in the passenger list. SS Geronde 7 February SS Wyoming 27 December SS Ailsa 17 March The database includes images of the passenger lists digitized from microfilm in partnership with the Hamburg State Archive, available here for the first time online. You can also search the same list of images on a home computer if you click here, and then click the date you wish to view, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the images. When these pages were filled, the rest of the names beginning with that letter were continued on the unused pages under another letter. Ship Aurora 19 September SS Nevada 5 March Ship Louise Marie 20 May SS Spain 22 April SS Cleopatra 28 March Brig Phoenix 13 May Brig E. S. Penny 12 June SS Germanic 1 April Margaret Forbes 23 October Brig Maria 8 May SS Suevia 25 April Brig Galate 1 September Ship St. Denis 22 July, 1851 100,000 to Africa, ca. Brig Garland 26 May Wm. Are you researching German immigrants to America during the 19th century? Steamer Hibernia 25 January SS Circassia 24 March SS Alaska 11 November Ship Mercury 5 September SS Othello 14 March Update your records. In German. These microfilms can be accessed at various FamilySearch centers and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. SS State of Georgia 17 April Ship Franklin 22 June In the mid-1800s, most British immigrants to the United States departed from Liverpool, England. Note the microfilm number and page on the back of the copy. Ship Mount Vernon 12 May Brig Falcon 17 June Royal Cutter Daring 26 February Rats, insects, and disease were common problems. SS Republic 31 July Before using the index, you need to know the approximate year the emigrant departed from Hamburg, Germany. Microfilm Access. German passenger liner Frisia Built at Greenock, Scotland, 1872 Passenger capacity as built: 90 first class, 130 second, 600 third & steerage Crew: 125 Immigrant Ship Frisia In 1871, Hamburg-America Line steamers alone carried 4,200 cabin passengers and 24,500 steerage passengers into New York. SS Erin 18 March Brig Ann 3 July SS Veendam 31 December, 1891 SS Carondelet 15 October SS Helvetia 19 February SS State of Pennsylvania 3 January Most crossed in the steerage area, below decks. SS City of Peking 18 June Ship Belfast 21 March Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. Internet Access. 1895 - 1954 . Star of the West 4 December Ship Majestic 9 March Schooner Vine 7 September "The ships kept ballooning in scale," says Roka. SS P. Flood 5 March Ship Agenoria 5 January Brig John Clifford 28 May By 1840, however, it was clear that the last glorious days of the sailing ship were at hand. SS State of Indiana 17 December SS Bienville 25 March SS Maas 24 January SS Canada 25 April The "Germans to America" Series The first 9 volumes of the "Germans to America" series indexed only passenger lists of ships that contained at least 80% German passengers. This microfilm can be accessed at various FamilySearch centers and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake city. However, only those identifying themselves as "German" are listed; all other passenger names were not transcribed. Brig Pearl 7 April If you have ancestors who emigrated from these areas, the Hamburg passenger lists could provide important genealogical information about them, including their hometowns. The lists themselves are alphabetical by the first letter of the surname from 1850-1854. SS Nacoochie 27 April Nobel 13 May Ship Henry Pratt 1 May SS Caledonia 23 January SS Bothnia 27 June Barque Lulan 18 September Ship Edward 28 December, 1828 Brig Quebec 22 March SS State of Nebraska 25 January This database contains handwritten indexes to the passenger lists of ships departing from Hamburg, Germany. German Immigration to the U.S., 1850-1897, data files in the Access to Archival Databases . Ship Diana 17 May Brig Acadian 27 January Ship Tennessee 27 January rice, 1/2 lb. Brig Wm. The FamilySearch Library and many FamilySearch Centers have a subscription which includes the Ancestry images and indexes. Ship Susquehanna 1 April Ship Tacitus 26 November Brig Henry 16 November Transfers to other ships occurred mostly in English, French, Belgian, and Dutch ports, and usually had to do with reducing travel costs. Brig Two Marys 12 February Ship O. Thijen 8 November Ship Susquehanna 19 August Barque Hyperian 10 June Their ventilated doors opened directly into the cabin or saloon, a common area for eating and socializing. Nash 17 May Howe 30 March SS Germanic 23 September In addition, it would help to know the name of a relative or neighbor traveling with him. Although the pur-pose and information in these manifests varied over time, the coverage is relatively complete and unbiased. Kimberly Powell is a professional genealogist and the author of The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy. Santiago de Cuba 7 April Limited sanitation and stormy seas often combined to make it dirty and foul-smelling, too. SS Bolivia 17 March The records of Europeans who emigrated through other ports, such as Bremen, LeHavre, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Antwerp, have either been destroyed or are not available for research at the FamilySearch Library. SS Colon 13 December These microfilms can be accessed at various FamilySearch centers and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. For example, pages 1086, 1087, and 1088 might appear as 1086, 87, 88. These passengers may have had stopovers in other ports on their way to their final destination, but they remained on the same ship. "Germans to America," compiled and edited by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby, is a series of books which indexes passenger arrival records of ships carrying Germans to the U.S. ports ofBaltimore, Boston, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. Schooner Correo 9 January RMS Russia 17 April SS T. Trowbridge 6 August Galliott Flora 21 May SS Montana 27 March SS Utopia 21 January Brig Commanquid 12 December Ship Susan 25 September African American History Curatorial Collective, The Wreck and Rescue of an Immigrant Ship, Disaster! SS Mosel (retranscribed, now in volume 2) 21 November Ship Amethyst 14 February These microfilms can be accessed at various FamilySearch Centers, and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. The database version created by the Center for Immigration Studies at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (the same group that created the published versions) was originally published on CD and is now available for free online from the National Archives and FamilySearch. These films will be found on the FS Library International floor. 