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Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Vol. 1: Jan. 2, 1850-May 24, 1851

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This is an excellent passenger list index for anyone looking for German relatives who arrived during the unindexed New York years of 1850 - 1897. Each volume of the series includes an index only for that volume. The passenger lists include all information from the original list of the period. I found my relatives in 1 minute but I knew the 6-month period in which they arrived. The lists in this series are only for ships where the list is 90% German so there is no guarantee of finding an individual (I could not find one of my German ancestors that came over during the period this series covers).

This book series indexes passenger arrival lists from US ports, giving names, ages, occupations, and sometimes places of origin for many German immigrants, grouped by families. It also lists the ship, ports, and the date of the passenger ship list. The quality of the transcription varies, and because of its inclusion criteria, it is to be considered an incomplete index to German passengers, but it still can be quite useful. Make sure you consult the original passenger lists also, because they often contain interesting and useful information not listed in the Germans to America books.