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'''For a comprehensive understanding of emigration and immigration records, study the article''' [[Germany Emigration and Immigration|'''Germany Emigration and Immigration.''']] | |||
<br> The author of the following website lists emigrants from the middle of the 1800s, however, places of origin are not provided. | |||
==Saxony (Sachsen== | |||
There is a list of 200 to 300 persons, a small portion of those who emigrated to the United States of America between 1838 and 1900, listed in the series ''Archiv für Sippenforschung ''28. Jahrgang August 1962. Heft 7, page 394 by Harald Ulbrich, Dresden (availabe in the FamilySearch Library, call number 943 B2as yr. 27-28) | |||
On Jan 21, 1839 a group of Saxon emigrants (700) ARRIVED from Bremen on the ship ''Olbers'' going to New Orleans [http://www.nausa.uni-oldenburg.de/olbersklein.jpg http://www.nausa.uni-oldenburg.de/olbersklein.jpg] This group belonged to the religion of ''Altlutheraner''. The Olbers was only one of 4 ships. They settled [temporarily] in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to East Perry County, Missouri - around the town of Altenburg, MO. This emigration is documented in "Zion on the Mississippi" by Walter O. Forster, 1953. [http://www.altenburgmuseum.org/ The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum in Altenburg] has a wonderful research center called "Zion Roots" - to help you extend your research back to Germany. The "Zion Roots" icon on the website explains the research center and its resources. | |||
*[http://www.archivaria.com/Stephanists/Stephanists1.html Stephanianer, Emigrants from Saxony:] A list of emigrants can be found on page 123. | |||
*[http://www.exulanten.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/index.php?module=welcome The "Bergmann'sche Exulantensammlung":] a database of religious exiles from Bohemia to Sachsen | |||
=== Reformed refugees in the Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg === | === Reformed refugees in the Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg === | ||
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In Kempten, in Swabia, the emigrants had to obtain Freibriefe (release from serfdom) and agree that in case of inheritance problems the court of Kempten was responsible. Many emigrants did not bother to get such a certificate. Therefore, many more people than registered may have left the area to settle in Burg.<br>Where in the Duchy of Magdeburg the refugee settlements were established, can be retrieved in an article, entitled ''Reformierte Glaubensflüchtlinge aus Schwaben im ehemals preußischen Herzogtum Magdeburg ''by Horst Friedrich Nagel found in '''Mitteldeutsche Familienkunde''', Band IXm Jahrgang 29, Heft 2, pages 58-69. Attached is also a list of names with dates and places.<br> | In Kempten, in Swabia, the emigrants had to obtain Freibriefe (release from serfdom) and agree that in case of inheritance problems the court of Kempten was responsible. Many emigrants did not bother to get such a certificate. Therefore, many more people than registered may have left the area to settle in Burg.<br>Where in the Duchy of Magdeburg the refugee settlements were established, can be retrieved in an article, entitled ''Reformierte Glaubensflüchtlinge aus Schwaben im ehemals preußischen Herzogtum Magdeburg ''by Horst Friedrich Nagel found in '''Mitteldeutsche Familienkunde''', Band IXm Jahrgang 29, Heft 2, pages 58-69. Attached is also a list of names with dates and places.<br> | ||
[[Category:Sachsen | ==Germany Nationwide Records Websites== | ||
*[http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/ German Emigrant Database],covers 1820-1939, main source: New York passenger lists beginning in 1820, supplemented by material found in Germany, ($) | |||
=== U.S. and German Passenger Lists and Indexes === | |||
*[http://www.germanroots.com/hamburg.html The Hamburg Passenger Departure Lists 1850-1934] | |||
*[http://www.passagierlisten.de/ Bremen passenger lists, 1920-1939] | |||
*[http://www.frenchlines.com/passager_index_fr.php French Lines] | |||
*[https://www.statueofliberty.org/discover/passenger-ship-search/ The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.] | |||
*[http://www.stevemorse.org/ One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse] for the Ellis Island website and Castle Garden allows searches by various fields, with or without a complete name | |||
*[http://immigrantships.net Immigrant Ships Transcribers’ Guild] | |||
[[Category:Saxony (Sachsen), Germany]] [[Category:Germany Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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