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Top Document: soc.genealogy.german Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Part 4/4 Previous Document: 24. What is the IGI? Next Document: 26. What is _Germans to America_? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge
Ship passenger lists appear in two basic types: embarkation and
arrival lists. German emigrants after 1850 typically embarked
in Hamburg or Bremen; before the 1830s the usual ports were
Le Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. The Bremen passenger
lists of 1832-1872 were destroyed in 1875 by governmental decree
owing to want of storage space. Thereafter only the current and
two previous years were kept, until the destruction ceased in 1907.
The lists of 1906-1931 were placed in the Statistisches Landesamt
Bremen, which was bombed on 6 October 1944, resulting in the
destruction of the remaining Bremen lists. An incomplete name
index of the lists for 1904-1914 is held at the Bundesarchiv
Koblenz, with microfilms available via your local LDS FHC. The
Bremen Handelskammer archives has an apparently complete duplicate
of the lists for 1920-1923,1925-1939 and a few lists back to 1834.
The Hamburg embarkation lists 1850-1934 are available on microfilm
via your local LDS FHC. They are indexed and usually indicate the
last residence of the emigrant, an important datum for researchers.
A few Bremen and Hamburg embarkation lists otherwise unavailable
were published in the Allgemeine Auswanderungs-Zeitung (1847-1871,
Rudolstadt). Some of these have been republished by Clifford
Neal Smith and others.
Arrival lists are available for many American ports, but are not
quite as useful as the embarkation lists in determining place of
last residence. The US arrival lists are available at the US
National Archives, many large research and genealogical libraries,
and through your local LDS FHC. Many of the New York City arrival
lists in the period 1892-1924 are available online at
<http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/>
The arrival lists are also partially indexed in the book series
_Germans to America_.
See also the pages at
<http://www.genealogy.net/misc/emig/>
<http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html>
<http://www.hamburg.de/LinkToYourRoots/welcome.htm>
<http://www.dausa.de/>
Some passenger ship information can be found online at
<http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/>
<http://www.cimorelli.com/pie/emigrate/emigmenu.htm>
<http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm>
<http://www.CyndisList.com/ships.htm>
User Contributions: 1 TjHurray Apr 13, 2021 @ 2:14 pm I'm trying to find German Naval records (Prussian navy I believe) for my Uncle who served in Trieste, Italy from approx. 1879 to 1890 from that port. (and he traveled around the world). I need some advice, any advice, on how I could find a record of him being there or even any record of him being in the German Navy there. A genealogist that could help, or where the records might be housed. I did see on another post that some German records were destroyed in Berlin in 1945, but I don't know those details. I appreciate any comments. Thank you. Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: soc.genealogy.german Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Part 4/4 Previous Document: 24. What is the IGI? Next Document: 26. What is _Germans to America_? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: EggertJ@crosswinds.net (Jim Eggert)
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