This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 21:42. Some records for tonnage outlived the ships that set them - notably the SS Great Eastern, and RMS Queen Elizabeth. SS Caledonia 19 January Brig Columbine 23 June SS Oevenum 8 September Ship Olympia 28 November Brig Andromache 7 February Ship Artheman 10 February Santiago de Cuba 17 March Cutting 29 August 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. Bark Edmund 3 November Brig E. Miller 1 April Schooner Radius 5 May Kimberly Powell is a professional genealogist and the author of The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy. It publishes over 2,500 books a year for distribution in more than 200 countries. SS City of Brussels 24 February The steamship Great Western can be considered one of the first liners in 1838, crossing the Atlantic in 15.5 days. Brig Phoenix 13 May Schooner Flora 4 January Schooner Beverly 12 January Ship Mt. 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. This card index on microfilm partially indexes: ForIndex of Changed Microfilm numbers at the FamilySearch Library use the following list. Ship Alleghany 14 November T. King 2 June Ports of Entry and their Available Passenger Lists, Tips for Determining Your Ancestor's Port of Arrival in the US, Ancestry's Immigration Records Collection, FamilySearch's Migration and Naturalization Records Collection. Ship Susquehanna 13 June SS State of Nevada 16 June Bark Paulina 29 April Ship Susan 25 September SS Baltic 5 April The FamilySearch Library and many FamilySearch Centers have a subscription which includes the Ancestry images and indexes. SS Pavonia 19 February Bark Arabia 30 August Ship Attica 4 April Admiral 6 December, 1853 SS W. A. Scholten 30 July, 1888 SS St. Laurent 14 May Rappahonock 22 June Internet Access. Re: Can someone help me find immigration/naturalization records for some of my ancestors? Microfilm Access. Ship Pharsalia 11 November, 1847 The Sinking of the Central America, Wong Hands residence and travel documents. Ship Eliza Grant 12 May Ship Edward 28 December, 1828 Brig Gem of New Haven 17 January SS Severn 8 January SS Circassia 19 February SS City of New York 25 May Seppings 21 April Ship Benjamin Morgan 9 October SS Romeo 17 June 11 Jun 2019: Added 568,928 new records. SS Somerset 15 April Ship Martha 21 March Ship Agenoria 5 January SS Australia 3 February The Indirect and the Direct Handwritten indexes are similar. Ship Marengo 28 July 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. Barque Flash 13 June Brig Emerald 8 July Steamer Hindoo 5 April Organize and document as you go. SS City of New York 15 March SS Oder 30 September Ship Jane D. Cooper 25 June SS Hibernian 3 June If passengers didnt fill steerage, the space often held cargo. Bark Evening Star 26 March If the emigrant departed in 1854, search the Klber 2 index, or the alphabetical passenger lists themselves for that year. Amana 23 September, 1887 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. Many Scandinavians also sailed to America through the British port. SS Clyde 8 March Therefore, search all of the end pages assigned to other letters if your ancestors name is not listed where it should be. Its evolution can be divided into four distinct phases: Introduction. This document uses traditional English weights and measures. SS Wyoming 12 February SS Katie 9 November Any use of these records not specifically permitted in the terms and conditions requires the permission of the Hamburg State Archive. SS Wisconsin 12 March Schooner Leviathan 4 January Schooner Mexicana 13 September Bark (Barque) Creole 18 July https://www.thoughtco.com/germans-to-america-1421984 (accessed May 2, 2023). Ship Admiral 3 December Sch. SS Denmark 8 February Ship Thornton 13 May Finding New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957 American Revolution: The Intolerable Acts, German Genealogy Online Databases and Records, Top German Words in Spoken and Written Vocabulary, 19 Places to Research Your Family Tree for Free, World War II in Europe: Blitzkrieg and the "Phony War", German for Beginners: Occupations (Beruf), American Civil War: General P.G.T. SS Alexandria 10 November SS William Rathbone 1 March Early liners were made of wood and used paddle . Barque James 17 November, 1836 Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. SS W.A. Irish Passenger Lists Research Guide Tips for finding U.S. ship passenger records for Irish immigrants. The Indirect Passenger Lists include passengers who stopped at another European or British port before sailing to their final destination. SS Assyria 17 February Schooner Villager 14 May SS Denmark 30 January SS Nevada 1 May Thus, a number of Germans who came over on ships from 1850-1855 are not included. SS Lessing 10 April SS State of Indiana 10 November SS Bothnia 2 April SS Walla Walla 6 June