The Holland-America Line (HAL) was founded in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the period 1873-1989, it operated as a Dutch passenger line, cargo line, and cruise line, operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. The suffix indicated the ship’s primary function - “dam” for passenger service, “dijk” for cargo. The Holland America Line - with its yellow and white funnels ringed with green stripes - has transported more than 850,000 emigrants to the New World.
The first great wave of immigration ended with the advent of World War I, during which HAL would lose 6 ships and 13 employees. At the start of the Second World War, HAL had 25 ships; 9 remained at war's end. After the war, the shipping line was instrumental in transporting a massive wave of immigrants from the Netherlands to Canada and elsewhere.
All passenger lists of the Holland-America Line covering the period 1900-1969 have now been digitised. You can easily search for family members who travelled, or emigrated, with the Holland-America Line.
The information was made available due to a joint project of the CBG (Dutch Center for Family History) and the Rotterdam City Archives that lasted three years, and is now completed thanks to the help of many volunteers.
You can search here:
https://stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl/zoek-en-ontdek/passagierslijsten/zoeken-op-passagiers/
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For more information on the Holland-America Line and its former fleet, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_America_Line
https://maritime-executive.com/article/holland-america-line-history-distinction-innovation-and-growth
For more passenger lists online, see:
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