Ship Home 10 December Germanic 11 February If the emigrant departed about 1869 or 1870, search the two sets of Klber indexes first, then the Fifteen-Year Index, and then the handwritten indexes direct and indirect. SS Somerset 29 June It is unclear exactly how the data compiled in the Germans to America, 18501897 database relates directly to the published volumes. Brig Falcon 17 June SS Trinidad 31 December Brig Demerara 24 May On a typical crossing in August 1845, the ship arrived in New York with 231 passengersall but a handful of them farmers, clerks, mechanics, and laborers from England and Ireland. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Early liners were made of wood and used paddle . Africaine 14 November Ship Asia 4 March, 1831 Ports. Ship Java 5 December Brig Isabella 20 February If you already know the departure date you can browse directly to it from here. SS Holland 16 April If passengers didnt fill steerage, the space often held cargo. Margaret Forbes 23 October SS Germanic 17 March Ship Mt. Mary Ridgeway 20 April An additional 48 rolls of microfilm for the Klber Indexes for the years 1850-1871, and one additional roll for the 1872 Direct and Indirect Index are also available. Brig Herschel 21 May Category:Passenger ships of Germany - Wikipedia Immigration & Steamships - Collections & Research US Jamestown 17 May Ship James Grant 10 December 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. SS Vega 21 May SS Herder 10 January SS Abyssinia 6 February SS Abyssinia 6 January Lists of German Passengers Arriving at U.S. Brig Two Marys 12 February SS Batavia 25 January Ship Europa 5 June Highflyer 30 July SS Bothnia 5 March SS Australia 2 April Ship New World 9 June SS Egypt 29 January SS Australia 12 January Schooner Beverly 12 January which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device SS State of Indiana 10 November SS Nancy 21 July For more information, visit http://journals.cambridge.org. SS State of Georgia 28 December "Direct passengers" were those who arrived at their final destination upon the same ship that they were registered on when they departed Hamburg. By 1840, however, it was clear that the last glorious days of the sailing ship were at hand. SS Ethiopia 16 September Bark Eliza Barss 4 October Schooner Cordelia 21 February SS Lydian Monarch 20 December Steamer Hibernia 25 January Brig Phoenix 29 August German Immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820 - JSTOR Index ($) Bremen, Germany Ships Crew Lists (Bremer Musterungslisten der Schiffe), ($). Brig Planter 1 January Hundreds of thousands of immigrants left Europe for the United States in the 1800s. Brig P. J. Nevius 20 March Note: Indexes are not necessary for the years 1850-1854 because the records are already sorted by first letter of last name. Ship Crescent 29 January SS Republic 8 March Ship Diana 17 May Bark Fredonia 29 August, 1867 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. RMS Abyssinia 1 May Brig Sarah 25 July London 14 July Some records for tonnage outlived the ships that set them - notably the SS Great Eastern, and RMS Queen Elizabeth. Boston 3 January ISTG - Germany Departures - Immigrant Ships Bark Ovanda 5 May SS Silesia 5 April Ship Cynosure 29 August SS Wisconsin 25 April Ship Robert Morris 2 February Brig L. F. Munson 4 April SS The Queen 21 March Bark George & Henry 27 September You can also search the same index on a home computer if you click here, but you will be asked to subscribe to see the search results list. Lord Clive 5 July Kimberly Powell is a professional genealogist and the author of The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy. Microfilm Access. It lists the indexes available for various emigration years. Nobel 13 May SS City of Montreal 20 April For passenger lists from all ports, arriving in New York 1892-1924 visit Ellis Island "Germans to America" 1850-1897 (books, online pay for view database at genealogy.com & CD-Roms) Immigration Records: German & Swiss Settlers in America, 1700s-1800s (CD #267) Family Tree Maker For any link problems please contact ISTG Production Coordinator Ship St. Martin 10 February 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. SS Westphalia 27 March Brig Emerald 8 July USM Ship Atlantic 26 March Steamer America 12 January Seppings 