Germany

1. FamilySearch: Learn about Germany emigration and immigration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
   
   FS—Wiki: Germany Emigration and Immigration   
   • History
   • Finding the Immigrant's Town of Origin
   • Emigration from Germany
   • Passports
   • United States


2. Explore the Emigration and Immigration section of the FamilySearch German Websites page for additional information.
3. Wikipedia: Learn about immigration history and demographics in this Wikipedia article.
   
   Wikipedia: German Americans


4. Overview: Here's an overview of German emigration history and records. See more information in the links on the right side of the linked page.
   
   European Emigration: Germany


5. Germans to America: Learn about Germans coming to America in this article and video.
   
   TH—Germans to America
   AAC—German Migration to the United States—5:01


6. Germany and Russia: Learn about Germans emigrating to Russian and then to America.
   
   FS—Germans from Russia: An Overview—30:28 - 2019
   FS—Germans from Russia: Locating the Town with Websites and Gazetteers—59:42 - 2019


7. Germans to Russia: Explore the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia site to learn about German emigration to greater Russia, including Poland, Moldova, Romania, etc.


8. Germans in Eastern Europe: Learn how to locate your German ancestors who may have migrated to Eastern Europe.
   
   Researching the "Germans Outside Germany" in Eastern Europe


9. Palatine Emigration: Learn about the Palatines who emigrated to America and the British Isles in the 1700s.
   
   OT—Palatine German Immigration & Genealogy

Records

1. Learn about record types that can help you trace immigration.
   
   FS—Finding German Places of Origin—56:42 - 2017


2. Church Records: Learn about German immigrants in American church records.
   
   LT—German Immigrants in American Church Records
   BYU—German Immigrants in American Church Records—36:06 - 2020
   
   
   


3. Passenger Lists: Learn about Hamburg passenger lists.
   
   FS—German Emigration Sources: Hamburg Passenger Lists—22:45 - 2018
   FTM—Hamburg Passenger Lists


4. Learn more about Hamburg and its role in German emigration.
   
   RT—Genealogical Sources in the Cosmopolitan City of Hamburg—58:15 - 2024
   
   
   


5. Case Study: Read this case study to learn how missing siblings were discovered by using immigration records.
   
   Missing German Immigrants? - 2022

Exercises

1. Explore the Emigration from Southwest Germany website.
2. Explore the German Immigrants Database website.
3. Explore the Bremen Passenger List website.
4. Explore the Hamburg Passenger Lists on the Genealogy.net site.
5. Explore German and Swiss immigration to the U.S. and Canada in the Olive Tree Genealogy site.
6. Explore the Germans to America online database.
7. Explore the Immigrant Ancestors site from Brigham Young University.
8. Explore the Immigrant Ships site. Select a Volume, then choose Germany as the departure or arrival location.
9. Explore the Immigrant Genealogical Society website.
10. Explore the AGGSH emigrant website.

Exercises

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QUIKLinks

• FS: Germans to America Index, 1850-1897    (More)
• AC: Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records
• AC: Hamburg Passenger Lists, Index
• AC: Hamburg Passenger Lists
• MH: Germany, Hesse Emigrants, 1539-
• AC: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971
• AC: Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939-1947

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