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. https://www.thoughtco.com/germans-to-america-1421984 (accessed May 2, 2023). SS Batavia 13 January The Hamburg Passenger lists are a unique source for genealogical research as well as the study of the history of emigration and immigration. Schooner Villager 22 April Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 . Brig Ann 3 July 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. Brig Acadian 27 January Beginning in the 1820s, transporting immigrants developed into a profitable, large-scale business. This meant that farms were divided among heirs, leaving each with small parcels of land which could not support a family. Schooner Radius 5 May 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. Ship Benjamin Morgan 9 October SS Rotterdam 15 January SS State of Pennsylvania 3 January SS State of Indiana 28 February Bark Dorothy 23 May SS Walla Walla 21 June SS Bothnia 5 March Nash 17 May Using the handwritten indexes, you can look up the name of your ancestor alphabetically by year and find the departure date or page number of the passenger list. Schooner Union 13 May To browse this image set, select from the options below. SS Olinda 14 September, 1892 Ports. SS Assyria 25 September Halifax 9 January Brig Cambridge 31 July The Sinking of the Central America, Wong Hands residence and travel documents. SS Wyoming 25 September A letter i or d following the year will indicate if the entry was from the indirect or direct index. Santiago de Cuba 7 April Ship - Shipping in the 19th century | Britannica The separate handwritten index images; 1855-1934 [1850-1854 need no index] are available at Ancestry.com, a subscription site. SS City of Montreal 20 April Schooner Charlotte Corday 7 March Schooner Jos. Bark Frueman 26 September Students will analyze a Table of German Passenger ships that landed in Philadelphia from 1683 to 1775. In the passenger list, turn to the page number you found in the index. SS Zeeland 10 April SS Circassia 24 March sugar, 1/2 lb. Staterooms, although tiny, normally came equipped with a mattress and linens, a washbasin, and some drawers. To search this partial index for free at the FamilySearch Library on Ancestry.com click here. Ship William Rathbone 14 November Bark Rosina 31 December SS Saratoga 16 November SS Canada 14 February SS Assyria 17 February SS City of Brussels 19 November This index is complete for the years it covers. Beginning with Volume 10, all ships with German passengers were included, regardless of the percentage. SS Donau 12 November USM Ship Atlantic 26 March Bark Talisman 20 June SS Helvetia 19 February Parthia 27 January Ship Mediator 2 September Brig Isabella 20 February Brig Columbine 23 June SS Erin 6 October Ship Elias Burger 25 February ER Sawyer 29 August, 1856 SS Rotterdam 18 December SS Anchoria 20 June 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. 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 SS Caledonia 3 May 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? SS Abyssinia 13 March Limited sanitation and stormy seas often combined to make it dirty and foul-smelling, too. Use these links when at one of these locations: Internet index and the separate handwritten index images; 1855-1934. Royal Cutter Daring 26 February 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. SS Wyoming 27 December SS P. Caland 10 April biscuit, 1 lb. Bark Jason 17 October, 1849 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 Algeria 20 June Bark Atlantic 10 June, 1866 SS Colon 16 April Black Warrior 31 July Brig Sarah 11 January SS Alaska 11 November 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 Republic 31 July Ship Hull 5 March anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Ship Thornton 13 May Ship Alleghany 14 November Boston 3 January Microfilm Access. SS Helvetia 8 April SS Oder 30 September Constitution Avenue, NW SS Victoria 17 November RMS Russia 17 April SS Nuemberg 18 April Ship Abbotsford 17 May 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. Ship Admiral 3 December SS City of Washington 3 April SS Schiedam 15 April SS Alexandria 10 November Search the end sections of other letters of the alphabet. SS Pereire 10 April Barque Lulan 18 September Ship Crescent 29 January SS State of Indiana 25 January Passenger ships of Germany include all ships designed, built, or operated in Germany for the purpose of transporting passengers. SS Rhinardda 16 April 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 Hermann 6 November This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. T. King 2 June SS Canada 18 September SS San Blas 3 May 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. Wealthy travelers took advantage of packets reliable sailings to study, tour, or transact business abroad. 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. SS Spain 22 April If you already know the departure date you can browse directly to it from here. Kimberly Powell is a professional genealogist and the author of The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy. Schooner Reindeer 12 March What Do Those Funny Numbers on My Soundex Card Mean? SS Newport 3 December Ship Arkwright 31 October SS Letimbro 3 December John Bell 14 May Brig Wm. See step 3 to learn how to do this. Ship Java 5 December SS City of New York 15 March SS Ethiopia 26 December SS California 21 January Hamburg Passenger Lists FamilySearch SS Suevia 24 February SS Cornwall 23 June SS Herder 20 January SS San Juan 15 May "Germans to America." SS City of New York 25 May Bark Danl. SS Caledonia 23 January SS Utopia 9 April SS Adriatic 11 November Atlantic Crossings | National Museum of American History In German. SS Aller 1 December SS Colon 28 January Galliott Flora 21 May From Some famous sailing ships and their builder, Donald McKay. Bark Johanna 16 May Schooner Leviathan 4 January Brig Garnet 29 June Bark Norma 30 March "Indirect passengers" were those who were registered on one ship in Hamburg, but transferred to another ship before reaching their final destination. Br. Ship Delaware 20 February SS Olympia 26 September 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). A typical packet in the 1820s and 1830s could also accommodate 10 to 20 well-to-do cabin passengers. Brig Hope 19 January to retrieve any portion of the site. Ship Jamaica 19 January Travelers with enough money purchased cabin passage and slept in private or semiprivate rooms. SS Egypt 22 December SS Treviot 30 April Currently there are no records for the year 1901. If a listing is found in "Germans to America," then the original passenger lists should be consulted, as they may contain further details. SS Main 6 October SS Ailsa 17 March 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. If your ancestor's name does not appear on the numbered page, search the unnumbered page(s) immediately following it. Brig L. F. Munson 4 April Ship Harold 24 October SS Canada 25 April Its evolution can be divided into four distinct phases: Introduction. Patrick Henry 27 July Olbers 8 December Students will analyze a Table of German Passenger ships that landed in Philadelphia from 1683 to 1775. SS P. Flood 5 March Therefore, search all of the end pages assigned to other letters if your ancestors name is not listed where it should be. Ship Tennessee 27 January Schooner John Rose 1 April SS Switzerland 14 January SS Cella 8 June ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/germans-to-america-1421984. SS State of Indiana 10 November Immigration & Steamships - Collections & Research Most crossed in the steerage area, below decks.