Sarah Ann 6 October Diamant 17 October Marianne 20 September In 1575 a great number of people from the Netherlands immigrated to Hamburg and brought much prosperity to the city. 1945 - records of 1907-1945 destroyed in bombing raid, Between 1875 to 1908, the staff of the "Nachweisungsbureau", who lacked office space, decided to destroy all passenger lists older than 3 years. Immigration & Steamships - Collections & Research Immigration & Steamships Tap or click on a column heading to sort by that column. Showing 1 to 8 of 320 records Clear All Filters Vessel Year built Line Builder & location From 1850 to 1891, 41 percent of German and east European emigrants left via the port of Bremen (Germany), 30 percent via Hamburg (Germany), 16 percent via Le Havre (France), 8 percent via Antwerp (Belgium), and 5 percent via several ports in the Netherlands. The Hapag instituted a service to the West Indies; in the same year the Hamburg South American Steamship Company was founded to ply between Hamburg, Brazil and the la Plata. SS Saale - Wikipedia When in 1910 the Hapag and Woermann decided to establish a direct connection between New York and West Africa, they announced the following program:[7] The steamship Carl Woermann will begin in December a new and direct service between this port and the west coast of Africa, under the joint auspices of the Hamburg- American and Woermann lines. Semiramis 18 August Elise 6 December Semiramis 18 August Description [ edit] The ship was 357 feet 0 inches (108.81 m) long, with a beam of 41 feet 0 inches (12.50 m) and a depth of 26 feet 0 inches (7.92 m). There was a Meldepflicht (obligation to register) in force since 1833 (mainly for non-Hamburgers), but it was not mandatory until 1892. Ellen Brooks 28 October Johannes 7 November Antilope 13 August Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914 Elise 8 September Emigration from the German Ports of Hamburg and Bremen - Gjenvick Agnes 29 December Continue with Recommended Cookies. Ship Phoenix 19 May Such documents were restricted to time and space. Weser was an ocean liner built in 1867 for North German Lloyd. Stephani 12 July Northern and eastern Germans tended to leave through Hamburg. Passenger Arrival Lists | National Archives In 1847, the Hamburg American Parcel Joint-Stock Company (HAPAG) was founded in Hamburg, which put a number of new ships into service. . reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by Mercur 24 August Howard 1 May GGA Image ID # 1413c7c12c. This collection includes records from 1904 to 1914 of handwritten cards, covering the information of approximately 8,800 passengers. SS Donau 8 January The average number of steerage passengers brought us by the two German companies in the years 1860-1900 was as follows:[2], Average Steerage Passengers from Hamburg Compared to Bremen During Selected Years 1861-1900. Ship Johannes 3 November Bremen 14 September Schutzverwandtschaft (17th century-1811,1837-1864), U.S. and German Passenger Lists and Indexes, "Emigration from the Port of Hamburg, Germany. Bark Meridian 16 September By 1867 the last of the sailers was sold. Diamant 17 October Many Scandinavians also sailed to America through the British port. SS Main - Wikipedia SS Leipzig 4 August For more details, see several Wikipedia articles: Records that document emigration from Germany include passenger lists, passports, permissions to emigrate, German and French emigration indexes, published emigration lists, police registration records, and other departure documents, as well as sources in the emigrant's new countries. SS Berlin 21 October Given the loss of Bremen departure lists, researches in search of embarkees from that port must fall back on arrival lists. Sir Isaac Newton 30 October Their nearest rival was the Cunard Line, which in 1906 landed in New York from its British and its Mediterranean services 107,790 steerage passengers.In 1906-07 the two German lines handled approximately one fourth the total American immigration. However, they only included those immigrants where the place of origin was given (most passenger lists in this time frame do not have this information), so they are only partially useful. Howard 6 September Trenton 16 December SS Ohio 21 July Eliza Thornton 30 October Ship Europa 5 June, 1867 Washington 29 September It is a common form of agreement in Germany and one by which the all-powerful Hapag has come to have a share in nearly every other profitable steamship company in Hamburg. Europa 8 November Olbers 13 June Rainbow 26 August Charlemagne 15 July Favorite 12 November Sophie 19 August Marianne 20 July This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 21:20. FamilySearch. Early in the century Bremen had recognized the future of the emigrant trade. It is primarily a freight line; passengers and mails for Australia go with the subsidized mail liners of the Lloyd. Ship Pharsalia 11 November, 1849 He speaks of clippers, those magnificent sailing liners, first built in America, whose length is to their breadth as 8:1. Monday - Friday 9am-4pm; Saturday & Sunday Closed; Nov. 24 & 25 Closed; Dec. 24-Jan. 2 Closed; Assistance with Library research is available W-TH 9am-4pm, F 9am-Noon. Mary Phillips 9 September It was a war that lasted three years. Immigration records, also known as "passenger arrival records," can provide genealogical information including: a person's nationality, place of birth ship name and date of entry to the United States age, height, eye and hair color profession place of last residence name and address of relatives they are joining in the U.S. Cordova 24 November Emma 7 October These usually focus on the emigrants from one town, principality, or state. Bark Adonis 1 June Constitution 23 June From 1832, Bremen port officials kept meticulous records on their ships' passengers. Ann 1 September Cordova 24 November Herschel 15 August Wills or testaments of relatives who stayed in Germany occasionally mention their relatives in foreign lands. Everhard 25 May Astracan 23 December Condor 9 August Includes "Ship Lists of Passengers Leaving France for Louisiana" (1718-1724) originally published in the Louisiana Historical Society Quarterly Website: New Orleans Passenger Arrival Lists 1813 Globe 17 September Devonshire 18 November Republic 13 June Namenskartei aus den Bremer Schiffslisten (Bremen Ship Passengers 1904-1914) Article by John Movius with David Dreyer. Howard 22 October Martha 1 September SS