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Emigration Databases
Ahnenstammkartei Index (free)
http://www.feefhs.org/DE/astaka/ahnstamm.html
Started in 1922, this collection of genealogies remained open to submissions until 1993. By
1939, this collection had 1.5 million and is now variously estimated to contain 2.7 million or more
individual names in well over 11,300 pedigree files. Why is this collection important? For those who
have tried every other avenue to find the birthplace of their German ancestor, these pedigrees may provide
a list of Germanic hometowns associated with your name. If you find your surname in the index, write down the microfilm
number to the right. A copy of the original pedigree(s) can be found on this microfilm at the Salt Lake City, LDS Family
History Library.
Baden Emigration Index (free)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4610a.htm
This index contains the names of over 28,000 persons who legally emigtrated from Baden between 1866 and 1911.
Entries include such information as the immigrant's name, residence, birthplace and departure year.
Brandenburg Emigration Indexes (subscription required)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4121
This source is a partial index to names of emigrants leaving the government district of Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia
after 1810. The original source contains emigration applications for 44 Brandenburg Counties. This database contains an
index for only some of the 44 counties. Nevertheless, this partial source contains the names of more than 61,000 persons. A
complete index may be viewed at the Salt Lake Family History Library under the title Auswanderungskartei
(Fiche 6109219 & 6109220.)
Bremen to New York: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, with Places of Origin (subscription required)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486
This database of immigrants is part of Ancestry's Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. It contains a partial
reconstruction of Bremen passenger lists between 1847 and 1871. Not all Bremen passengers are included; only those for whom a specific place of origin
is known. Places of origin, however, are not included in Ancestry's results. If you find your ancestor in this database, then you must
look up the original source, from which Ancestry took their data. The original volumes, compiled by Gary J. Zimmerman and Marion Wolfert, remain on hand at the
Salt Lake City, LDS Family History Library (974.71 W3g Vols. 1-4.)
Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939 (free)
http://www.schiffslisten.de/index_en.html
In 1851 the Bremen Chamber of Commerce established the Nachweisungsbureau für Auswanderer (the Information
Office for Emigrants), to which ship captains had to deliver complete lists of their passengers. Unfortunately, from
1875-1908, the staff of the Nachweisungsbureau, lacking office space, destroyed all lists older than 3 years.
Only 2,953 passenger lists survived for the years 1920-1939. The surviving lists of passengers are found in this
database.
Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank (DDB) (pay per request)
http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/
This project is dedicated to gathering and indexing passenger lists and all other emigration to North America via
German ports. The site has no online database. You may, however, request a search by filling out an online form.
They presently have data on 4.4 million emigrants, spanning the following years: 1820-1833, 1840-1891, 1904 & 1907.
Germans to America, 1850-1888 (subscription required)
http://www.genealogy.com/ifa/co_cd355.html (1850-1874)
http://www.genealogy.com/ifa/co_cd356.html (1875-1888)
This partial data set contains information on approximately 3.6 million individuals who arrived in the United
States between 1850 and 1888. The information was compiled from the original ship manifest schedules filed by arriving
vessels. It contains information taken from Volumes 1-56 of the Germans to America series. Ancestry.com, which owns the host of this
database (Genealogy.com), claims that this series has been incorporated within Ancestry's immigration package. I, however, have found individuals
in this specific database, who are not found in Ancestry's immigation database.
This source does not include
volumes 57 through 67 (years 1888 to 1897) or Volumes 1 through 7 of Series II (years 1840 to 1849.) These volumes can be found at
the reference desk of the international floor of the Salt Lake Family History Library, catalogued as 973 W2ger and 973 W2ger Ser. 2.
Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1890-1913 (subscription required)
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1068&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0
Hallelujah!! This is a fairly new database, which contains a comprehensive index of individuals who sailed from the port of Hamburg between
1890 and 1913. Search results include: Date of departure, estimated date of birth and the last known place of residence! An index for the years 1850 through 1889 and 1914 through 1934 has not yet been created. The passenger list images for
these years, however, are online (just scroll down to the bottom of the page.) If you know the approximate year that your ancestor sailed from Hamburg, you can also browse
Handwritten Indexes by year.
Mecklenburg Emigration Index (free by written request)
http://www.imar-mv.com/ind_eng.htm
About 250,000 people from Mecklenburg left their homeland between 1850 and 1900, most of them going to the United
States. The Institute for Migration and Ancestral Research (IMAR) has at its disposal an extensive database that contains
the particulars of some 25,000 emigrants from Mecklenburg. This database is continuously updated. Although the database is
not online, institute members are ready to research inquiries from descendants or Mecklenburg emigrants, via written request.
Schleswig-Holstein Emigration Index (free)
http://www.rootdigger.de/Emi.htm
This database contains an alphabetical list of 59,000 emigrants, found mainly in parish records, but also found in printed media,
personal gencom files and ancestry charts available in libraries and genealogical societies. A few names come from passenger
lists (Hamburg) and applications for permission to emigrate.
Westphalen Emigration Index (free pdf file)
http://www.genealogy.net/vereine/wggf/PDF/Mueller%20I%20Auswanderer.pdf
This database contains tha names and places of origin for 6,453 individuals or families who legally and secretly emigrated from Westphalen (Westphalia)
between 1803 and 1850.
Württemberg and Baden Emigration File of Glatzle & Müller (free)
http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=a_artikel&id=6591&sprache=en&PHPSESSID=
This database contains approximately 250,000 entries with names and hometown information of immigrants who left
Württemberg and Baden in the 19th century. The information contained herein was extracted from Oberamt
files now stored in the state archive of Stuttgart.
Württemberg Emigration Index (free)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3141
This source contains about 60,000 persons who made application to emigrate from Württemberg between 1808 and 1890.
The information, compiled by Trudy Schenk and Ruth Froelke, appeared first in book form.
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