[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Passports or Identity Papers

[Rose Ingram]

Paul, where did you find the information about the Batavia sailing and 
arriving in 1903?

Rose Ingram
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From: "Paul Rakow"

>  Virginia,
>
>      Since you said that the year was 1903, not 1902, the ship
> "Bataviga" in the naturalisation papers must be the Batavia,
> sailed 25 May 1903 from Hamburg, arrived 8 June 1903 in NY.
>
>     If you can't find Friedrich in the ancestry index, try looking
> through the Batavia's passenger list page by page, and see if you
> can spot him - the indexer might have misread the name.
>
>     You can also try the Hamburg passenger lists. If you need to
> use the index that can be a bit complicated, but since you know
> ship and date it's easy. Just order the *direct* Hamburg passenger
> list that covers May 1903, from the LDS, and look for the Batavia.
>
>     In the 19th century the Hamburg lists are usually much better
> than the USA lists, because they always give a precise village for
> the last residence, while the US lists often just give a country or
> province. By the 20th century the American lists had caught up, both
> give similar information.