Inez 2 December Stern 9 July Bark Atlantic 10 June, 1866 Margaretha 1 September Therefore, if your ancestors emigrated to the U.S. from Germany, they could be found on a passenger list coming from Liverpool, England (if, in this case, the ship left from Bremen, Germany then continued on to Liverpool, England before arriving in Baltimore). Includes marital status, occupation, ship name, place of last residence, and destination. Lucilla 3rd Quarter All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means A letter given to the traveler made his passage within and outside of German territories easier, depending on the influence the issuer had. Virginia 26 June Charlotte 1 June Charlemagne 15 July Westphalia 31 December Bachus 12 September [5] GGA Image ID # 141409098a. Howard 22 October Louise 13 October Friedrich Leo 2 August Howard 6 September Bremen had had a packet sailing line to New York since 1826. Howard 22 October Albert 17 February Philadelphia 22 August Edward 24 July Favorite 12 November Eutaw 15 September Probate Records of Relatives Who Stayed. Louise 9 September [2] Fitger: Die wirtschaftliche und technische Entwicklung der Seeschiffahrt, 1903, page 19. The Hamburg-American Line was established in 1847; its official name is the Hamburg- Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft. The "Ordinance Concerning the Emigration Traveling on Domestic or Foreign Ships" of 1832 in Bremen was the first state law to protect emigrants. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. 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. Constitution 15 November Eliza Thornton 30 October Herschel 15 August SS Main 17 August N W Stevens 23 October SS Donau 31 March F H Adami 25 October Louise 12 October As many as one-fifth of the passengers did not survive the crossing to America. Charlotte 1 June Ann 1 September Clementine 11 February Ajax 11 September Local newspapers often told of residents in their area moving to other lands. Philadelphia 12 September Alfred 30 October N W Stevens 23 October This page has been viewed 37,687 times (3,809 via redirect). Many records consist of applications and accompanying documents that were collected by district offices. Devonshire 18 November Mary Phillips 9 September Isabella 28 August Mercur 24 August Friederich Jacob 9 December [8] K. Thiess : Die Hamburg-Amerika Linie, page 34. Friedrich Leo 2 August Semiramis 18 August To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. They are transcribed also. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. Cordova 24 November Clean and hygienic accommodations were built in 1900, called Auswandererhallen, to house the increasing emigrants. Knickerbocker 9 September A P Sharp 12 November Dorothea Louise 11 August FamilySearch Wiki - Germany Emigration and Immigration, German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1847-1854, German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1855-1862, With Places of Origin, German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867, German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867, With Places of Origin, German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1868-1871, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Bremen, Germany. Louise 10 October General Veazie 8 November Humphrey 10 July Bark Atalanta 30 June Lists of emigrants are often published. Olbers 4 January Paoli 9 August Everhard 25 May Elise 8 September Albert 17 February From the Historisches Museum Bremerhaven. Rebecca 9 September Given the loss of Bremen departure lists, researches in search of embarkees from that port must fall back on arrival lists. Church Records (Annotations). Ellen Brooks 28 October Timoleon 22 November For a comprehensive understanding of emigration and immigration records, study the article Germany Emigration and Immigration. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. General Veazie 5 November Sir Isaac Newton 30 October The rates offered by the competing companies had drawn freight away from the sailers, and the Hapag did not let it return. Rajah 28 October SS Baltimore 20 March are not known to have survived for sailing ships from Germany. Current database may be searched at the museum in Bremerhaven or by mail for a fee. Friederich Jacob 9 December Depending on the time period, either German Civil Registration records or German Church records may be more useful, While searching, it is helpful to know such information as the ancestors given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. 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 extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. Knickerbocker 9 September These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. This policy gave Bremen on the entire continent a reputation that still endures and is worth to her thousands of emigrants yearly. Goethe 7 July By David Luhrssen. In 1907 they entered into a community of interest (Interessengemeinschaft) with the Hapag and Woermann. SS Leipzig 24 February Washington 16 September Manage Settings We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Mercur 24 August At first it ran through the Suez Canal and down the east coast as far as Delagoa Bay. Friederich Jacob 9 December It is primarily a freight line; passengers and mails for Australia go with the subsidized mail liners of the Lloyd. Bark Edward 5 September Brig Weser 29 December, 1846 Semiramis 18 August Stern 9 July Isobella 27 April Isabella 5 July Antilope 13 August Louise 13 October This website requires a paid subscription for full access. General Veazie 5 November The cards appear to have been in good condition when they were microfilmed in 1988. One of the great losses in genealogical history is the nearly complete destruction of the Bremen passenger records. Washington 26 October Louis 25 June Mauran 11 November Bark Clara 17 May General Washington 24 November, 1844 Paoli 20 December 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. Bremen 14 September Louise 17 June Kepler 17 December Ship Julius & Eduard Passenger List - Bremen to Baltimore 1834 . Apollo 13 August Brig President 26 August SS Berlin 2 May This collection includes records from 1904 to 1914 of handwritten cards, covering the information of approximately 8,800 passengers. Howard 6 September Vesper 17 September On June 19, 1858, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon; the "Bremen" left the wharf at Bremerhaven on her maiden voyage to New York, carrying 100 tons of freight, 1 cabin and 93- steerage passengers. Louise 17 June Pauline 7 October Profit and loss are distributed according to the tonnage of steamers which each company supplies. Meta 4 January Louise 21 May Constitution 23 June N W Stevens 23 October Bark Laura 25 November 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. Charlotte 22 April Emigration via Hamburg dropped to 78,808 in 1908; in Bremen it dropped to 74,626. Louisa 23 May Content: Passenger lists. Philadelphia 11 May Condor 9 August Margaretha 1 September Brig Reform 29 November, 1851 Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Bremen, Germany ISTG - Bremen Departures From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild and Die Maus Genealogical Society of Bremen Germany. General Washington 24 November, 1841 Kepler 17 December Diana 11 November The American Civil War was over and commerce was renewed with the Union, which needed supplies to repair the devastation that had been wrought. United States 12 November Active 23 July The part the German lines play in the transportation of these hordes is exceptionally large. Many Scandinavians also sailed to America through the British port. 1874-1907 - lists destroyed every 2 years Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. Ship Aequator 5 September Stephani 30 December There were enacted in Bremen severe regulations against ill-housing, underfeeding, swindling or otherwise maltreating emigrants, matters to which Hamborg was too long indifferent. Early in the century Bremen had recognized the future of the emigrant trade. The New Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild logo was designed by Patty MacFarlane. Eliza Thornton 30 October Ship Europa 5 June, 1867 Howard 6 September For additional information about image restrictions see Restrictions for Viewing Images in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections. Mary Phillips 9 September Bremen 21 November Bark Meridian 16 September Stephanie 26 July Plato 30 October 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. 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). Copernicus 18 December Ship Phoenix 19 May 1849/1850 Karl W. Klber: Bremen and Hamburg emigration lists. Luise 3 January Whenever possible FamilySearch makes images and indexes available for all users. Elise 17 March Elise 8 September German Research: Hansel and Gretel: Finding our German ancestors' trail home, Internet Resources for Finding 19th Century German Emigrants, Germany - Emigration and immigration - Indexes, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Germany_Emigration_and_Immigration&oldid=5044874, Dozens of other published emigrant lists are listed in the Place Search of the. Friedrich Jacob 16 June Eliza Thornton 30 October A project with the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and the Bremen Staatsarchiv. Paoli 20 December Until 1850, Bremen was a more popular port than Hamburg. General Washington 24 November, 1842 Brig Bremen 18 July It was a war that lasted three years. She was launched on 21 April 1886 and made her maiden voyage on 18 August 1886. Goethe 7 July Elizabeth Hall of Dighton 1 September N W Stevens 23 October Marianne 20 September Bark Union 6 October In addition to clean housing, medical exams and disinfections were conducted to ensure that only healthy individuals left the port. The Lloyd and the Hamburg- Bremen Africa Line had formed a similar partnership. Garonne 21 August Charlemagne 15 July Charlotte 30 June Yet the cloud had a silver lining. Dethard 2 January Since then the Hapag has been the prime mover in many of the combinations that go to make up the complicated system of agreements, pools, defensive and offensive alliances, and fusions that prevail in ocean shipping today. 