21 April 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. Finding New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957 They are arranged chronologically by the ship arrival date and then alphabetically by surname and class. He is obliged to cook it the best way he can in a cook shop 12 feet by 6! Richmond 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. Schooner Nancy 21 August Schooner China 5 September Find the year the emigrant departed, and the letter of the alphabet with which your ancestors surname begins in the index. Atlantic Crossings | National Museum of American History SS Wisconsin 16 April SS City of New York 25 May ISTG - Voyages in the 1800's Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 1800's 1801 Dove 8 June 1818 Two Brothers 15 June 1820 Brig Planter 1 January Brig Hero 3 January Brig Hippomenes 7 January Ship Hector 8 January Schooner Junius 10 January Ship L'Esperance 10 January Brig Johanna Catharine 14 January Ship Gleaner 17 January Brig Hope 19 January There are approximately 70,000 names in each volume. ThoughtCo. SS Alaska 11 November Brig Annah 24 May Albania 4 September Beginning in 1891, "Germans to America" only includes arrivals to the port of New York. Pure sailing ships were in active use for another generation, while the earliest steamships were being launched. This makes them an enormously valuable source for family history research. Brig Gem 23 March Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934 - Ancestry SS Arragon 16 April Complaints about overcrowding, poor food, abuse, and disease on immigrant ships led the United States and countries in Europe to enact new laws in the 1840s and 1850s. SS Devon 3 April Liner Transatlantic Crossing Times, 1833 - 1952 | The Geography of Vittoria Rubruveer 5 April, 1876 Brig Hippomenes 7 January 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. Length: 665 ft. Index and images. Ship James Perkins 1 February SS City of Richmond 24 March Ship Jere Thompson 16 May SS Pavonia 19 February This card index on microfilm partially indexes: ForIndex of Changed Microfilm numbers at the FamilySearch Library use the following list. The journal invites articles that blend empirical research with theoretical work, undertake comparisons across time and space, or contribute to the development of quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. SS Switzerland 13 April SS Taormina 28 December Purchased in October 1856, this one-way steerage ticket was good for passage on any of the Cope Lines ships sailing from Liverpool to Philadelphia before the middle of May 1857. 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. SS Rhynland 31 December Bark Duncan Ritchie 21 July Brig Evanista 5 July Bremen, Germany Sailors Registry (Bremer Seeleuteregister) ($). SS Zeeland 10 April SS Pereire 23 September SS Denmark 30 January Ship Edward Downes 28 November SS Somerset 12 March Search the end sections of other letters of the alphabet. Brig Montrose 11 December Brig Mary E. Pennell 6 April SS Abyssinia 18 September Ship General Hamilton 25 October SS Wyoming 25 September SS Donau 12 November SS Wisconsin 29 January Immigration & Steamships - Collections & Research Immigration & Steamships Tap or click on a column heading to sort by that column. SS Parthia 3 January Brig Monte Christo 30 March SS Empire City 10 December Ship Lyons 7 June SS Parthia 28 July Schooner Correo 9 January SS City of Chester 28 January Bark Nicasque 2 April SS Pennland 17 December 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. The person was listed on another index. SS Britannic 7 January Dan Bark Prindsesse Alexandria 13 April If you know the name of a traveling companion, or the name of a relative or neighbor who lived near the ancestor in both the old world and the new world, itmay help to more clearly identify your ancestor on the passenger lists. In 1850, there was a noticeable uptick in the number of advertisements Brig Johanna Catharine 14 January Ship Arkwright 31 October SS Alexandria 10 November SS State of Georgia 25 April Ports in the 1840s Ira A. Glazier. SS San Juan 15 May Schooner Union 13 May SS Utopia 21 January Brig Hancock 20 February SS Umatilla 27 May SS Schiedam 10 January by Richard C. McKay, copyright 1928, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bark Arabia 30 August Index and images. Schooner Patriot 4 September, 1826 SS Caledonia 3 May SS Assyria 16 January Ship Mary Ann 10 March Hamburg became the most important emigration port in Germany by 1900. Ca. Ship North Star 11 February SS State of Nevada 10 January In the passenger list, turn to the page number you found in the index. 