Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Deutschland, Bremen, Namenskartei aus den Bremen Schiffslisten 1904-1914

Collection Time Period
This collection of passenger lists card index covers the years 1904 to 1914.

Record Description
This is a collection of handwritten cards covering the information of over 8,800 passengers.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found on the card index include: 


 * Surname[[Image:Germany Bremen Name Index to Passenger Lists (08-0225) DGS 004338887 00008.jpg|thumb|right]]
 * Marital status
 * Occupation
 * Given name
 * Departure date
 * Passenger number
 * Ship name
 * Last residence place
 * Destination place

How to Use the Records
Use the last residence given in the card index to pursue earlier records for the individual: birth records in any case, marriage records for those that had been married.

Record History
This card file was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut from Bremen passenger ship lists sometime between WWI and WWII. When the allies occupied Germany at the end of WWII, the Institute was closed and later re-opened as the Institut für Austlandsbeziehungen. These records, created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, were subsequently transferred to the Bundesarchiv.

This name index includes approximately 8,800 individual emigrants. The cards appear to have been in good condition when they were microfilmed in 1988.

Why This Collection Was Created?
The index was created to facilitate access to the information in the Bremen passenger lists. It was created by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, who was interested in documenting German groups outside of Germany.

Record Reliability
The information is pretty reliable; however, as this index has been derived from the actual passenger lists, errors may have occurred during the indexing process.

Related Web Sites
Germany, Bremen Name Card Index to Passenger Lists

Related Wiki Articles
Germany Emigration and Immigration

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
When you copy information from a record, you should also list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.

A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the Wiki Article: Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.

Please add sample citations to this article following the format guidelines in the wiki article listed above.

Examples of Source Citations for a Record in This Collection:
"Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914." index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed March 21, 2011). entry for Josef Pater, departure 16 August 1913, destination: Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Citing Departure Lists, FHL microfilm 1,568,603. Deutsches Ausland-Institut Stuttgart, Germany.

Sources of Information for This Collection:
Deutsches Ausland-Institut. Namenskartei aus den "Bremer Schiffslisten", 1904-1914. R 57:12/1-16. Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Germany.