Diana 3 June Constitution 7 April The year 1871, when the Empire was formed, saw the Hamburg lines multiply. Anna 17 February Olbers 13 June Ship Hermine 17 January Conditions improved for emigrants in 1870 with the commission of new steamships. General Washington 24 November, 1845 Edwina 30 June Passports were both status symbol for uninterrupted travel and legal documentation for members belonging to fringe groups. Reform 4 September Edward 24 July Alwina 11 January In 1856 the companys first steamer, the Borussia, was put into service, though the struggle for supremacy between sailing and steam vessels was by no means decided. Marianne 20 July Bashan 3 November Washington 26 October Goethe 7 July In 1987 and 1990 those lists were given back to the Bremen Chamber of Commerce. Stephani 8 February Some of these records are available through the FamilySearch Catalog under Place Search (Hamburg), Naturalization and citizenship (Heimatbcher 1826-1864), Population (Meldeprotokolle fr Fremde 1868-1889) and Immigration (Reisepassprotokolle 1851-1929). The Hapag was left with a fleet out of all proportion to its needs, into which it could not grow for years to come. Copernicus 18 December Hamburg became a port of emigration because of its competition with Bremen as a seaport for trade. Ann 1 September Telegraph 25 April Namenskartei aus den Bremer Schiffslisten (Bremen Ship Passengers 1904-1914) Article by John Movius with David Dreyer. Luntine 23 June Alfred 30 October Camera 13 December Eutaw 15 September Louise 10 October Ship O. Thijen 8 November, 1856 Bark Charlotte 17 December, 1848 Charlotte 30 June There were enacted in Bremen severe regulations against ill-housing, underfeeding, swindling or otherwise maltreating emigrants, matters to which Hamborg was too long indifferent. SS Berlin 2 May During the 19th century mass immigration to the west was occurring. SS Hermann 5 October, 1883 Bremen 9 August Paoli 9 August Contact Us. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Hamburg_Emigration/Immigration&oldid=5187154. Ellen Brooks 28 October Clementine 11 February For some countries, such as Austria, the arrangement is chronological by departure date, with names grouped alphabetically by ship name for that date. Philadelphia 12 September SS Aller 01 December Cordova 24 November Condor 9 August Europa 18 January The information in these records may include the emigrants' names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birth places. Newspaper Announcements. Bark Amaranth 20 November Meta 4 January SS Leipzig 24 February Bashan 3 November Eutaw 15 September Marianne 20 September Leo 31 August Goethe 7 July Mads Weil 1 October Marianne 20 July Sophie 19 August Business for the Hapag was excellent in the decade 1860-70. Herschel 15 August arriving on 27 May 1887 with 485 passengers from Germany, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Hungary, Austria, England, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, France, Poland, Belgium and Brazil. Eutaw 15 September Emigrants could have remained in Hamburg for a while. In the mid-1800s, most British immigrants to the United States departed from Liverpool, England. Latrobe 2 August Albert 19 August Ship H. von Gagern 12 October Pioneer 21 September 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- Martha 1 September Louise 13 October Diana 24 November Albert 17 February Edwin J. Clapp, The Port of Hamburg, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1912, p. 82-91. Friedrich Jacob 16 June Ship Ernestine 4 June Barque Diana 12 June, 1862 Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual. Luntine 23 June Semiramis 18 August Emma 7 October Previous to this, barracks were constructed to house the emigrants but the conditions were deplorable and disease spread quickly. The ship room occupied by American goods cannot be filled for the return voyage with German goods. Hamburg was the transitional stop for emigrants from the Northern German coastal countries as well as from Eastern European countries. Manage Settings Hualco 21 August Millions of people left Germany in several waves of migration. Bark Laura 22 April Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914, Germany, Bremen Name Card Index to Passenger