Nurnberg 12 March The Hamburg-American Line was established in 1847; its official name is the Hamburg- Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft. Mauran 11 November These records are written in German. Sophronia 13 September These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. Probate Records of Relatives Who Stayed. Diana 21 November Any description of the development or present status of Hamburg lines must center in the Hamburg-American Line. German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York Louise 21 May For help reading these records see: The following information may be found in these records: It is helpful to know at least one of the following: Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. Not only is it the largest steamship company in any country, but it comprises half the ocean shipping of Hamburg, affords a far larger proportion of her connections with oversea and is actively interested in all the other larger lines excepting the German Australian Steamship Company. Charlotte 30 June Hamburg became the most important emigration port in Germany by 1900. Luise 22 May Brig Margaret 31 March Sophronia 13 September Bachus 12 September There were enacted in Bremen severe regulations against ill-housing, underfeeding, swindling or otherwise maltreating emigrants, matters to which Hamborg was too long indifferent. Favorite 12 November However, about 3000 lists survived for the period from 1920-1939. Timoleon 22 November Anna 10 November Marianne 16 October Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual. Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in Germany. Goethe 7 July Kepler 17 December America 17 August General Veazie 8 November Friedrich Leo 2 August Luise 22 May Luntine 23 June Constitution 7 April Isabella 28 August Philadelphia 22 August Bachus 12 September Updates: 13 Janl 2021: Added 287,140 relative contact names. Galliot Amphitrite 17 October, 1837 Kepler 17 December Camera 13 December 1832 Brig Forest 13 February. Emma 7 October Johann Friedrich 19 June In addition to clean housing, medical exams and disinfections were conducted to ensure that only healthy individuals left the port. Iris 24 December Pioneer 2 September Bark Atalanta 30 June Diana 21 November Profit and loss are distributed according to the tonnage of steamers which each company supplies. There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog: These links lead to listings of emigration records for several provinces/states of the German Empire: This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Bark Edward 5 September Bark Freihandel 1 June Rainbow 26 August Westphalia 17 February Bark Ceder 20 May 1844 It was re-established as the state of Bremen in 1947. Constitution 23 June Howard 6 September SS Berlin 5 December, 1872 Friedrich Leo 2 August The records are found in the State Archive Hamburg. Antilope 13 August Pauline 9 October Latrobe 2 August Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Margaretha 1 September Elise 8 September Washington 26 October Ship Olbers 3 June Bremen Packet 16 October Bremen had had a packet sailing line to New York since 1826. The ships will have special provision for wild animals, whose food, supplied by the shippers, will be carried free. In the early 1830s, Bremen was doing well in its trade with America, while Hamburg trade was mostly with the West Indies and Latin America. Agnes 29 December Westphalia 31 December SS Berlin 10 February Friederich Jacob 9 December Bremen 21 November Europa 23 June Latrobe 2 August Ship Louisiana 21 October Caspar 22 September Rajah 28 October Reform 4 September Sophie 19 August For additional information about image restrictions see Restrictions for Viewing Images in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections. Sophie 16 June Virginia 29 July German Departures - 1840s German Departures 1840s Elise Louise Friedericke Alexander Humphrey Anna Olbers Charlotte Gustav Europe Elise F H Adami Johann Georg Ferdinand Sophie Copernicus Louis Stern Charlotte Ernst and Gustav Everhard Pilot Neptune President President Johannes Active Alexander Humphrey Clementine Edward Virginia Lucilla Meta 4 January Bremen 9 August Because of this there may be limitations on where and how images and indexes are available or who can see them. Diana 3 June The Galveston-Bremen Project Steamer Washington 4 June Ship O. Thyen 23 June, 1855 Friedrich Leo 2 August Paoli 20 December ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be Elise 19 July Louise 21 May General Washington 24 November, 1843 Stephani 14 October Edwin J. Clapp, The Port of Hamburg, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1912, p. 82-91. Ship Julius & Eduard Passenger List - Bremen to Baltimore 1834 . Includes index cards for Jewish emigrants. The Kosmos also has a line from Genoa to West America and in the course of its career has bought up the rival Hamburg Pacific Steamship Company. Latrobe 2 August Ship O. Thijen 23 June Bremen 14 September Friedrich Jacob 16 June Then, in 1874, the authorities (the "Nachweisungsbureau"), citing a lack of space, destroyed all Bremen passenger records except for those of the current year and the two previous years. Paoli 20 December Many cards are not in sequence. Brig Julia 30 November, 1842 1834 Brig Champion 28 July. Everhard 25 May ISTG - Germany Departures - Immigrant Ships In the 19th century emigration to the United States began. Isabella 28 August Diana 11 November Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. Neptune 4 August Luntine 23 June Stephani 14 October In I854 the German emigration by way of Havre exceeded that from Bremen by twenty thousand; while Bremen was ahead of Hamburg by twenty-five thousand, and Hamburg in turn led Antwerp by a like number.6 The com- Isobella 27 April Copernicus 18 December Humphrey 10 July The Norddeutscher Lloyd - Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Louise 24 October Semiramis 18 August Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. Bark Coriolan 30 August Diana 21 November For a comprehensive understanding of emigration and immigration records, study the article Germany Emigration and Immigration. Timoleon 22 November She was capable of carrying 1,240 passengers: 150 in first class, 90 in second class, and up to a thousand in . Meta 4 January Ship Marianne 20 September Rajah 28 October Louise 17 June President 17 July Alfred 30 October Clarissa Perkins 11 July