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From: joe <>
Subject: [APG] Re: Germans to America/Italians to America
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:57:30 -0700
References: <001f01c3a2f4$3cdc0d00$16a1fea9@connieb>

Hello Connie,
The selective criteria used for Germans to America was only applied to the first 9 volumes (covering 1850-1855) of the 67 volume series...

"In the 1850-1855 volumes, these lists contain a minimum of 80 percent German surnames and are published in their entirety. Starting in 1856 the selection criterion changes to include all ships
with German passengers, regardless of the percentage." (From the introduction to Germans to America, Volume 10).

For more details see...

Germans to America 1850-1897
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/gtoa.html

I'm not as familiar with the Italians to America series <http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/italians.html>;, but I believe it only includes those passengers listed with Italy in the column labeled,
"country to which they severally belong" on the passenger lists. Italians to America indexes New York arrivals only. Germans to America indexes arrivals to all 5 major US ports through 1890.
Beginning with 1891 only New York is included.

In both cases US passenger arrival records were used.

Good luck with your searches.

Regards,
Joe

Connie Bradbury wrote:

> I have heard Balch Institute had selective criteria for the names in Germans to America. Could someone tell me exactly what their criteria was?
>
> Also, does anyone have an opinion about the completeness of Italians to America? Was everyone departing from an Italian port included or just those identified as previously residing in Italy.
>
> Am I correct that in both cases US passenger arrival lists were used?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Connie
>
> Thanks.

This thread:

• [APG] Germans to America/Italians to America by "Connie Bradbury" <>

  • [APG] Re: Germans to America/Italians to America by joe <>

  • Re: [APG] Germans to America/Italians to America by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer <>