Logan Knight – Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934
January 24, 2027 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
– Zoom Meeting
Program Description:
Genealogists are more than familiar with passenger lists for immigrant arrivals in American ports. However, that is only half of the puzzle. What about where they left from? This presentation explores the large collection of passenger lists for those departing from the port of Hamburg, Germany. Roughly one million Jews left via this port. We can learn some tricks of the trade for navigating this invaluable resource and learn more about the immigrant experience of the time.
Speaker Bio:
With a Master’s Degree in History, Logan Knight discovered the fascinating complexities of immigration to the Americas. He combines history and genealogy to provide context to both individual and family stories. Logan is Senior Genealogy Librarian in the world-renowned genealogy department of the Allen County Public Library, a main attraction of the city at the 2025 IAJGS conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his talk on the Hamburg records was very well received.