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Passenger Lists

Port Information

Ship Details

Emigration Records at Bavarian Civil Archives

Trip Accounts, Diaries

The Emigrant / Immigrant Experience

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Passenger Lists



• Passenger Departure Lists of German Emigrants,1709-1914
  
  
• Germany Passenger Lists
  
  
• Finding Passenger Lists 1820 to the1940s, arrivals at US ports from Europe
  
  
• Internet Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records & Indexes
  
  
• Immigrant Arrivals, a Guide to Published Sources
  
  
• Immigration and Ships' Passenger Lists Research Guide
  
  
• Passenger Lists on the Internet
  
  
• Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports 1850-1897
  
  
• A Review of German Immigrants and Germans to America, Volumes 1-9 (1850-1855)
  
  
• Pitfalls in Germans to America
  
  
• Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850 - 1934
  
  
• The Hamburg Passenger Departure Records 1850 - 1934
  
  
• Using the Hamburg Passenger Lists
  
  
• Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild (ISTG). Transcriptions of passenger lists for ships leaving Bremen, Germany.
  
  
• Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild (ISTG). Transcriptions of passenger lists for ships leaving Bremerhaven, Germany.
  
  
• Bremen Passenger Lists, 1920 - 1939
  
  
• Finding Passenger Records at the Port of Stettin, Germany
  
  
• E-mail Reinhard Mayer at ErbenMayer@t-online.de to inquire about his index of 140,000 Bavarian emigrants 1830 - 1871. He is continuing to index records from 1872-1920.
  
  
• Immigrant Ancestors Project The Immigrant Ancestors Project, sponsored by Brigham Young University’s Center for Family History and Genealogy, uses emigration records in emigrant home countries to locate the birthplaces of immigrants which are missing on many port records and naturalization documents in arrival countries.
  
  
• Odessa...A German - Russian Genealogical Library
  
  
• A list of the name of every German from Russia arriving by ship in North America that has been published by the Germans from Russia Heritage Society of North Dakota.
  
  
• Records of German Immigrants in Their Destination Countries
  
  
• Search Olive Tree Genealogy's free Passenger Lists, Germans and Swiss to America and George Canning From Hamburg to New York City 25 November 1852 pages.
  
  
• The Palatine Project Reconstructed Passenger Lists.
  
  
• Ancestor Search's Palatine Ship Passenger Lists
  
  
• Although about 90 percent of immigrants to the USA arrived at the port of New York, there were over 5 million who arrived in four other ports listed below, and many of them were German:
  
  New York (23,960,000)
  Boston (2,050,000)
  Baltimore (1,460,000)
  Philadelphia (1,240,000)
  New Orleans (710,000)
  
  Plus other destinations such as the Great Lakes Region via Canada (Detroit, etc.) and Galveston, Texas.
  
  
• Canadian Passenger List Records
  
  
• U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954 (St. Albans Lists)
  
  
• Canadian Border Entries
  
  
• St. Albans Border Crossing Records
  
  
• Ships from Germany to Philadelphia carrying Palatines
  
  
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
  
  
• Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online
  
  
• Ellis Island's online Passenger Lists for 22 million Immigrants to America 1892 - 1924
  
  
• Ruth Ann's Ships' Passenger Lists Page
  
  
• Cyndi's List - Ships and Passenger Lists
  
  
• Ship Passenger Arrival Records at the National Archives
  
  
• Rotterdam Passenger Lists of the Holland-America Line 1900-1940
  
  
• Deutsche Auswanderer Datenbank, or read the English language version at: German Emigration Database
  
  
• German Roots: Emigration and Immigration Links
  
  
• Firstmom's Genealogy Resources - Immigrant Ship Passenger Lists
  
  
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  Port Information
  
  
  
