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Holding Libraries for
Germans to America : Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports 1850-1897, 1840s

Series edited by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby.

This list was compiled with the assistance of participants in soc.genealogy.german, especially Carol Nahrwold of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, who sorted out listings from OCLC and identified the libraries from their codes. Unfortunately it is not possible to determine from OCLC whether a particular library holds a complete set, just that they have a listing for Germans to America in their catalog. Where details of holdings have been obtained, from either online public access catalogs or third parties, these have been indicated by volume number ranges or the word complete at the end of the entry. Some libraries have the Broderbund CDs, listed here as volumes 355 and 356. Volumes in series II, which covers the 1840s, are indicated in this listing by adding 100 to the volume number (i.e., 101 means series II volume 1). A plus sign indicates additional volumes are held but no volume numbers were known. A question mark indicates the holdings information, even the existence of the holdings, is questionable. Some of the holdings information is fragmentary or out of date. No guarantee of correctness is implied.

Note: These series can be found in many large research and genealogical libraries and should be consulted there. These volumes are not held by the contributors of this listing, nor are they available anywhere on the internet. Please consult also the accompanying list of volumes and dates.

See also this general-purpose listing of libraries.

Deutschland/Germany

Berlin - Freie Universität Berlin, John-F.-Kennedy-Institut, Bibliothek (1-60)
Berlin - Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz Haus 2 (1-60)
Frankfurt/Main - Die Deutsche Bibliothek (1-60)
Freiburg/Breisgau - Universitätsbibliothek (1-60)
Göttingen - Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsibibliothek (1-60)
Hamburg - Staats und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl-von-Ossietzky (1-60)
Hannover - Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek (1-60)
Heidelberg - Universitätsbibliothek (1-60)
Jena - Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (1-3)
Kassel - Gesamthochschul-Bibliothek Kassel (1-60)
Kiel - Landesbibliothek Schleswig-Holstein (1-60)
Koblenz - Rheinische Landesbibliothek (1-60)
Köln - Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek (1-58) or (2,5-59)?
München - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (1-39,41-60)
Oldenburg - Universitätsbibliothek / Niedersächsische Auswanderer in den USA (1-60)
Speyer - Pfälzische Landesbibliothek (1-60)
Stuttgart - Württembergische Landesbibliothek (1)
Stuttgart - Verein für Familien- und Wappenkunde in Württemberg und Baden e.V.
Stuttgart - Evangelischer Oberkirchenrat (1,35-56)

USA

Alabama

Auburn - Auburn University Library (1-64)
Birmingham - Samford University Library (1-50)
Birmingham - Birmingham Public Library, Central Library (1-67)
Hanceville - Wallace State College Library
Mobile - Mobile Public Library (1-56)
Tuscaloosa - University of Alabama (1-12)

Alaska

Anchorage - University of Alaska (1?)
Anchorage - Z. J. Loussac Public Library (1-60)

Arizona

Flagstaff - Flagstaff City-Coconino County Library (1-67,101-102)
Mesa - LDS Family History Center (complete)
Phoenix - Arizona Dept. of Libraries, Archives, and Public Records (1-67,101-102)
Phoenix - Arizona State University West Library (1)
Prescott - Yavapai College Library (1-67?)
Tempe - Arizona State University Library (1-7,10-12)
Tucson - University of Arizona Main Library (1-67,101-102)
Yuma - LDS Family History Center (see the Genealogical Society of Yuma, Arizona website) (1-67,101-106)

Arkansas

Fayetteville - Washington County Library System (1-10)
Fort Smith - Fort Smith Public Library
Little Rock - Central Arkansas Library System, Butler Center (1-60,101-102)

California

Berkeley - University of California at Berkeley (1-14,41-42)
Burbank - Immigrant Genealogical Society Library (1-66)
Carlsbad - Carlsbad City Library, Cole Library (1-67,101-102)
Escondido - Escondido Public Library Pioneer Room (1-67,101-102)
Fresno - Fresno County Library, Central Branch (1-67,101-102)
Huntington Beach - Huntington Beach Public Library (1-4,6-24,27-45,49-67)
La Jolla - University of California, San Diego (12)
La Verne - German Genealogical Society of America Library (1-60)
Los Angeles - California State University Library (1,2)
Los Angeles - Los Angeles Public Library (1-67)
Los Angeles - University of California at Los Angeles Library (1-28,61-64)
Los Angeles - University of Southern California Library (1)
Modesto - Stanislaus County Free Library (1-9)
Oakland - Oakland Family History Center
Pomona - Pomona Public Library
Sacramento - California State University (1-28,30-67,101-102)
Sacramento - Sacramento Public Library (1-67,101-102)
San Diego - LDS Family History Center (1-64)
San Diego - San Diego Public Library (1-66)
San Francisco - California State Library, Sutro Branch (1-28,31-34,37-60)
Santa Clara - Santa Clara City Library (1-67,101-102)
Santa Fe Springs - Santa Fe Springs City Library, Whittier Area Genealogical Society (1-60)
Santa Rosa - Sonoma County Library (1-16,CD)
Stanford - Stanford University Library (1-67)
Thousand Oaks - Thousand Oaks Public Library (Conejo Valley) (1-67,101-102)
West Los Angeles - West Los Angeles Family History Center

Colorado

Boulder - University of Colorado Norlin Library (1-67)
Colorado Springs - Carnegie and Penrose Public Libraries (1-65,67,101-102)
Denver - Denver Public Library (1-67,101)
Pueblo - Pueblo City-County Library District (1-50)

Connecticut

Bridgeport - Bridgeport Public Library (1-67)
Hartford - Connecticut State Library (1-67,101-102)
Middletown - Wesleyan University Library (1-67,101-102)
New Haven - Yale University Library (1-5)
Stamford - Ferguson Library (1-67,101-102)

Delaware

Newark - University of Delaware (1-60)

District of Columbia

Washington - Georgetown University Library (1-67)
Washington - Howard University Library (1,12)
Washington - Library of Congress (1-67,101-102)
Washington - U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (22?)
Washington - National Archives and Records Administration

Florida

Bradenton - Manatee County Public Library (1-67)
Fort Lauderdale - Broward County Library (1-26)
Jacksonville - Jacksonville Public Library (1-67,101-104)
Kissimmee - Osceola County Public Library System
Largo - Largo Library (1-67,101-104)
Miami - Miami-Dade Public Library System (1-67,101-102)
Naples - Collier County Public Library (1-67,101-104)
Orlando - Orlando Public Library (1-66)
Pensacola - University of West Florida (1-9)
Sarasota - Sarasota County Library (1-60)
Tallahassee - Florida State Archives (1-60)
Tallahassee - Florida State University Strozier Library (1-32)
Tampa - Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library (1-67,101-104)
Vero Beach - Indian River County Main Library (1-67,101-104)

Georgia

Athens - University of Georgia (1-67)
Atlanta - Atlanta-Fulton Public Library (27-54)
Atlanta - Emory University (1-6,8-60)
Macon - Middle Georgia Regional Library (1-67,101-104)
Marietta - Cobb County Public Library System (1-67,101,102)
Rome - Sara Hightower Regional Library (1-18,21-64,67,101,103,104)

Idaho

Boise - Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives (1-60)
Boise - LDS Family History Center
Rexburg - Brigham Young University Idaho, McKay Center (1-67,101-104)

Illinois

Arlington Heights - Arlington Heights Memorial Library (1-67,101-106)
Belleville - Belleville Public Library (complete)
Burr Ridge - Suburban Library System Cluster (1-67)
Carbondale - Southern Illinois University Morris Library (1-42,47-58)
Chicago - Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library Center (1-2)
Chicago - Newberry Library (1-67,101-106)
Chicago - University of Chicago Joseph Regenstein Library (1-9,59-60,101-104)
Chicago - University of Illinois at Chicago Library (1-54)
DeKalb - Northern Illinois University Library (3-7)
Elgin - Gail Borden Public Library District
Geneva - DuPage Library System
Libertyville - Cook Memorial Public Library (1-67,101-106)
Lyons - Lyons Public Library (1-64)
Oak Lawn - Oak Lawn Public Library (1-67,101-106)
Palos Heights - Trinity Christian College (1-3)
Peoria - Peoria Public Library (1-67,101-106)
Quincy - Quincy Public Library
Rock Island - Augustana College Library (1)
Rockford - Rockford Public Library
Springfield - Lincoln Library (1-46,49-60)
Springfield - Illinois State Historical Library
Sterling - Sterling Public Library (1-67,101-106)
Wheaton - Wheaton Public Library (1-67,101-106)
Wheeling - North Suburban Library System
Urbana - Urbana Free Library (1-67,101-106)
Winnetka - Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District (1)

