The records of Europeans who emigrated through other ports, such as Bremen, LeHavre, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Antwerp, have either been destroyed or are not available for research at the Family History Library.

You may not need to look at the Hamburg passenger lists if you already know where your ancestor was born in Europe. Furthermore, you may be able to find your ancestor's birthplace in other sources, such as local records where the person resided.

The Hamburg passenger lists are made up of two sections. Both sections have an index.

1. The Direct Passenger Lists include passengers who left Hamburg, Germany, and sailed directly to their destination without stopping at other European ports.

2. The Indirect Passenger Lists include passengers who stopped at another European port before sailing to their final destination. About 20 percent of the immigrants leaving Europe took indirect routes.
   

The Hamburg passenger lists and indexes are on 486 rolls of microfilm at the Family History Library plus an additional 48 rolls of microfilm for the Klüber Kartei, a newly acquired index for the Hamburg Passenger lists covering approximately 1850 to 1871. For film numbers, search the Locality section of the Family History Library Catalog under:

GERMANY, HAMBURG, HAMBURG - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

If you are using the compact disc version of the catalog (FamilySearch™), select the computer number search and enter 11064. For the Klüber Kartei, select computer number 755339.

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USING THE PASSENGER LIST INDEXES