Von: carlah@earthlink.net (Carla)
  Datum: 25.01.99, 23:27:32
Betreff: Re: Baden Emigration Book 1

kmiller@krl.org wrote:
>
> Would anyone know the difference bewteen the Baden Emigration books we
> have been discussing and this one listed as Book 1 by Cornelia
> Schrader-Muggenthaler which apparently has 7000 18th - 19th century
> emigrants from Baden... 196pp for 22.95 from Closson Press?
>
> I see the ebay one going for over $45.00.  Are these the same book?
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Dear Karen & Baden-Wuerttemberg List Friends,

The Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler "Baden Emigration Book" is NOT the
same thing as the Baden Emigration List Index on LDS microfilm.  The
book is, however, a similarly compiled index of the same set of
emigration records from Baden we have been discussing in the last few
days.  However, there are a few important differences.

There are 38 individual rolls of microfilm which comprise the *filmed*
version of the Baden Emigration List Index available at the LDS Family
History Library and its branches, which in total contain many *more*
than the comparatively limited 7000 names included in Ms.
Schrader-Muggenthaler's book version.  The microfilmed LDS version
includes records dating from well before 1866 up to and inclusive of
1911, which was the cutoff date for release of these records at the
Badischen Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe---the official German archive
where the original Baden emigration records are stored.  I do not know
what specific beginning and ending dates Ms. Schrader-Muggenthaler's
book uses, but the published description of the book's contents
indicates that it does NOT include any records from the TWENTIETH
century, which the microfilm version of the Baden Emigration List Index
DOES include (through 1911).  Also, by definition, the microfilmed
version provides *exact photographic duplicates* of the available
emigration index documents, whereas Ms. Schrader-Muggenthaler's book is
an edited, printed compilation which may or may not include all items of
information set forth in the original records.

Ms. Schrader-Muggenthaler's book is, within its particular limitations,
very helpful,  and is useful to those who are unable to access the Baden
Emigration List Index on microfilm at the LDS library branches.  Some
people will find it more convenient to work with the book, either by
purchasing a copy or locating it at a local PUBLIC library, where it can
often be found in the Reference section.  (Some public libraries may
also have a circulation copy which can be checked out of the library and
researched away from the library premises.)

To sum up, the Schrader-Muggenthaler book is a useful tool, and may be
preferable to research under certain circumstances, but it is NOT
identical to, nor as COMPLETE as, the MICROFILM version of the Baden
Emigration List Index published by the LDS library.  The book has some
notable limitations.

If anyone would like to review the detailed post I made to the Baden-Wue
list some time ago concerning the *microfilm* version of the BEI
available through the LDS, please see the archived message at the
following address:

http://members.xoom.com/BW_List/text/t72.txt

For ease of reading, you may want to copy the text of the letter into
your word processor, and then print it out.  It may be a bit more
difficult to read at the site above, but is there in its entirety.

Hope this helps clarify some points raised.  Good luck in your research!

Warmest regards,
Carla HELLER
Los Angeles