Indiana

Anderson - Anderson Public Library (16,18)
Evansville - Willard Library
Fort Wayne - Allen County Public Library (1-60)
Goshen - Mennonite Historical Library (1-60)
Indianapolis - Indiana State Library (1-60)
Jasper - Jasper Public Library
Kokomo - Kokomo-Howard County Public Library (1-60)
Merrillville - Lake County Public Library (1-60)
Michigan City - Michigan City Public Library
Mishawaka - Mishawaka-Penn Public Library (1-15)
New Albany - New Albany Public Library (1-10)
Notre Dame - University of Notre Dame Library (1-60)
South Bend - St. Joseph County Public Library (1-60)
Terre Haute - Vigo County Public Library (1-39)
Valparaiso - Porter County Public Library (1-60)
Vincennes - Knox County Public Library (1-23)

Iowa

Burlington - Burlington Public Library
Davenport - Davenport Public Library (1-60)
Des Moines - Iowa Genealogical Society Library (complete)
Dubuque - Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Iowa City - State Historical Society of Iowa
Sioux City - Sioux City Public Library (1-60)
Toledo - Tama County Museum Library

Kansas

Dodge City - Southwest Kansas Library System
Hays - Hays Public Library (1-60)
Iola - Southeast Kansas Library System (1-46)
Kansas City - Kansas City Public Library (1,2)
Lawrence - University of Kansas Library (1)
Liberal - Liberal Public Library
Paola - Paola Free Library
Shawnee Mission - Johnson County Library (1-48)
Tonganoxie - Tonganoxie Public Library
Topeka - Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (1-60)
Topeka - Kansas State Historical Society
Wichita - Wichita Public Library (1-24)

Kentucky

Covington - Kenton County Public Library (1-60)
Frankfort - Kentucky Historical Society (1-67,101-106)
Greenville - Muhlenberg County Public Library
Louisville - The Filson Historical Society (1-67?,101-104)
Louisville - Louisville Free Public Library (2-60)

Louisiana

Baton Rouge - Louisiana State Library (1-2)
Baton Rouge - Louisiana State University Library (1-16?)
Metairie - Jefferson Parish Library (1-48,51-58)
New Orleans - New Orleans Public Library (1-64)

Massachusetts

Amherst - University of Massachusetts (1-9)
Boston - Boston Public Library (1-57,59,60)
Boston - New England Historic Genealogical Society (complete)
Cambridge - Harvard University Widener Library (1-64)
Pittsfield - Berkshire Athenaeum Public Library (1-9)
Pittsfield - National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast Region (complete)
Springfield - Springfield City Library (1-5)
Waltham - Brandeis University Library (1-10)

Michigan

Ann Arbor - University of Michigan Library (1-52,55-60)
Detroit - Burton Historical Collection Detroit Public Library (complete)
Detroit - Wayne State University Library (1-9,11,12)
Flint - Flint Public Library
Grand Haven - Loutit Public Library (1-58)
Grand Rapids - Grand Rapids Public Library (25-60)
Holland - Herrick Public Library (1-9)
Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo Public Library (1-60)
Lansing - The Library of Michigan (1-60)
Monroe - Ellis Library (Woodlands Library Cooperative) (43-52)
Mount Clemens - Mount Clemens Public Library (1-51)
Paw Paw - Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative
Saginaw - Hoyt Public Library (1-60)
St. Joseph - Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library
Traverse City - Traverse Area District Library (CD1,CD2)

Minnesota

Owatonna - Owatonna Public Library (1-9)
Rochester - Rochester Public Library (1-60)
St. Cloud - St. Cloud State University Library (1)
St. Cloud - Stearns History Museum (1-67)
St. Paul - Concordia College, German Genealogical Society Library (1-60)
St. Paul - Minnesota Historical Society Library (1-67)