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 US Federal Census Records. Brig Montrose 11 December Brig Armagh 23 March The Hamburg Passenger Lists are also available in the Ballinstadt Emigration Museum in Hamburg. Brig Johanna Catharine 14 January Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org) is the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, one of the worlds leading research institutions and winner of 81 Nobel Prizes. Find the year the emigrant departed, and the letter of the alphabet with which your ancestors surname begins in the index. Conditions varied from ship to ship, but steerage was normally crowded, dark, and damp. Brig Montevideo 7 September Schooner Maud 9 April Also, make a printout or photocopy of the passenger list pages showing your ancestor and other family members. Worldwide scope. Brig Winthrop 26 September Bark (Barque) Creole 18 July Ship Edward Downes 12 May Ship Home 10 December Ship St. Martin 10 February Steamer Britannia 17 May SS Olinda 2 July Bark Danl. Brig Ulrika 1 April SS City of Berlin 14 September Barque Jane 5 November Brig William 13 February Bark Globe 28 April Re: Where can I find immigration records? Try other years. SS State of Nevada 16 June Brig Lawsen 05 December SS Main 8 March This meant that farms were divided among heirs, leaving each with small parcels of land which could not support a family. Richmond 18 February Cambridge Journals publishes over 250 peer-reviewed academic journals across a wide range of subject areas, in print and online. Use the following table to determine the Index of Changed Microfilm numbers at the FamilySearch Library. ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/germans-to-america-1421984. SS Lessing 6 February Parthia 27 January Also, the passenger lists, Fifteen-Year Direct Index, and handwritten indexes are on 486 rolls of microfilm at the FamilySearch Library, and can be accessed at various FamilySearch Centers and the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. "Indirect passengers" were those who were registered on one ship in Hamburg, but transferred to another ship before reaching their final destination. The National Archives has passenger arrival records, sometimes called "ship passenger lists," for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). Ship John Ravenel 13 April Akbar 26 May Bark Repeater 24 June The Hamburg passenger lists contain the names of millions of Europeans who departed Europe from Hamburg, Germany between 1850 and 1934 (except 19151919). For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions sugar, 1/2 lb. Schooner Hesperus 13 May SS California 21 January By 1914, more than one million Eastern European Jews had emigrated to the United States through the port of Hamburg. Ship Admiral 3 December Ship Sea King 12 June Step 3: Obtain the Desired Passenger List, Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934, Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg - Emigration and Immigration, FS Library International Ref Desk Book 973 W22m, Index of Changed Microfilm numbers at the FamilySearch Library, Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 Resource Guide, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Hamburg_Passenger_Lists&oldid=5257795, 70th ship to leave port and departure date of the ship (, The page this information is found on the actual passenger lists (. SS Rhynland 31 December SS City of Washington 1 May Schooner Beverly 12 January Ship Thornton 13 May Ship Home 14 January SS P. Caland 1 April From 1911 onward, the direct and indirect passengers were no longer recorded in separate lists. Bark Nicasque 2 April Ship Amethyst 3 August SS Anchoria 2 January SS W. A. Scholten 30 June SS Neptune 13 December There are different types of cards used in this file. Ship Robert Morris 2 February When you find a person in an index, use the information in the index to find the person in the actual passenger list. SS Taormina 28 December SS Amerique 10 April SS Anchoria 20 June Most of the lists include the last place of residence and often the place of birth as well. SS City of Para 24 December SS Moravia 25 December SS Rotterdam 6 March The emigrant did not sail from Hamburg. Ship Jane D. Cooper 25 June Steamer Northern 21 November He or she may have sailed from one of several other ports in Europe, most of which have few or no records available. Brig Ann 28 September Brig Horatio 29 August Anglo American 3 April Bark Jason 17 October, 1849 Brig Victoria 25 May (2020, August 27). 1820-1963 Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 ($) 1890-1930 Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930, ($), index 1891-1943 Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 Index and images. Portland 12 January Schooner Victoria 7 May The person was listed on another index. A total of 89,544 passengers were enumerated. Bark John Boulton 23 March Barque James 17 November, 1836 1815-1917. Compared with records of other immigrant groups, the German passenger man- SS Anchoria 7 January SS Umatilla 27 May SS State of Indiana 25 January Re: I would like to find information on my parent’s immigration here to the US. In 1850, there was a noticeable uptick in the number of advertisements The vast majority of passengers, usually immigrants, bought bunks in steerage, also called the tween deck for its position between the cabins and the hold. SS City of New York 1 April Barque Santisima Trinidad 18 November SS Olinda 2 June