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Holland America Line records in Rotterdam Archives

Holland America Line records in Rotterdam Archives

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 4:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
I searched the FamilySearch website for passenger records for the Holland America Line in 1907. I'm looking for any records from the shipping line as opposed to the passenger list upon arrival at Ellis Island. According to a pop-up message, the record is available at the Rotterdam City Archive. I can't seem to find the record through the linked Rotterdam Archive website. Has anyone had luck finding passenger records using the Rotterdam Archive website or visiting the archive itself while in Holland?

Re: Holland America Line records in Rotterdam Archives

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am not sure I understand what you are looking for. The "passenger list upon arrival at Ellis Island" was completed at the port of embarkation and was supplied by the shipping company, usually by the purser of the ship.

What exactly do you mean by "records from the shipping line?" What information are you seeking from these lists?

Re: Holland America Line records in Rotterdam Archives

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 5:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
From the Family Search website, it appears there were records kept in Dutch at the point of embarkation. I am hoping to see if there is any different information than that contained in the passenger list in New York, including possible spelling variations on the name of my Grandfather and any additional information/data.

Below is an excerpt from the Family Search description of the record set and a link to the fuller description.

"Original records are available through the Rotterdam City Archive (Gemeentearchief te Rotterdam), Netherlands. This collection is being published as images become available. The text is handwritten in Dutch in a ledger type register. Passengers are listed by passage contract number.

"It was necessary to keep a record of all the passengers boarding on to the company’s different steamships traveling from the Netherlands to North America. These passenger lists are from the voyages of the Holland-America Line, a Dutch steamship company that covered transatlantic routes, mainly between the ports of Rotterdam and New York, and occasionally calling on the ports of Boulogne-sur-mer, Plymouth, Southampton, Boston and Halifax. The names of the vessels were: Potsdam, Rotterdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Statendam, Ryndam, Veendam, and Volendam."

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Netherlands,_Passenge...)

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