Von: ToySchach@aol.com ()
  Datum: 29.10.98, 07:44:49
Betreff: Re: Emigration Index

In a message dated 10/29/98 5:59:37 AM EDT, demeo@bellsouth.net writes:

> What exactly is the
>  Wurttemberg Emigration Index?  Are there original, more detailed records
>  that can be obtained or viewed?  I know the index can be accessed on
>  ancestry.com if you're a subscriber.  I would like to know where the
>  original documents can be viewed..does the LDS have them?

The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index is a 7 volume series of books compiled by
Trudy Schenk, Ruth Froelke etal.  The series is based on the LDS microfilms of
the original records which were filmed at Ludwigsburg.  There were about
800,000 people who emmigrated from Wuerttemberg and the microfilms cover about
10% of them.  Each entry in the index has name, birth date or age, birth
place, Oberamt [district town] where and when applied for emigration, region
of destination  and LDS microfim number.  The original records on microfilm
will be hand written in German and contain additional information of upto 8
pages.  The films are organized by Oberamt and generally by date but the pages
are not numbered.

Kent Schach