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. SS Bienville 25 March SS City of Berlin 29 April Hired armed lugger Alert. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The book's WorldCat entry. SS Olinda 14 September, 1892 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 Rhinardda 16 April Steamer Hindoo 5 April SS Romeo 17 June Brig E. Miller 1 April Then you can return to this database and browse to the images by selecting the year of departure, then selecting the particular volume (Band) that covers the date range when your ancestor sailed, then browsing to the image that matches the departure date or page number found in the handwritten index. Re: Can someone help me find immigration/naturalization records for some of my ancestors? Barque Flash 13 June flour, 2 lbs. Wiki article about the principles, search strategies, and record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. Ship Jane D. Cooper 25 June SS City of New York 10 February But by 1875 the pure sailer was disappearing, and by the turn of the 20th century the last masts on passenger ships had been removed. SS San Blas 3 May 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 (. Showing 1 to 8 of 320 records Clear All Filters Vessel Year built Line Builder & location In German. SS Neckar 21 January The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. Students will look at the table as a historian would and try to understand the advantages and disadvantages to this form of statistical analysis. Bark Johanna 16 May SS City of Richmond 18 June When you find an ancestor make a note on your research log showing exactly where you found them. Ship O. Thyen 8 November, 1855 Internet Access. Internet Access. SS Suevia 7 January Brig Catharina 12 December biscuit, 1 lb. Ship Harriett 9 July Schooner Flora 16 February 475,000 traveled to South America, ca. 1895 - 1954 . There may or may not be a note indicating this happened. SS City of Peking 18 June SS Canada 21 March Ship Adeline 16 April SS Saratoga 9 April For example, if the emigrant departed in 1899 (between 1890 and 1913) check the Internet partial index first. SS Clyde 22 January Schooner Charlie Bell 3 April SS New York City 12 November Germans to America is a series of books which index ship passenger arrival records of German immigrants for the years listed below. SS Vega 29 December, 1893 SS Wyoming 12 February Harvard 22 December, 1862 The book call number is FS Library INTL Ref book 943.515/H1 W39h 1872. John Wells 11 February Ship Elena 26 September Brig Victoria 25 May Bark John Boulton 23 March Ship Agenoria 5 January Ship Henry Pratt 1 May Each index covers different years and has its individual strengths and weaknesses. Ship manifests for German immigrants arriving in Pennsylvania have survived for I727 through 1820. Brig Doncaster 30 August SS Italy 19 June SS Oder 28 January Brig New Hampshire 16 May Aboard a Packet | National Museum of American History SS City of Brussels 24 February The passenger liner era roughly lasted for about 100 years, from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. SS Monowai 12 May SS Cornwall 23 June SS San Jose 2 June Ship Edward 28 December, 1828 SS Caledonia 23 January Germans to America. Passenger ships of Germany include all ships designed, built, or operated in Germany for the purpose of transporting passengers. SS Columbus 1 February SS Wieland 4 October Conditions varied from ship to ship, but steerage was normally crowded, dark, and damp. SS State of Virginia 19 January SS Montana 1 January SS Algeria 21 February SS State of Indiana 25 January Ship's Passenger Lists Hamburg to Africa incl South Africa Brig E. S. Penny 12 June Ship Home 14 January Reform must be made, he wrote, to better the condition of the poorer classes of emigrants.. Schooner Alma 10 June SS Saratoga 26 February Bark Sacramento 13 May SS Nevada 9 January SS Zeeland 9 January John Bell 14 May SS Walla Walla 6 June This database contains passenger lists of ships that departed from the port of Hamburg, Germany from 1850-1934 (with a gap from 1915-1919 due to World War I). 