Germans emigrate to America-1874

Immigration

 

Germans emigrate to America-1874
Germans to America-1874

If you have been researching your family’s genealogy for a while, I am pretty certain you have discovered that immigration documents are frequently scattered and difficult to locate. But that’s not the only problem, the quality and availability of any documentation is, also, quite variable: running the gamut from excellent to non-existent.

Generally speaking, I personally, am not a “huge fan” of Passenger Lists and the like. In my experience, the materials I find are too often not worth the effort it took to track them down. Having said that though, I have to acknowledge that the occasional discovery can be truly amazing.  Quoting from FamilySearch.org (underlining added by me…):

Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the ports of departure and arrival. They can also be used to identify family and community members who arrived together as well as the country they came from.

And so it is in this spirit of hope and discovery that I decided to gather and provide the following links and texts. These are the same documents and links I use in my research. As always, remember the fact that:

  • there are many documents to wade through
  • we can not guarantee the quality (or availability) of external resources
  • not all of the sites, documents listed are in English

Deutsche-Preußische Auswanderungen (German-Prussian Immigration)- Click to view
Immigrants to North America- Click to view

Immigration- Migration (Links)


 


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