Database of Emigrants of Falköping, Sweden Online

A new free website dealing with emigrants from Falbygden, Sweden is now available. Emigrant.se contains a list of found emigrants who were born in some of the 52 parishes in Falköping, Sweden (the area is called Falbygden). Most of them Continue reading Database of Emigrants of Falköping, Sweden Online

United States Ports Passenger Lists Now Available at Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com has announced that it has added to its online service all readily available U.S. passenger lists from 1820 to 1960. Wow! This is a lot of data. I’m not surprised, as I spent days reviewing the immigration digital data Continue reading United States Ports Passenger Lists Now Available at Ancestry.com

The Nanaimo Family History Society Passenger Lists Project

The manifests of ships arriving at Canadian Ports listing passengers have been preserved on microfilm at Library and Archives Canada. The goal of the Nanaimo Family History Society is to index arrivals at Halifax and Quebec (Montreal is included in Continue reading The Nanaimo Family History Society Passenger Lists Project

Hamburg Permits to Emigrate Have Been Filmed

Permits to Emigrate (Reisepass Protokolle), applications for Permits or Passports of persons sailing from Hamburg to America, have been microfilmed for the years 1851 to 1929. The applications, indexed, required the physical description of the applicant, the former place of Continue reading Hamburg Permits to Emigrate Have Been Filmed