1800 - 1982 (with gaps) Canadian Border Crossing Records. SS Empire City 27 March SS Hevelius 19 November From 1854-1910, separate lists were maintained for direct passengers and indirect passengers. SS Scandinavia 12 April SS Bolivia 15 April F. Patten 11 June Try other years. Bark Sarah 22 December, 1896 reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by Using new data from German emigrant newspapers we provide more concrete information on the fares to various international ports, and how they varied seasonally and by method of transport (sail or steam). SS State of Nevada 24 February SS Katie 9 November Ship Rome 3 June SS Wieland 16 April molasses, and 2 ounces of tea. SS Canima 25 September Brig Peruvian 19 February SS Bumilli 25 March Kate unknown Brig Laura Ann 2 February Ship Gov. Timeline of largest passenger ships - Wikipedia SS England 2 July, 1878 Brig Ann 3 July Hamburg Passenger Lists FamilySearch Isaac Webb 15 May SS Greece 7 April Ship Opawa to Timura 7 December, 1879 Brig Westaway 1 July Halifax 9 January This series consists of records of 4,048,907 passengers who arrived at the United States between 1850 through 1897; about 90 percent identified their country of origin or nationality as Germany or a "German" state, city, or region. SS Wieland 27 March This number indicates which page the name appears on in the passenger list. Compared with records of other immigrant groups, the German passenger man- SS Batavia 15 February SS Zeno 17 September, 1850 SS Geronde 7 February Brig Champion 28 July SS Devonia 2 January Use the following table to determine the Index of Changed Microfilm numbers at the FamilySearch Library. Use Form NATF 81or order online to obtain copies of inbound federal passenger arrival manifests for ships and airplanes, . A total of 89,544 passengers were enumerated. Brig Hero 3 January SS Saratoga 16 November Update your family group record by adding a custom event for emigration and include source footnotes. SS Cornwall 5 March 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). Ship Providence 5 September Olbers 8 December Ship O. Thijen 8 November SS Mosel 17 March In German. SS Germanic 30 December SS Aguan 17 December Brig Montevideo 7 September Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820-1846 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), New York Passenger Lists Online Index and Images 1820-1957, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891, index and images, Italians to America 1880-1904 & 1855-1900, Dutch Immigrants in U.S. Ship Passenger Manifests 1820-1880, Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York 1789-1919, Miscellaneous Sources: Armenian Immigrants, Czech Immigrants, Greek Immigrant Passengers, Luxembourg Immigrants, Swedish Immigrants to New York, Ellis Island Online Database 1892-1924 (research tips), Ellis Island Database 1892-1924 - tips and information, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, June 16, 1897-June 20, 1902 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers), Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, July 1, 1902-December 31, 1943 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers). . SS Herder 16 April RMS City of Richmond 18 February Ship Edmond 14 June Bark Helen Maria 24 May SS Hadji 5 February From 1850-1854 the lists consisted merely of a roughly alphabetical registration, sometimes even with abbreviated first names, later including more detailed information. What was included in the price of a steerage ticket?What could you expect to eat while on board?What was not included with your ticket?How could Irish travelers starting in Belfast get to Liverpool, England, to catch the ship for their transatlantic crossing? Ship Albion 7 February ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/germans-to-america-1421984. Parthia 27 January Ship Olbers 3 June Schooner Victoria 7 May National Archives and Records Administration. SS Nagel 22 January Category:1800s ships - Wikipedia Thus, a number of Germans who came over on ships from 18501855 are not included. