Von: carlah@earthlink.net (Carla)
  Datum: 24.01.99, 15:50:55
Betreff: "Baden-Wuerttemberg" Emigration-An Important Distinction

Dear Baden-Wuerttemberg List Friends,

Several list members have recently posted requesting lookups in the
"Baden-Wuerttemberg Emigration List."

Please note that there is NO set of emigration records for the COMBINED,
modern entity of Baden-Wuerttemberg.  There are only *separate*
emigration records for BADEN, and *separate* emigration records for
WUERTTEMBERG.  Baden and Wuerttemberg (and Hohenzollern) were not
grouped together and known jointly as Baden-Wuerttemberg until 1952.
During the era of most of our ancestors, these were separate entities.

Incidentally, both the Baden and Wuerttemberg emigration indexes record
the *registration of the intent* of persons to leave Germany from those
areas.  Most people planning to emigrate registered to do so in offices
within the regions where they lived (such as Baden or Wuerttemberg)
BEFORE travelling to a port city to begin an ocean voyage.  Please be
aware that the *emigration records* produced in these offices are NOT
the same thing as *passenger lists* created at the European ports of
departure.  (For basic information on researching *passenger lists*, see
the Web site below.)

http://w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/gene/faqs/sgg.html#passengers

If someone registered to emigrate within Baden, information on that
person should be sought in the Baden Emigration Index.  If someone
registered to emigrate within Wuerttemberg, information on that person
should be sought in the Wuerttemberg Emigration Index (WEI).  If you are
asking someone with access to these resources to research for you, the
registration area must be specified as Baden OR Wuerttemberg.  If you
don't know which of these areas the ancestor came from, you will first
need to research further in order to use the emigration indexes.

The Baden Emigration Index and the Wuerttemberg Emigration Index are
available for research (both in book form and on microfilm) in local
branches of the LDS (Mormon) Family History Library, as well as
reference sections of many public or university libraries.  Some
commercial Web research sites, such as Ancestry at:

http://www.ancestry.com/main.htm

offer paid subscribers online look-ups of the WEI, with occasional brief
periods when non-subscribers can use it for free.  (I do not believe
they currently have the Baden Emigration Index available, only the
Wuerttemberg one.)

The book versions of the emigration indexes can also be purchased from
genealogical publishers, but they are are multi-volume sets of hardcover
books, and can be relatively expensive.  (The 7-book set of the
Wuerttemberg Emigration Index retails for approximately $120.00 US.
Volume 7, which is apparently the only volume one can obtain separately
from the set, costs about $30.00 US.  Ancestry [see address above] is
one of the known sources for purchase.)  Unless you are a professional
researcher planning extensive use of them, you may prefer to access
these indexes at the libraries.

Hope this helps!

Warmest wishes,
Carla HELLER
Los Angeles