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 **[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014] ($)
 **[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60901 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007], Incomplete, ($).
-==Records in Germany That Can Help==
+==Records Originating in Germany That Can Help==
 So far this article has covered records that can be found in the country of arrival.  There are also records originating in Germany that should be consulted.
 See [[Germany_Emigration_and_Immigration]] for a detailed consideration of these records.
+=== Passenger Departure Lists  ===
+====Hamburg Passenger Lists===
+One source to determine place of origin is in a passenger departure list. [[Hamburg Passenger Lists|Hamburg Passenger Lists]]: Hamburg a major port of departure for Germans and the records from there usually give the place of origin. The Hamburg Passenger Lists include the last foreign residence of people leaving from Hamburg.
+*There are two lists:
+**The Direct Passenger List (1850 to 1934) lists those who left Hamburg and went directly to their destination.
+**The Indirect Passenger List (1850 to 1910) shows those who left Hamburg, went to another port, and then on to their destination.
+**After 1910 the indirect list is included with the Direct Passenger List.
+====Bremen Passenger Lists====
+Unfortunately, the passenger departure lists for the port of Bremen were destroyed. The lists for 1847 to 1871 have been partially reconstructed. An early commercial partner with Bremen was the port at Baltimore, Maryland. Many Germans going to America through Bremen landed in Baltimore. The Baltimore passenger arrival lists are indexed.
+A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
+*[[Germany, Bremen Name Card Index to Passenger Lists (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
+===Passports===
+Each state or city had its own laws regarding passports. In many cases, the applications for passports and the supporting documentation have been preserved. These records often give information such as the emigrant's name, birth date or age, birthplace, occupation, last residence, verification of identity, and physical description.
+====Hamburg====
+ Residents of Hamburg had to apply for a passport to emigrate. A few emigrants from other parts of Germany stopped in Hamburg long enough to become residents. If they were residents, they might be in the passport records.
+*The [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/193218?availability=Family%20History%20Library ‘’’Hamburg Passport Applications’’’] have been microfilmed for the years 1851 to 1929 and include indexes.
+====Stuttgart (Württemberg)====
+The Family History Library has indexed the Stuttgart-area passport records for the years 1845 to 1920. This index usually gives the emigrant's hometown and destination.
+*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2623988?availability=Family%20History%20Library Index to Wuerttemberg passport applications : Stuttgart passport office 1845-1920]
+===Permission To Emigrate Records===
+Germans had to apply for permission to emigrate from most areas. The Family History Library has these application records for several states and cities, including ‘’’Baden, Rheinland, the Pfalz, and Zwickau.’’’
+====Württemberg====
+For example, the library has microfilmed the emigration application records of Württemberg. They list the emigrant's birthplace, residence, assets, and indebtedness.
+*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2623988?availability=Family%20History%20Library Index to Wuerttemberg passport applications : Stuttgart passport office 1845-1920]
+*Schenk, Trudy, and Ruth Froelke. The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Ancestry, 1986-. (FHL book Ref 943.47 W22st.) Available on: http://www.germanroots.com/emigration.html.
+====Westfalen, Minden====
+For Westfalen in the Minden area there is available at the Family History Library a book called "Beiträge zur Westfälischen Familienforschung." Call number 943.56 D2b v. 38-39.
+====Bavaria====
+For Bayern there is a periodical entitled Blätter des Bayrischen Landesvereines für Familienkunde. The call number is 943.3 B2b. The volumes which deal with emigration are V. 1, page 19 and 48, V. 2, page 103, V. 3, pages 9, 39, 73, 87, 102 V. 6-7, V. 9 pages 157, 417.
+===German Emigration Card Indexes===
+Dozens of card indexes exist for German emigrants. For example, the Family History Library has [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/223975?availability=Family%20History%20Library microfilmed card indexes for emigrants from Hessen.] The indexes are divided into five sections for various time periods or areas of Hessen, each in alphabetical order. Other card indexes at the library include the following:
+From Baden 1660s-1900s
+From the Pfalz 1500s-1900s
+To the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1750-1943
+To Russia 1750-1943
+There are card indexes of World War II refugees from many parts of central and eastern Europe.
+[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Records from other ports]] tend to be sparse.
+:::'''TIP:''' German emigrants usually left in groups from the same area of Germany. Be aware of the following information when searching your ancestor's passenger list or port record: After finding your ancestor on a port record or passenger register, write down all the people on the same list.<br>Check local census and other records to determine which people settled in the same area as your ancestor.<br>Check for place of origin information on those who were on the same list.<br>If your ancestor's surname is not unusual, but some of the others on the same list are, look those names up in the German surname books to determine where they originated.
 ===Other Sources===