Mississippi

Biloxi - Biloxi Central Public Library (1-41)
Gulfport - Gulfport Public Library (8-10?,356)
Jackson - Reformed Theological Seminary Library

Missouri

Independence - Mid-Continent Public Library (1-67,101-102)
Independence - Mid-Continent Public Library, North Independence Branch (1)
Kansas City - Kansas City Public Library (1-60)
St. Charles - St. Charles City-County Library District, Kathryn Linnemann Library (1-60)
St. Louis - St. Louis Public Library, Central Library (1-60)
St. Louis - St. Louis County Library (1-60)
St. Louis - Washington University Library Olin Library (1-18,21-27,29,33,34)

Nebraska

Lincoln - American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
Lincoln - Union College Library
Lincoln - University of Nebraska Library (1,29-31)
Omaha - Omaha Public Library (1-60?)

Nevada

Las Vegas - LDS Family History Center (c50 volumes)

New Hampshire

Hanover - Dartmouth College (1-60)

New Jersey

Glassboro - Rowan University (1-60)
Jersey City - Jersey City Public Library (1,2)
Morristown - Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township (1-40,42-60)
New Brunswick - Rutgers University Library (1-10)
Newark - New Jersey Historical Society Library
Paterson - Paterson Free Public Library (1)
Pemberton - Burlington County College Library
Princeton - Princeton University Library (1-60)
Trenton - New Jersey State Library (1-60)
Whippany - Morris County Library (1-60)

New Mexico

Albuquerque - Rio Grande Valley Library System (1-60)
Las Cruces - Thomas Brannigan Memorial Library

New York

Albany - New York State Library (1-60)
Albany - Albany Public Library (1-2)
Binghamton - SUNY Binghamton Library (1-56,59,60)
Ithaca - Cornell University Library (1-60)
Jamaica - Queens Borough Public Library (1-60)
Jamaica - St. John's University Library (1-13)
New City - New City Library (1-60)
New York - Columbia University Library (1)
New York - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (complete)
New York - New York Public Library Research Library, 42nd St (1-56,59,60)
Newburgh - Newburgh Free Library (30 volumes)
Patchogue - Patchogue-Medford Library (1-60)
Rochester - Rochester Public Library (1-24)
Syracuse - Onondaga County Library (1-60)

North Carolina

Chapel Hill - University of North Carolina Library (51-56)
Charlotte - Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (1-60)
Durham - Duke University Library (1-60)
Fayetteville - Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center (1-9)
Greenville - East Carolina University Library (1)
Raleigh - Olivia Raney Local History Library (1-56,59-60)

North Dakota

Bismarck - State Historical Society of North Dakota
Grand Forks - University of North Dakota (1-60)

Ohio

Akron - Akron-Summit County Public Library (1-60)
Akron - University of Akron Library (1-12)
Athens - Ohio University Alden Library (1-60)
Canton - Stark County District Library (1-18)
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Historical Society Library (1-5)
Cincinnati - Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (1-60)
Cincinnati - University of Cincinnati Library Archives and Rare Books (1-4,6-60)
Cleveland - Cleveland Public Library (1-60)
Cleveland - Western Reserve Historical Society (1-56,59-60 ?)
Cleveland - Cuyahoga County Public Library Fairview Park branch (1-58)
Columbus - Columbus Metropolitan Library (1,2)
Columbus - Ohio Historical Society Library (1-52)
Columbus - Palatine Library (complete)
Columbus - State Library of Ohio (43-60)
Dayton - Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library (1-60)
Findlay - Findlay-Hancock Public Library
Hudson - Hudson Library & Historical Society (1-60)
Sandusky - Sandusky Library (1-9,59,60)
Kent - Kent State University Library (1,2)
Toledo - Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (1-60)
Warren - Warren-Trumbull County Public Library (1-10)
Youngstown - Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County (1-60)
Youngstown - Youngstown State University (1,2,5)

Oklahoma

Muskogee - Eastern Oklahoma District Library
Norman - University of Oklahoma Library (23,25,26)

Oregon

Portland - Multnomah County Library (1-60)
Portland - Genealogical Forum of Oregon (1-60)
St. Benedict - Mount Angel Abbey Library (1)

