Genealogical Sources in the Cosmopolitan City of Hamburg

Thanks to the port founded in 1189, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is still called "the gateway to the world". More than 5 million emigrants and innumerable sailors have left the European continent for all corners of the world from here, leaving their names and dates among others in lists of the Wasserschout (authority responsible for seamen and seafaring) and the passenger departure lists. Hamburg has the most consulates in the world, the port drew in many merchants and traders, almost every religion was represented, Napoleon even "visited" from 1806 to 1815, and many a lad went wandering from here. Military, civil, citizenship and corporate records just to name a few paint the picture of a multi cultural city.

This webinar will show the history of the City of Hamburg, it's development over the centuries highlighting the most interesting general (non-Jewish) genealogical sources for tracing Jews in Hamburg up to the 1930s - whether they were born here, moved here or were passing through. Researchers will be inpired to take other record types into consideration when it comes to researching Jewish ancestors in the area of Hamburg, Germany.