• Map of European Ports, ca. 1800's
  
  
• Map of North American Ports, ca. 1800's
  
  
• German Ports: Gateway to America
  
  
• Cyndi's List - Ports of Departure
  
  
• Grosse Isle, Canada's Immigration Station
  
  
• English - Emigration Port Hamburg
  
  
• German - Auswandererhafen Hamburg
  
  
• Hamburg, the Emigrant City
  
  
• Police Registration at the Port of Hamburg
  
  
• Emigration Port Antwerp
  
  
• The Port of Antwerp
  
  
• The Memory of Le Havre
  
  
• Bremerhaven as a European Port of Emigration
  
  
• Bremerhaven
  
  
• The History of Bremerhaven and Its Ports
  
  
• Port of Bremen in 1870
  
  
• Rotterdam
  
  
• Historic Pictures of Ports Around the World
  
  
• Read Gary Horlacher's Page Using the Hamburg Passenger Lists for information about the ports Hamburg, Bremen and La Havre.
  
  
• German Emigration
  
  
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  Ship Details
  
  
  
• The Ships List
  
  
• The Ships List - Ship Descriptions
  
  
• The Ships List - Pictures of Vessels
  
  
• RootsWeb's Sign Up Page to Join "The Ships List"
  
  
• Palmer List of Merchant Vessels
  
  
• Mystic Seaport Steamship Images Collection, 1862 - 1927
  
  
• Cimorelli's "Find a Steamer"
  
  
• Great Ships - Postcard and Ephemera Collection
  
  
• Immigrant Ships - Ship Descriptions from Various Internet Mailing Lists List
  
  
• Ships of Our Ancestors
  
  
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  Emigration Records at Bavarian Civil Archives
  
  
  Permission to emigrate required approval at several levels, from local civil, police, and church authorities up to the district and state authorities, where they placed the royal seal of the King of Bavaria. These documents (called "Auswanderungsakten") in their most comprehensive, final form will likely be found at one of the 8 regional state archives (Staatsarchives) that corresponds in location to the district of the person's place of origin. If an alphabetical index is available, knowledge of the exact last place of residence (town or city) for a person's ancestor is not necessary in order to successfully locate permission to emigrate records. An approximate year of emigration, however, is useful.
  
  Bavarian State Archives are located in each of its seven districts plus Coburg as well as there being a Hauptstaatsarchiv (main state archive) in Munich. Quite often (but not always) documents contained in the local archives at the town / city / place of residence of the person were included (as originals or duplicates) into the collections of the Bavarian State Archives and are available to genealogists there.
  
  The official gazette "Königlich-Bayerisches Kreis-Amtsblatt für den Regierungsbezirk" was printed separately for each of the 8 Bavarian districts every other week from about 1845 - 1865 (prior to about 1840 they were entitled, "Intelligenzblatt") and it was distributed to all communities (Gemeinde) for public use. The volumes contained data on an emigrant's full name, occupation, residence, destination, date of emigration and family members. There are complete collections of all volumes in the Staatsarchives and in the State libraries. They are a good source for obtaining emigration information about an individual.
  
  Note: The Bavarian Staatsarchives are not, by law, required to undertake genealogical research on behalf of private individuals and normally do not have research fee policies or procedures in place to entertain such queries. They may or may not agree to undertake a free initial, simple search upon receipt of precisely detailed information for something that can be easily located by their personnel. Thereafter, they may require you to visit in person or else engage the services of someone on your own to complete any further research on your behalf. If requested, they may provide you with a name or list of names of people who are familiar with researching at their facility on a paid basis. The Staatsarchives normally WILL charge you for any copying fees for any photocopies of documents generated.
  
  Read the following document, "A translation of a reprint from the "Mitteilungen fur die Archivpfege in Bayern." (Report on the Archives in Bavaria)." (English) or "Anleitung zur Familienforschung in Bayern" (German) for further information on the holdings of Bavaria's civil archives.
  
  Additionally, keep in mind that at least one source suggests the statistic that 40% of emigrating Germans did not follow the proper procedures by law in order to obtain permission to emigrate, so there is certainly no guarantee that you will be able to locate any emigration documents for your ancestor at all.
  
  If, after searching at the proper Staatsarchiv with detailed information turns up nothing, also try local or county archives for documents, town emigration lists, etc. See the following List of Municipal Archives for local archive names and addresses.
  