List, Restrictions for Viewing Images in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Germany,_Bremen_Passenger_Departure_Lists_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records&oldid=4946610, FamilySearch Historical Records Published Collections, Bremen (Germany) FamilySearch Historical Records, FamilySearch Historical Records Image Visibility Notice. Neptune 4 August Inez 2 December Emma 7 October North 14 September Rajah 28 October Elise 1 June Sju Brder 22 November Hunter in New York 1710-1714, Emigrants from West-German Fuerstenberg Territories (Baden and the Palatinate) to America and Central Europe, List of Pfalz Immigrants to America, 1724-1749, Ships carrying Palatines from Germany to Philadelphia from 1727 to 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, Coleo da Sociedade Histo-lgica Cruzeiro do Sul, Auswanderung nach Brasilien und Venezuela, 1890-1901, Auswandererkartei von Rulanddeutschen nach Argentinien, 1870-1945, From the steppes to the prairies: the story of the Germans settling in Russia on the Volga and Ukraine, also the Germans settling in the Banat, and the Bohemians in Crimea: their resettlement in the Americas, North and South America and in Canada, Namenskartei von Siedlern in Russland und Rcksiedler nach Deutschland, 1750-1943, Bestandskartei der Rulanddeutschen, 1750-1943, Kartei der Auswanderer aus Elsa und Baden nach Ruland, 1807-1810, Auswandererkartei der Rulanddeutschen nach Brasilien, 1870-1940, Auswandererkartei von Rulanddeutschen nach Kanada, 1870-1940, United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, Helpful websites for 19th Century German Emigration. Copernicus 18 December 1843 Stephani 14 October Passports became important in Germany during the 19th century as a control measure. The Canary Islands will be the first port of the service. Gustav 23 October Emma 12 March SS Neckar 14 April, 1888 Kepler 17 December Friederich Jacob 9 December Humphrey 13 February Apollo 7 July Cordova 24 November Diamant 17 October Bark Clara 17 December, 1868 Isabella 5 July Herschel 15 August Paoli 9 August In 1872 were established the Kosmos Line, around Cape Horn to Chili and Peru, and the Kingsin Line, a freight service from Hamburg to the Far East through the Suez Canal, which had been opened three years before. Brig Joh Dethard 15 December Bark Gutenberg 16 May Bark Inca 12 August Inez 2 December Bremen Packet 16 October Copernicus 4 August Mary Phillips 9 September Henry 15 October 1843 . World War II [ edit] Lucilla 3rd Quarter Vesper 17 September Until well into the nineties the transportation of steerage passengers played the chief role in the New York business of the Hapag and the Lloyd and its profits enabled those companies to build up their fleets. America 12 July Diana 5 August Ellen Brooks 28 October Immigration & Steamships - Collections & Research Immigration & Steamships Tap or click on a column heading to sort by that column. Philadelphia 11 May From the Historisches Museum Bremerhaven. Diana 5 August This card file was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut from Bremen passenger ship lists sometime between WWI and WWII. Constitution 15 November Ship Ocean 13 January In the case of emigrants to the U.S., that next best source is the U.S. Customs Passenger Lists. Bark Adonis 1 June Howard 1 May Current database may be searched at the museum in Bremerhaven or by mail for a fee. Mandatory passports were required only in times of crises, when there were epidemics and political or military conflicts. Ship Pharsalia 11 November, 1849 SS Main 17 August Bark Eliza Thornton 30 October Diana 5 August Washington 25 February Only a few Germans emigrated from other European ports. N W Stevens 23 October Bremen had had a packet sailing line to New York since 1826. Ship Marianne 20 September Alfred 30 October Bark Atalanta 30 June Grace Brown 17 July The cards appear to have been in good condition when they were microfilmed in 1988. Constitution 23 June Hualco 21 August Meta 4 January Martha 1 September Johannes 7 June Many Russian Germans moved to the United States, Canada, or South America beginning in 1874. Brig Charles Ferdinand 4 August Try variations of your ancestors name while searching the index or browsing through images. In