This CD consolidates into one index and a
set of linked pdf files the full 21 publications in the
Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia series compiled by
Rosemary and Eric Kopittke and published by QFHS between
1991 and 2006 in print and microfiche form. It covers all
available departure lists for ships from Hamburg to
Australia and New Zealand during the period, with name,
former place of residence, age, occupation, ship,
destination and departure year recorded for more than
40,000 emigrants. The index allows direct searching,
using QFHSdatasearch, on name, year and the other details,
with search results directly linked to the relevant pdf
files of the original publications.
This CD is a marvellous, unique research
resource for the high proportion of Australians and New
Zealanders with German ancestry and those with a more
general interest in migration from Germany, Denmark,
Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy and other European
countries. Not only does it cover all the information from
the original Hamburg listings, much of which is
unavailable on corresponding arrival lists, but also
includes, in the pdf files, information on the ships and
reports extracted from contemporary newspapers. Many of
the Hamburg lists are written in old German script,
presenting special problems to researchers who are not
conversant with the script or the language, and each of
the original publications represents countless hours of
painstaking transcription and translation, checking and
cross-checking names and places, and matching against
other sources where available.
QFHSdatasearch is a generic interface
designed for searching genealogy databases and developed
by the Queensland Family History Society Inc. This version
features field oriented and keyword searches, recognition
of diacritics, Boolean selection, sorting, wildcard
searches and links between search results and images held
in pdf files of the source records.
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