  
  You might want to view this Map of Bavarian Districts also showing Coburg and the location of the Haupstaatsarchiv in München
  
  
  For Oberbayern:
  
  Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv
  Schönfeldstraße 5-11
  80539 München
  Germany
  (Postfach 221152, 80501 München)
  
  Tel. 089/28638-2575, Fax 089/28638-2954
  E-Mail: poststelle@bayhsta.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/hsta00.htm
  
  
  For Oberbayern:
  
  Staatsarchiv München
  Schönfeldstr. 3
  80539 München
  Germany
  (Postfach 221152, 80501 München)
  
  Tel. 089/28638-2525, Fax 089/28638-2526
  E-Mail: poststelle@stam.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/muen00.htm
  
  
  For Oberpfalz:
  
  Staatsarchiv Amberg
  Archivstr. 3
  92224 Amberg
  Germany
  
  Tel. 09621/307270, Fax 09621/307288
  E-Mail: poststelle@staam.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/amb00.htm
  
  
  For Schwaben:
  
  Staatsarchiv Augsburg
  Salomon-Idler-Str. 2
  86159 Augsburg
  Germany
  
  Tel. 0821/599 63-30, Fax 0821/599 63-333
  E-Mail: poststelle@staau.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/augsb00.htm
  
  
  For Oberfranken:
  
  Staatsarchiv Bamberg
  Hainstr. 39
  96047 Bamberg
  Germany
  
  Tel. 0951/98622-0, Fax 0951/98622-50
  E-Mail: poststelle@staba.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/bam00.htm
  
  
  For Coburg city and county only:
  
  Staatsarchiv Coburg
  Herrngasse 11
  96450 Coburg
  Germany
  
  Tel. 09561/427 07 0, Fax 09561/427 07 20
  E-Mail: poststelle@staco.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/cob00.htm
  
  
  For Niederbayern:
  
  Staatsarchiv Landshut
  Burg Trausnitz
  84036 Landshut
  Germany
  
  Tel. 0871/92328-0, Fax 0871/92328-8
  E-Mail: poststelle@stala.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/landsh00.htm
  
  
  For Mittelfranken:
  
  Staatsarchiv Nürnberg
  Archivstr. 17
  90408 Nürnberg
  Germany
  
  Tel. 0911/935190, Fax 0911/9351999
  E-Mail: poststelle@stanu.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/nbg00.htm
  
  
  For Unterfranken:
  
  Staatsarchiv Würzburg
  Residenz-Nordflügel
  97070 Würzburg
  Germany
  
  Tel. 0931/355290, Fax 0931/3552970
  E-Mail: poststelle@stawu.bayern.de
  Website: http://www.gda.bayern.de/wzb00.htm
  
  
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  Trip Accounts, Diaries
  
  
  
• Bavarian Emigrant Experience - Daniel Eicher
  
  
• The Immigration Story of Ernst Bohning, 1843
  
  
• A diary by Heinrich Justus Francke (1826-1878). Christoph Berndt's German language website features a true account of his great grandfather's 1846-47 journey from Bremen to New Orleans.
  
  
• The Diary of Elise Tips Wuppermann
  
  
• The Immigration Diary of Michael Friedrich Radke,1848
  
  
• Trip Diary of Friedrich Nohl
  
  
• A STORY OF IMMIGRATION FROM GERMANY TO SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO - Henry B. Sherman
  
  
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  The Emigrant / Immigrant Experience
  
  
  
• Auswanderer - The German Emigrant
  
  
• Linda Schaitberger's website at http://www.exulanten.com that details her family's journey from Salzburg, Austria to Mittelfranken, Bayern.
  
  
• Causes of Palatine Emigration
  
  
• Emigration from Germany
  
  
• Die Ursachen der Auswanderung und die sozialen Verhältnisse der Auswanderer - The Causes of Emigration and the Social Condition of the Emigrants
  
  
• German - American Tricentennial - THREE CENTURIES OF GERMANS IN AMERICA
  
  
• German Emigration to the British Isles
  
  
• Our German Heritage
  
  
• The Immigration Experience
  
  
• The German Settlers
  
  
  
  
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