Ship Stephen Whitney 6 April Brig Hancock 20 February Determine the indexes to use from the following table. At the FamilySearch Librarysearch for the freeimages of this complete but hard-to-read index on Ancestry.com click here. The person was listed on another index. Transfers to other ships occurred mostly in English, French, Belgian, and Dutch ports, and usually had to do with reducing travel costs. SS Walla Walla 21 June Sloop Frederick 25 January SS Saratoga 26 February SS Helvetia 8 April Zurich 1 May SS Nevada 17 November SS Germanic 1 December Ship Huntress 12 July Microfilm Access. Ship Henry Astor 15 November Brig Tornado 1 September SS Wyoming 18 March SS City of Berlin 1 December SS Alsatia 4 October This meant that farms were divided among heirs, leaving each with small parcels of land which could not support a family. Once the Germans realized they wouldn't win at speed, they focused on size and luxury. SS Schiedam 10 January SS Veendam 31 December, 1891 Hired armed lugger Alert. Ship North Star 3 June Brig Wm. Bark Johanna 16 May SS Pereire 23 September SS Neckar (retranscribed, now in Volume 5) 5 January Ship Harriett 9 July Brig Margaret 2 March Germans to America is a series of books which index ship passenger arrival records of German immigrants for the years listed below. 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. Brig Stillman 11 May SS Edam 12 November Brown 5 February Schooner Union 13 May Schooner Boston 9 March Brig Ransom 11 February Students will make generalizations about trends in immigration and suggest reasons for sudden spikes or drops in immigration. Ship Adam Lodge 14 June Dan Bark Prindsesse Alexandria 13 April SS George W Clyde 31 December Albatros (19th-century ship) Hired armed cutter Albion. Beauregard, International Trade of Enslaved People Outlawed, Helpful Online Resources for learning German, Why Some Baltimore Passenger Lists are Missing and How to Find Them, Certificate in Genealogical Research, Boston University. 1815-1917. Bark Anna Delius 1 June, 1868 SS Batavia 13 January Ship Chariot 10 August Ship Mount Vernon 12 May Ship Asia 4 March, 1831 Each volume contains a chronological listing of the passenger lists, followed by an alphabetical index of each passenger in that volume. Ship Home 10 December Ship Marengo 11 May SS City of Peking 18 June Note the microfilm number and page on the back of the copy. This makes them an enormously valuable source for family history research. 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. SS Circassia 24 March Each section has its own separate handwritten index. How Do I Find a Name that is not Indexed? Ship Carroll of Carrollton 23 August Schooner Oregon 24 March Barque Hyperian 10 June Black Warrior 31 July SS State of Pennsylvania 10 January Brig Keying 12 September SS Letimbro 3 December According to Roka, there was a rivalry between England and Germany to build the fastest ocean linera title held by Cunard's RMS Mauretania until the 1920s. He is obliged to cook it the best way he can in a cook shop 12 feet by 6! These microfilms can be accessed at various nearest FamilySearch Centers or at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. SS Saratoga 24 January Ship Albree 9 January SS Dona Maria 8 December Schooner China 5 September 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. Microfilm Access. Schooner Rambler 17 February At the FamilySearch Library to search for the free images of this complete but hard-to-read index on Ancestry.com click here. Most of the lists include the last place of residence and often the place of birth as well. Brig Garnet 29 June Elena 23 March Powell, Kimberly. Students will analyze a Table of German Passenger ships that landed in Philadelphia from 1683 to 1775. SS Helvetia 19 February From Illustrated London News, July 6, 1850. ER Sawyer 29 August, 1856 The first 9 volumes of the "Germans to America" series indexed only passenger lists of ships that contained at least 80% German passengers. Brig Juliana 25 January How would this announcement help you prepare for your voyage? Barque Ellen 30 June Ship Susquehanna 1 April Brig Gem 23 March SS Alsatia 28 March SS Parthia 28 July SS Parthia 4 April Wollaston 2 November Ship Mississippi 16 July SS Australia 2 April Ship Topaz 25 September SS State of Indiana 25 January SS Alexandria 17 September Ship Cynosure 29 August Africaine 14 November SS Saratoga 19 April Internet Access. Schooner Patriot 4 September, 1826 SS Rotterdam 6 March Brig Charlotte 29 April Revenue 12 June SS Germanic 21 January Brig J. M. Beard 21 March SS Rotterdam 18 December Labrador 6 January SS City of Washington 3 April Ship Macedonia 22 July This can be done without having to search the alphabetical name index for your ancestor's name. Steamer Crescent City 28 March This index is on FS Library microfilm 1183696 