Germans to America (Series II), January 1846-October 1846: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports (Volume 3) (Germans to America, Volume 3)

Germans to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of German surname immigrants. This entire project was planned to span the years 1850 through 1893, but now the series has been extended. The series reproduces information from the original passenger lists filed by all vessels entering U.S. ports from abroad. Ships that departed from German ports or carried passengers who declared themselves to be of German origin are included, with first and last names, age, sex, occupation, and province and village of origin (whenever available) provided for each emigrant. A complete index of names is included at the end of every volume. Germans to America may be ordered by individual volume. Standing orders, which receive a 10% discount, are also welcomed. This ebook download includes Germans to America (Series II), Volume 3, January 1846-October 1846 from the series Immigrants to America series only.Each volume in the Immigration to America series presents information from the original ship manifest schedules, or passenger lists, filed by all vessels entering U.S. ports in accordance with a Congressional Act of 1819. The passenger lists make it possible to trace the movement of immigrants to the U.S. from their countries of origin. Volumes are arranged in chronological order by each ship's date of arrival. Every passenger list includes first and last name of each passenger, their age, sex, occupation, nationality, residence, and destination. Analysis of this information enables the researcher to identify not only immigrants, but also aliens returning to the U.S., citizens who are returning to their native country, and those traveling through the U.S. en route to other destinations. Each volume also features a complete name index, making it easy to find a particular individual or family name. Each Volume Is Divided Into Two Parts: First, A Chronological Listing Of Ships Arriving At Us Ports With Their Passenger Lists; Second, An Alphabetical Listing By Surname Of Immigrants. Other Information In The Lists Sometimes Includes Age, Sex, Occupation, Province, Village, And Destination In The Us. V. 1. January 1840-june 1843 -- V. 2. July 1843-december 1845 -- V. 3. January 1846-october 1846 -- V. 4. November 1846-july 1847 -- V. 5. July 1847-march 1848 -- V. 6. April 1848-october 1848. Edited By Ira A. Glazier ; With A Foreword By P. William Filby. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contents 6 Foreword 8 Introduction 10 Lists of Codes 20 Occupations 20 Provinces or Countries 22 Villages 24 Destinations 32 Key 34 Passenger Lists 36 Index 382 A 383 B 385 C 401 D 404 E 409 F 414 G 420 H 429 I 443 J 444 K 446 L 458 M 466 N 467 O 479 P 480 Q 484 R 484 S 493 T 515 U 518 V 519 W 521 X 531 Y 531 Z 531 Each volume in this series contains transcriptions of passenger lists containing German surnames for ships entering all US ports beginning in 1846. Lists are arranged by date of ship arrival and are indexed by passenger names. This volume covers the period from Jan. 1846 to Oct. 1846. __Germans to America____Germans to America__