the ports controlled by the Hanse city of Bremen, ship . Saale was a German passenger ship owned by the North German Lloyd company of Bremen, and was built by the Fairfield shipbuilding company in Glasgow in 1886. Figures of the Landing Agent of the United States Immigration Service, published in New York papers, January 11, 1911.). Brig Jon. Ship Isabella 4 October, 1838 Probate Records of Relatives Who Stayed. Mary Phillips 9 September Keep track of your research in a research log. Neptune 4 August Galliott Flora 21 May SS Berlin 5 December, 1872 Ann 1 September Edward 28 July SS Maer 27 January In 1847, the Hamburg American Parcel Joint-Stock Company (HAPAG) was founded in Hamburg, which put a number of new ships into service. SS Arago 12 June FamilySearch - Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914. Bremen, Germany. Antilope 13 August Mary Phillips 9 September Elise 19 July Washington 26 October Garonne 21 August F H Adami 25 October Clean and hygienic accommodations were built in 1900, called Auswandererhallen, to house the increasing emigrants. Charlemagne 15 July Mauran 11 November Louise 10 October Republic 13 June Clementine 18 January 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. Henry 15 October You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors, Switch to a different record collection. 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. Sources are passenger lists. Stephani 12 July Ship President Smidt 28 August Caspar 21 August A P Sharp 12 November This page has been viewed 16,745 times (0 via redirect). Brig Anna Louisa 31 July Brig Burgermeister Smidt 26 May One of the great losses in genealogical history is the nearly complete destruction of the Bremen passenger records. In 1881 the Kosmos Line (to Chili and Peru) extended its service up the coast of South America to Mexico, in 1899 it went to San Francisco. Albert 19 August Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Apollo 7 July Sir Isaac Newton 30 October Everhard 30 December Semiramis 18 August Westphalia 31 December Schutzverwandtschaft (17th century-1811,1837-1864), U.S. and German Passenger Lists and Indexes, "Emigration from the Port of Hamburg, Germany. Emma 7 October Charlemagne 15 July Charlemagne 15 July Brig Neptune 14 October 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. Bremen, Germany 1832 Ship Palemburg 19 August 1833 Brig Neptune 14 October Brig Ulysses 14 October Ship Virginia 7 November Brig Luna 14 November 1834 Brig Burgermeister Smidt 26 May Galliot Themis 24 July Brig Ivanhoe 31 July 1836 Ship Elise 19 May Ship Phoenix 19 May Bark Theodor Korner 9 June Brig Ulysses 19 September History of Emigration from the German Ports of Hamburg and Bremen with a discussion of how the two major steamship companies competed with one another for the immigrant trade. Sir Isaac Newton 19 June Bark Creole 30 September Howard 6 September SS Berlin 10 February Repeat this process for each new generation you identify. Marianne 20 September A P Sharp 12 November "Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939". Olbers 13 June In 1888 the Carr steamers were purchased; the 1886 agreement with Sloman ran on until 1907, when his steamers also were bought. SS Leipzig 24 December, 1871 SS Ohio 1 November The American merchant marine had been destroyed and foreign carriers came into its heritage. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as an ancestor and that the ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times, Keep in mind that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name, Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Meta 4 January Caspar 22 September In the three years 1866- 66-67 the Hapag distributed 20, 20 and 16 per cent in dividends, respectively. Hardly had the Hapag recovered from its first rate-war when, m 188$, a second broke out. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Luise 22 May Bremen, Germany Ships Crew Lists (Bremer Musterungslisten der Schiffe), Bremen, Germany Sailors Registry (Bremer Seeleuteregister), Bremen, German Desertions of Sailors, 1855-1874 (Seemansamt Bremen, Deserteurlisten, 1855-1874, Germany, Bremen, Select Passenger Departure Lists (Deutschland, Bremen, ausgewhlte Namenskartei aus den Bremer Schiffslisten), Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists (Deutschland, Bremen, Namenskartei aus den Bremer Schiffslisten), The Hamburg Passenger Departure Lists 1850-1934. This page has been viewed 37,687 times (3,809 via redirect). The SS Bremen was built by F. Schichau of Danzig for the Norddeutscher-Lloyd line. Bremen 14 September Olbers 12 December Telumah 12 November 1833 Phoenix 10 September Ship Aurora 19 September Bremen Packet 16 October Brunswick 17 October. What motive may influence the Hapag in a move of this sort is indicated by the rise and fall of the line from New York to the Levant (through to Constantinople and Odessa), maintained by the Hapag and the German Levant Line in common, 1901-04. Assuming an average fare of $86.00 per steerage passenger, the income of either company for the year from this service alone was five and one fourth million dollars. Luise 3 June Stephani 12 July Timoleon 22 November Agnes 29 December Ship Aequator 5 September Elizabeth Bruce 12 November In the meantime other lines had not been idle. Edward 24 July Astracan 23 December Post 23 June America 17 August Alfred 30 October Post 23 June Neptune 14 July Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. It was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, who was interested in documenting German groups outside of Germany. At the close of the Franco-Prussian war, French chauvinists had insulted German emigrants in Havre and permanently diverted to Hamburg and Bremen the stream that had flowed to the French port. ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2023 and may NOT be Admiral Branning 1 November The Galveston-Bremen Project This page was last edited on 15 September 2022, at 09:20. SS Berlin 21 October The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. To receive the privilege of becoming a citizen (usually not full-status) in Hamburg required consent through the city council. Rajah 28 October Elise 6 December Elizabeth Hall of Dighton 1 September Brig Ulysses 19 September Copernicus 4 August German Departures 1850s Ohio Elise Columbia Columbia Johannes Leontine Meta Europa Brutus Brutus Herschel Leila Alexander Leibnitz Hudson FJ Wichelhausen Louise Marie Louise Marie President Smidt Hermann Ernestine Adolphine Minna Queen Mathilde Colonist Neptune Edmund Uhland Anna Washington Itzstein and Welcker Marianne Helene Albert America Ocean The fact that emigrants can be counted on as return freight has had a great influence on the inducements that the German companies could offer in freight rates from the United States to the continent. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. In 1851 the Bremen Chamber of Commerce established the "Nachweisungsbureau fr Auswanderer" (Information Office for Emigrants), to which the ship captains had to deliver their lists. Antilope 13 August 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. Johannes 18 July In 1890 the German East African Line was established with a subsidy of 900,000 marks yearly, given to assure regular connection between Germany and her colony of German East Africa. Ship Monmouth 23 December, 1854 Clementine 11 February SS Elbe 9 July Johann Georg 5 June Until 1850, Bremen was a more popular port than Hamburg. Bremen 12 August Louisa 25 September Washington 26 October 1841 Germans had to apply for permission to emigrate from most areas. Emma 12 March SS Baltimore 10 October Antilope 13 August Bremen (Wikipedia) SS New York 15 March After docking in New York on August 28, 1939, only four days before the outbreak of World War II, Captain Adolf Ahrens of Germany's North German Lloyd shipping line was faced with a decision. Henry 15 October The "Ordinance Concerning the Emigration Traveling on Domestic or Foreign Ships" of 1832 in Bremen was the first state law to protect emigrants. Trenton 16 December Stephanie 26 July Bremen 14 September Condor 9 August See the list of sources at the bottom of the page. Luise 22 May Ajax 11 September SS Leipzig 30 August However, about 3000 lists survived for the period from 1920-1939. Church Records (Annotations). Ship Mississippi 16 July This collection includes records from 1904 to 1914 of handwritten cards, covering the information of approximately 8,800 passengers. [5] GGA Image ID # 141409098a. Bark Jupiter 7 September 1844 Lists of emigrants are often published. Details for immigrant ship arrivals at the Port of Galveston, Texas between the years 1865 and 1896. Diana 3 June Neptune 23 November Diana 21 November The port of Bremen, Germany was a major point of embarkation for emigrations during the 19th and 20th centuries. Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven / German Emigration Center Bremerhaven, Europe's largest and most modern theme museum on the topic of emigration and winner of the prestigious award, FamilySearch - Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914 Louise 21 May Ship Elise 8 September Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 5 May 2010. Garonne 21 August Rainbow 26 August Bark Josephine 10 November Constitution 15 November Elizabeth Bruce 12 November Republic 13 June It is primarily a freight line; passengers and mails for Australia go with the subsidized mail liners of the Lloyd. As passenger traffic increased, Dutch, Belgian, French, and Danish ports were used. Add this new information to your records of each family. Caspar 22 September Elizabeth Bruce 12 November Bark Freihandel 23 September Ferdinand 15 August She was sold to Italy in 1896 and was renamed Seravalle, being scrapped in that year. Copernicus 18 December 1832-1849 Friedrich Spengemann: The voyages of the ISABELLA, PAULINE, META and UHLAND. Bark Pallas 6 July SS Baltimore 20 March Philadelphia 10 October Olbers 13 June Many records consist of applications and accompanying documents that were collected by district offices. Sarah Ann 6 October Book: New World Immigrants a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature by Michael Tepper (Editor); GPC 1988. Mercur 24 August Gustav 7 May This practice was followed until 1909, when customs officials resumed the earlier pattern of preserving the original copies of all emigration lists. Herschel 15 August Isobella 27 April See Germany Newspapers for more information. Brig Luna 14 November, 1834 Howard 22 October Diana 11 November Ship Uhland 16 June Brig Bremen 18 July Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. Bremen 14 September Josephine 8 November SS Lahn 22 December. Everhard 30 December Elise 19 July Grace Brown 17 July Friedrich Leo 2 August SS Berlin 23 August Paoli 20 December Paoli 9 August These records are written in German. Bark Ottillie 5 July, 1866 Inez 2 December 1840 Europa 8 November Isabella 5 July For more information, see Germany Probate Records. Brarens 18 January SS Berlin 11 April, 1882 Louise 21 May Ship O. Thyen 23 June, 1855 Pauline 9 October In 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia offered free land, no taxes for thirty years, freedom of religion, and other incentives to encourage Germans to settle her vast, sparsely populated domain. Ship Emigrant 3 September Diana 24 November Clementine 11 February Kammonham Roy 18 August Ship Johannes 3 November Olbers 4 January Barque Sophie 12 November Diana 3 June Martha 1 September Bark Adonis 22 May Between 1830 and 1914, more than four million people left Europe via Hamburg. Brig Bremen 18 July Philadelphia 12 September [4], Emigration to the United States from Europe for Selected Years Between 1870 and 1907. Bark Ella 26 November, 1852 The contest ended in 1875, when the Hapag unwillingly purchased the Adler steamers. Article by John Movius with David Dreyer. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Pauline 7 October Latrobe 2 August Friedrich Jacob 16 June Charlotte 22 April Philadelphia 4 January Cordova 24 November Local newspapers often told of residents in their area moving to other lands. Brig Julia 30 November, 1842 Telegraph 25 April Brig Antoinette 13 June Trenton 16 December Johannes 7 November In 1888 the Hamburg-Australian Steamship Company came into life. Rebecca 2 January After WWII some of these lists and a card index were archived at the "Bundesarchiv Koblenz" as Bremen Shiplists. Westphalia 17 February Lucilla 3rd Quarter Washington 16 September Paoli 20 December Steamer New York 13 May SS Baltimore 30 January Heretofore all trade between the United States and the west coast has been carried by way of Hamburg and Liverpool. From now on the Hapag had a clear field.