items 3 - 6. SS City of New York 1 April SS Eagle 9 December Schooner Albert 13 May molasses, and 2 ounces of tea. SS Zeno 17 September, 1850 SS Oder 28 January What you need to know to use the indexes. Microfilm Access. Look for. On many ships, the captain dined with the cabin passengers. SS Baltic 29 March 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. From 1911 onward, the direct and indirect passengers were no longer recorded in separate lists. Ship Hector 8 January SS Herder 10 January Ship Jere Thompson 16 May Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. Ship Milicete 24 June Barque Kingston 9 May Germans in the American Revolutionary War, The Sinking of the Lusitania and America's Entry into World War I. On the Ancestry.com Internet index results list, click "View Image" at the end of a name entry to see the image of that person's passenger list page. SS Olympia 26 September Occasionally, large page numbers are partially dittoed. Ship Renown 13 February Bark Eliza Barss 4 October SS Wisconsin 29 January SS Ethiopia 23 January Cambridge University Press is committed by its charter to disseminate knowledge as widely as possible across the globe. Schooner Gem 8 March Until 1910, separate lists were kept for direct passengers and indirect passengers. SS Abyssinia 18 September 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] SS State of Pennsylvania 15 February Ship James Grant 10 December Brig Elizabeth 14 May It also includes the year of emigration and the page number where the entry will be found. They sought economic opportunity, religious and political freedom, and the chance to join family members who had gone ahead. Am^n St^r City of Atlanta 20 December SS Olinda 14 September, 1892 Brig Rebecca Francis 4 September Brig Peruvian 19 February SS The Queen 11 February SS Germanic 23 September Use these links when at one of these locations: Internet index and the separate handwritten index images; 1855-1934. Schooner Geo. 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 16 April Some Baltimore arrivals are known to be missing from "Germans to America"seeWhy Some Baltimore Passenger Lists are Missing and How to Find Themby Joe Beine for more information. Brig Lily Pommerania 4 April Ship Harold 24 October Schooner Reindeer 12 March Brig P. J. Nevius 20 March Brig Mary 30 August SS Zeeland 25 July SS Canada 21 March The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Admiral Juel. Brig John Clifford 28 May NARA staff has found that there are ship manifests included in the database that are not included in the respective published volumes, and that there is also a difference in the covered time periods. SS Britannic 15 December Lord Clive 5 July USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Howe 30 March Bark Minona 20 September SS Adriatic 17 February Barque Gilbert Henderson 20 December SS Nevada 5 March Brig E. S. Penny 12 June From Some famous sailing ships and their builder, Donald McKay. Before using the index, you need to know the approximate year the emigrant departed from Hamburg, Germany. Approximately one third of the passengers who departed Hamburg were from Germany, while nearly two thirds came from Eastern Europe, especially in the period from 1880-1914. SS Gaelic 6 June (Some entered Texas at Galveston or New Orleans and then sailed to Indianola) Links are to scanned and transcribed passenger lists. SS South Carolina 15 March SS Oceanic 17 May If you already know the departure date you can browse directly to it from here. RMS City of Richmond 19 February Ship Mary Catharine 17 March SS City of Brussels 19 November Bark Constitution 31 May Gross tons: 30,150. SS England 22 December SS Aller 1 December Bark Johanna 18 May SS Arragon 8 February In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists. Santiago de Cuba 7 April Ship Algonquin 10 May SS Empire City 10 December For a Wiki list of terminology used in the Hamburg passenger lists, see Hamburg Passenger List Terminology. Social Science History Association, 2017 SS Egypt 22 December John Wells 8 February SS Canada 21 January SS Sicilia 22 July. SS Devonia 2 January Once you have found your ancestor in an index, you will want to get the actual passenger list on which that person appears. 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). SS State of Georgia 28 December Ship Southampton 29 August Steamer America 12 January The quality of the transcription varies, but the series is still an excellent research tool for tracking down German immigrant ancestors. SS City of Washington 10 April SS Wyoming 25 September Notice the type of information provided within these entries. SS Devonia 23 January Brig Clorinda 2 June Bark Hayden Brown 11 April Albania 4 September Beginning with Volume 10, all ships with German passengers were included, regardless of the percentage.