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. Caroline 23 July Luise 22 May FREE. Please be aware some collections consist only of partial information indexed from the records and do not contain any images. Olbers 12 December Among other things it required the ship owners to maintain passenger lists. Brig Ulysses 14 October However, rights to view these data are limited by contract and subject to change. Tap or click on a vessel to view images. Elizabeth 15 January Ship D.H. Watjen 25 November, 1862 Elizabeth Hall of Dighton 1 September Moreover, twice as many passengers departed from Bremen as from Germany's second busiest port for emigration, Hamburg. Arab 8 September Bark Coriolan 26 June Ellen Brooks 28 October Elise 19 July Stephanie 26 July Bark Constitution 31 May Grace Brown 17 July to retrieve any portion of the site. Diana 21 November America 17 August Ann 1 September Mercur 24 August Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 5 May 2010. Camera 13 December Diana 11 November Brig Bremen 18 July Rainbow 26 August Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. Philadelphia 4 January Camera 13 December Albert 19 August Neptune 14 July Westphalia 17 February Many Russian Germans moved to the United States, Canada, or South America beginning in 1874. Millions of people left Germany in several waves of migration. Louise 10 October 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. Brig Herschel 21 May, 1854 Such documents were restricted to time and space. Olbers 13 June Louisa 23 May Brunswick 17 October, 1836 Bark Jubilaum 6 May Isabella 5 July Bark Ceder 20 May Other European emigrants sailed from Le Havre, France; Bremen and Hamburg, Germany; and Antwerp, in Belgium. Post 23 June Stephani 14 October Mauran 11 November Ferdinand 15 August In 1873 the Hapag fell into a rate war with the newly founded Adler Line, established to partake in the profits of the transatlantic trade. F H Adami 25 October Most emigrants left Germany during the following periods: The earliest German emigrants went down the Rhine River and left Europe from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Garonne 21 August Since 1907 the Hapag has also shared this service. Favorite 18 June Brig Bremen 18 July Kammonham Roy 18 August This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 21:20. Ann 1 September Ship North Star 25 August Philadelphia 22 August Astracan 23 December Mary Phillips 9 September Isabella 28 August Where family registers were kept, the departure was sometimes noted there. Wills or testaments of relatives who stayed in Germany occasionally mention their relatives in foreign lands. Stephani 30 December Ship O. Thijen 8 November, 1856 He speaks of clippers, those magnificent sailing liners, first built in America, whose length is to their breadth as 8:1. Ferdinand 11 June Information given in passenger lists varies but usually includes the emigrant's name, age, occupation, last residence or birthplace, and destination. Friedrich Leo 2 August Josephine 8 November Brig Anna Louisa 31 July Leontine 28 June from 1920-1939. Diana 24 November Elise 8 September Leontine 28 June The information in these records may include the emigrants' names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birth places. Steamer Ohio 31 July Lucilla 3rd Quarter Ship Johannes 3 November Contact Us. Johann Friedrich 19 June Henry 15 October Bark Iris 13 June The SS Bremen was built by F. Schichau of Danzig for the Norddeutscher-Lloyd line. There was a Meldepflicht (obligation to register) in force since 1833 (mainly for non-Hamburgers), but it was not mandatory until 1892. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Ship Olbers 21 January This list was derived from National Archives records, then compared with Germans to America, and in some cases, microfilm of the passenger lists. She is being built over into a pleasure cruiser, the Victoria Luise. GGA Image ID # 14141cec29. Elise 1 January Rajah 28 October Elise 19 July Because of this there may be limitations on where and how images and indexes are available or who can see them. the "e-migration mice"). Clementine 11 February Charlotte 20 September Cordova 24 November Especially was this true for the years 1865- 66-67. All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Pauline 9 October Gustav 25 May Isabella 28 August Knickerbocker 9 September After a years fighting, the German East African Line, which had suffered heavily during the year, entered the community. Thus all German lines to Africa are united. Eutaw 15 September United States 12 November Edward 24 July In the case of emigrants to the U.S., that next best source is the U.S. Customs Passenger Lists. Constitution 23 June In Germany, Bremen had a good reputation as a port of departure because its laws forced shipowners to provide a basic minimum of space and food. Caspar 22 September Friedrich Jacob 16 June Alwina 11 January Bark Stella 15 October, 1869 Ajax 11 September Edwina 30 June 1844 America 12 July Bremen 14 September Favorite 12 November Diana 24 November 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 Pioneer 21 September Deutschland, Bremen, Namenskartei aus den Bremen Schiffslisten, Use the age to find an approximate birth year to begin your search in church or civil records, Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have moved, been recruited or lived nearby. Charlotte 20 September Virginia 29 July Knickerbocker 9 September Steamer New York 13 May From now on the Hapag had a clear field. Westphalia 31 December Josephine 8 November Mandatory passports were required only in times of crises, when there were epidemics and political or military conflicts. Apollo 7 July You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors, Switch to a different record collection. Elise 6 December Semiramis 18 August . Clementine 28 July Ship Olbers 3 June They could not transfer their privileges to their children. Friedrich Jacob 16 June Diana 21 November Starting in 1895, emigrants were segregated based on wealth. Goethe 25 July Favorite 12 November 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. Very little money will be used. Washington 25 February Ellen Brooks 28 October Eutaw 15 September Friedrich Jacob 16 June Louise 21 May This was true not only for German nationals, but also millions of inhabitants in Austria, Hungary, and other Central European nations seeking opportunities or refuge in the New World. Westphalia 31 December Isabella 28 August Inez 2 December Stephani 30 December Southern and western Germans tended to emigrate through the ports of Bremen or Le Havre. Gustav 7 May Moreover, Hamburg was learning from Bremen how to and attract emigrants. Stephani 12 July Josephine 8 November Bachus 12 September Bremen, along with Hamburg and Luebeck, was of of the three major trans-shipping centers from northern Germany. Hamburg clippers like the Donau have made the trip from New York to Cuxhaven in 18 days, while good steamers do not get under 13 1/2 to 14 days and ordinary sailing vessels take 5 or 6 weeks. Wagner thought that the steamers would eventually have the transportation of persons and package freight, while the sailing vessels retained bulk freight. Olbers 12 December The saving in time which the steamers affordedthough slight at firsttheir greater steadiness and safety, conspired to give them the preference in the Hapags fleet. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. In the ports controlled by the Hanse city of Bremen, ship . Diana 3 June A directory of ship passenger lists & records on the Internet to help find your immigrant ancestors. Philadelphia 11 May So the Hapag and the German Levant Line instituted the direct connection themselves and continued it for three years. Mauran 11 November Martha 1 September Ship Johanne Wilhelmine 5 November Copernicus 4 August Luntine 23 June This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Brig Burgermeister Smidt 26 May SS Knig Wilhelm 5 September SS Leipzig 24 December, 1871 Ship Sirius 23 September Chilo 20 August In 1895 the German emigration dropped to 82,000 and has never since reached 50,000. Ship Aurora 19 September Bremen 9 August Paoli 20 December Louise 21 May Bark Adonis 1 June 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. Condor 9 August [1] It is a convenient abbreviation to employ, just as the Lloyd is a convenient abbreviation for the great Bremen company, the North German Lloyd. All Rights Reserved. Copernicus 4 August Post 23 June Eliza Thornton 30 October 1844 Louise 17 May Favorite 18 June Europa 8 November Louisa 25 September Louise 13 October Post 23 June Humphrey 13 February SS Baltimore 9 August The port of Bremen, Germany was a major point of embarkation for emigrations during the 19th and 20th centuries. Luise 3 January Sir Isaac Newton 30 October The improved conditions of the ships also improved the port's reputation. B. Bohlen 11 June Josephine 8 November Louisa 23 May 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. [4], Emigration to the United States from Europe for Selected Years Between 1870 and 1907.