In the 19th century, many emigrants left The Netherlands looking to improve their chances for a better life. A list was kept by each province in The Netherlands. A name list (and other details) of those who left their hometown can be perused on this site. Specialist ancestral research is available for emigration of Dutch citizens to the US during 1830-1880.

Many ships with emigrants from the Scandinavian countries used Hamburg as their port of Departure. The link below takes you a listing of these ships and an alphabetical list of surnames of each ship separately. Go directly to an alphabetical surname list of ALL the passengers (husbands, wives, children) of all10 ships. This will be very useful if you only have a name but are NOT sure of the name of the ship. Copies of passenger lists, details of the voyage and pictures are also available.

New Zealand Immigrant ships

The name list concerns the early arrivals to the Cape Province during the early 1700's. They consisted generally of servants of the Dutch East Indies Company (HOIK/VOC). The most recent dates in the genealogies are generally around the middle - late 1800's.