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by Andrew Foster 8 December, 1852 100,000 to Africa, ca. Schooner Industry 17 May SS Anchoria 2 January Ship Ulverstone 30 November SS Heiedoo 2 April From 1911 onward, the direct and indirect passengers were no longer recorded in separate lists. Students will analyze a Table of German Passenger ships that landed in Philadelphia from 1683 to 1775. SS Utopia 9 April This microfilm can be accessed at various FamilySearch centers and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake city. SS Anchoria 18 July SS Hermann 5 January SS Helvetia 8 April The individual books in the "Germans to America" seriesare fairly pricey, so the best research option is to either find a library with the series (most major genealogical libraries will have it), or locate a database version. Re: Where can I find immigration records? SS Wieland 23 January Colonist's Ships - 1840's and 1850's The Castro column indicates that it was a ship arranged by Henry Castro and the number. Schooner Reindeer 27 December, 1827 Bark St Dominique 7 August Steamer Hibernia 22 March The Indirect Passenger Lists include passengers who stopped at another European or British port before sailing to their final destination. Ship Eliza Warwick 29 April SS Neckar 14 April Black Warrior 31 July All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Ship Abbotsford 17 May Students will analyze a Table of German Passenger ships that landed in Philadelphia from 1683 to 1775. What Do Those Funny Numbers on My Soundex Card Mean? Brig James Coulter 26 January Brig Rebecca Francis 4 September SS Nuemberg 18 April Schooner Tigress 12 May SS City of Puebla 16 May SS Anchoria 3 February Bermuda 17 April SS Elbe 14 April, 1886 Ship Sunbeam 10 September Ship Lilia 28 June Bark Danl. SS Vega 11 July SS Pommerania 30 April Brig Robert Ray 15 March, 1833 SS Montana 16 April Before using the index, you need to know the approximate year the emigrant departed from Hamburg, Germany. German Roots: Germans to America | Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S Ship Sea King 12 June ER Sawyer 29 August, 1856 Most crossed in the steerage area, below decks. Hired armed cutter Admiral Mitchell. Also at MyHeritage, index ($) 1846-1851 Boston Passenger Lists 1846-1851, ($), index SS P. Caland 2 October SS George W Clyde 31 December The Hamburg Passenger lists are a unique source for genealogical research as well as the study of the history of emigration and immigration. SS Glausannox 16 April Brig Elizabeth 14 May Brig Lawsen 05 December SS State of Virginia 1 February SS State of Pennsylvania 3 January SS Suevia 24 February to retrieve any portion of the site. SS Aller 1 December Online International Ship Passenger Lists - German Roots Barque Ellen 30 June City of Berlin 31 December Brig Margaret 2 March Ship Susquehanna 1 April Steamer Alps 26 July Its evolution can be divided into four distinct phases: Introduction. SS Walla Walla 22 May The actual format of the indexes vary over time. SS Alvo 26 December Ship Delaware 20 February Schooner Hesperus 13 May Finding Passenger Lists & Immigration Records 1820-1940s - German Roots These microfilms can be accessed at various FamilySearch centers and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. 54,000 to Australia, and ca. Ship Marengo 28 July SS Saratoga 24 January SS Devon 10 November SS Anchoria 20 March SS Parthia 27 October SS Egypt 2 October Did My Ancestor Come Through Ellis Island? On rough crossings, steerage passengers often had little time in the fresh air on the upper deck. Update your records. To make the most of these records it will be helpful to have an idea of where the person was coming from and when they arrived. Staterooms, although tiny, normally came equipped with a mattress and linens, a washbasin, and some drawers. Colonist's Ships - 1840's and 1850's - RootsWeb Bark Rosina 31 December Organize and document as you go. "Germans to America." SS Neckar (retranscribed, now in Volume 5) 5 January SS Rotterdam 18 December Travelers with enough money purchased cabin passage and slept in private or semiprivate rooms. Bark Constitution 31 May Among these were approximately 1.2 million people from Russia, Austria-Hungary, Romania, and other countries of southeastern Europe. https://www.thoughtco.com/germans-to-america-1421984 (accessed May 2, 2023). Brig Wm.