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg - State Library of Pennsylvania (1-64)
Laureldale - Berks County Genealogical Society
Oil City - Oil Creek District Library Center
Philadelphia - Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
Philadelphia - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia - National Archives and Records Administration, Mid Atlantic Region (complete?)
Philadelphia - Temple University (1-60)
Pittsburgh - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1-60)
Pittsburgh - Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center Library
University Park - Pennsylvania State University Library (1-56,59,60)
West Chester - Chester County Historical Society Library (40)

South Carolina

Columbia - University of South Carolina (1-16)

South Dakota

Pierre - South Dakota State Archives (1-67)
Vermillion - University of South Dakota I.D. Weeks Library (1)

Tennessee

Chattanooga - Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library (1-66)
Knoxville - Knox County Public Library
Memphis - Memphis & Shelby County Public Library (1-64,66-67,101-102)

Texas

Abilene - Abilene Public Library (1-20)
Angleton - Brazoria County Library
Austin - Texas State Library (1-14,44)
Austin - University of Texas Library (1,2)
Beaumont - Tyrrell Historical Library (1-30)
College Station - Texas A & M University (1-67)
Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi Public Library (1-67)
Dallas - Dallas Public Library (1-66)
El Paso - El Paso Public Library (1-60)
Fort Worth - Fort Worth Public Library (1-58)
Houston - The Clayton Library (1-67,355,101-102)
Irving - Irving Public Library System (2)
McAllen - McAllen Memorial Library
Midland - Midland County Public Library (1-67,101-102)
New Braunfels - Dittlinger Memorial Library (1-60)
San Antonio - Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library (1-42)
San Antonio - San Antonio Public Library (1-67)
Victoria - Victoria Public Library
Waco - Waco-McLennan County Library (1-60)

Utah

Logan - Utah State Library (1,2?)
Provo - Brigham Young University Library (1-67)
Salt Lake City - The Family History Library (1-66)

Vermont

Burlington - University of Vermont Bailey Library (1,2)

Virginia

Arlington - National Genealogical Society Library (1-64)
Fairfax - Fairfax City Regional Library (1-67,101-102)
Leesburg - Loudoun County Public Library (1-67,101-102)
Norfolk - Norfolk Public Library (1,2)
Richmond - Virginia Commonwealth University Library (31-34)
Richmond - The Library of Virginia (1-64)
Roanoke - Roanoke City Public Library (1-9)

Washington

Longview - Longview Public Library (1-13,15-20)
Pullman - Washington State University Library (1,2,8,9)
Seattle - Seattle Public Library, Central Library (1-67)
Spokane - Spokane Public Library (1-24)
Tacoma - Tacoma Public Library (1-67,101-102)

West Virginia

Wheeling - Ohio County Public Library (1-67,101-102)

Wisconsin

Fond du Lac - Fond du Lac Public Library (1-35,61-64)
Green Bay - Brown County Library (1-67,101-102)
Janesville - Hedberg Public Library (1-67,101-104)
La Crosse - La Crosse Public Library (1-67,101-102)
Madison - State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1-67,101-102)
Madison - Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Marshfield - Marshfield Public Library (1-67,101-102)
Milwaukee - Milwaukee Public Library Central Library (1-67)
Milwaukee - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library (1-9,67)
Oshkosh - Oshkosh Public Library (1-67,101-102)
Rhinelander - Rhinelander District Library (1-64)
Sheboygan - Mead Public Library (1-67,101-102)
Stevens Point - University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Library (1-67,101-102)
Waukesha - Waukesha Public Library (1-43)
Wausau - Marathon County Public Library (1-3,6,7)
Whitewater - University of Wisconsin Whitewater Library (1-34)

Wyoming

Laramie - University of Wyoming Library (1-9,11-12)

Österreich/Austria

Wien/Vienna - Universitätsbibliothek (1-67,101-102)

Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizzra/Switzerland

Basel - Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel (1-60)

United Kingdom

England - London - British Library

Canada

Ontario - Hamilton - McMaster University Library (1)
Saskatchewan - Regina - Regina Public Library (1,2)
Saskatchewan - Regina - Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (1-60)

Asia

Japan - Tokyo - Kokubunji - Keizai University Library (?)

Original contribution by Ernest Thode, aa727@big.seorf.ohiou.edu, bs113@freenet.carleton.ca
Additions by Jim Eggert, EggertJ@crosswinds.net

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