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| Not all people emigrated to other continents, some just moved around Europe. <br>
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| Here a web-site of men who came from western Germany: <br>
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| *[http://www.berghapedia.nl/index.php/Wandergesellen_uit_het_Rijnland_en_Westfalen#Mannen_uit_Rijnland_en_Westfalen Male immigrants from Rheinland and Westfalen, Prussia]<br>
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| Here a web-site of women who came from western Germany: <br>
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| *[http://www.berghapedia.nl/index.php/Wandergesellen_uit_het_Rijnland_en_Westfalen#Vrouwen_uit_Rijnland_en_Westfalen Female immigrants from Rheinland and Westfalen, Prussia]<br>
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| Most of these immigrated in the early 1700's<br>
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| *[https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/expanded-passenger-records-release The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.] Castle Garden, America's First Immigration Center
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| *[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Records]
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| *[http://www.immigrantships.net/ Immigrantships Transcribers Guild] Remember, with this site you need to search ALL volumes.
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| === Finding the Emigrant’s Town of Origin ===
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| Once you have traced your family back to a Dutch emigrant, you must find the town your ancestor came from if you wish to find earlier generations. The records you will need to continue your research, such as birth, marriage, and death records, are kept in local areas. The Netherlands has no nationwide index to these records.
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| Several sources may reveal where your ancestor came from. You may learn of your ancestor’s place of origin by talking to older family members. Other relatives or a library may have documents that name the town, such as the following:
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| *Birth, marriage, and death certificates
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| *Obituaries
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| *Journals
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| *Photographs
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| *Letters
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| *Family Bibles
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| *Church certificates or records
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| *Naturalization applications and petitions
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| *Passenger lists
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| *Passports
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| Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through [[Surname Distribution Maps|surname distribution maps]].
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| The FamilySearch Wiki article [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] gives more suggestions for finding your ancestor’s place of origin.
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| === Emigration from the Netherlands === | | === Emigration from the Netherlands === |