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'''Note: Information regarding departure of emigrants, on what vessel under what captain from what port and the destination is not a part of German emigration records.''' | '''Note: Information regarding departure of emigrants, on what vessel under what captain from what port and the destination is not a part of German emigration records.''' | ||
Werner Hacker has thoroughly documented the emigration from Baden by regions. His books are available through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library ]at author search: Hacker, Werner | |||
Emigration from Konstanz A-Z (1633-1699) name index A-Z (1837) emigration documents A-W (1837-1951) are available through the Family History Library network (International Film 1204485) | Emigration from Konstanz A-Z (1633-1699) name index A-Z (1837) emigration documents A-W (1837-1951) are available through the Family History Library network (International Film 1204485) | ||
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Poverty was in the mind of administrator the cause for social disgrace. Government officials spent a lot of money to ship their poor to America. Such measures were looked upon as more economical. But not only did they sent the poor, prisoners were sent as well. In 1850 fifty people were selected and financed to find a new home in America. | Poverty was in the mind of administrator the cause for social disgrace. Government officials spent a lot of money to ship their poor to America. Such measures were looked upon as more economical. But not only did they sent the poor, prisoners were sent as well. In 1850 fifty people were selected and financed to find a new home in America. | ||
| Friedrich R. Wollmershäuser has listed the unwanted and published their names, their place of residence/origin and when they were shipped out according to gender, male and females. <br>In 1850/51/52 people were released from Pforzheim police custody. In 1853/54 people came from 4 districts of Baden. There are no further documents for the following years, however, prisoners were still released for emigration to America. In 1860/62/64 people were released from Bruchsal prison and the workhouse in Freiburg. | ||
The lists were published in ''Archiv für Familiengeschichtsforschung'', 3. Jahrgang, Heft 1 (1999). The periodical can be accessed through [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch,] Family History Library, call number 943 B2as.<br> | The lists were published in ''Archiv für Familiengeschichtsforschung'', 3. Jahrgang, Heft 1 (1999). The periodical can be accessed through [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch,] Family History Library, call number 943 B2as.<br> | ||