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''[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia ]] > Emigration and Immigration''<br> | [[Image:Drang nach osten.jpg|thumb|right|350px|German colonists resting in their travel to a destination village near Kamianets-Podilskyi (now the Ukraine).]]''[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia ]] > Emigration and Immigration''<br> | ||
The [[Portal:Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article can help you identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. It introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use. | The [[Portal:Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article can help you identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. It introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use. | ||
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From 1880 to 1920 more than twenty-five million immigrants, many from Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the Ukraine, were attracted to the United States and Canada. | From 1880 to 1920 more than twenty-five million immigrants, many from Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the Ukraine, were attracted to the United States and Canada. | ||
== '''Finding the Country and City of Origin''' == | === '''Finding the Country and City of Origin''' === | ||
Records that generally provide the country of origin include the U.S. censuses beginning in 1850, Canadian censuses, biographies, death records, obituaries, naturalization declarations or petitions, pre-1883 passenger lists, and military records. These records do not usually list the exact town that the ancestor came from. | Records that generally provide the country of origin include the U.S. censuses beginning in 1850, Canadian censuses, biographies, death records, obituaries, naturalization declarations or petitions, pre-1883 passenger lists, and military records. These records do not usually list the exact town that the ancestor came from. | ||
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Before you can effectively search the records of another country, you need to know the name of the city or town your immigrant ancestor came from. Clues about an ancestors' town of origin are found in various sources, including diaries and other records in your family's possession. You may find the town of origin in family and local histories, church records, obituaries, marriage records, death records, tombstones, passports (particularly since the 1860s), passenger lists (particularly those after 1883), and applications for naturalization. | Before you can effectively search the records of another country, you need to know the name of the city or town your immigrant ancestor came from. Clues about an ancestors' town of origin are found in various sources, including diaries and other records in your family's possession. You may find the town of origin in family and local histories, church records, obituaries, marriage records, death records, tombstones, passports (particularly since the 1860s), passenger lists (particularly those after 1883), and applications for naturalization. | ||
== '''Passenger Departure Records''' == | === '''Passenger Departure Records''' === | ||
These Hamburg passenger lists and indexes are most fully described in the Wiki article [[Hamburg Passenger Lists|Hamburg Passenger Lists]]. Also, the Family History Library has the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger List 1850-1934 Resource Guide], and microfiche instructions ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=102523&disp=The+Hamburg+passenger+lists%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Hamburg Passenger Lists]''. | These Hamburg passenger lists and indexes are most fully described in the Wiki article [[Hamburg Passenger Lists|Hamburg Passenger Lists]]. Also, the Family History Library has the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger List 1850-1934 Resource Guide], and microfiche instructions ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=102523&disp=The+Hamburg+passenger+lists%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Hamburg Passenger Lists]''. | ||
== '''Passenger Arrival Records''' == | === '''Passenger Arrival Records''' === | ||
Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the ports of departure and arrival. They can also be used to identify family and community members who arrived together as well as the country they came from. | Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the ports of departure and arrival. They can also be used to identify family and community members who arrived together as well as the country they came from. | ||
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For a description of Canadian immigration lists see ??? | For a description of Canadian immigration lists see ??? | ||
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The FHL has the Library of Congress’ collection of Berlin Documents Center microfilms which include some Germans from Russia. The Odessa German Russian Digital Online Library described in the “[[ | The FHL has the Library of Congress’ collection of Berlin Documents Center microfilms which include some Germans from Russia. The Odessa German Russian Digital Online Library described in the “[[Germans from Russia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” page includes a paper describing how to use this collection. See VAX under Deutschland. Einwander Zentralstelle.??? | ||
Deutsches Ausland-Institut (Stuttgart). ''Auswandererkartei der Rußlanddeutschen nach Brasilien: 1870-1940'' (Emigrant index of Russian-Germans in Brazil). Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (FHL film 1552796). Alphabetical name index often showing birthdate, place, deathdate, place, age, spouses, children, religion, homeland, date of emigration, profession, and sources. | Deutsches Ausland-Institut (Stuttgart). ''Auswandererkartei der Rußlanddeutschen nach Brasilien: 1870-1940'' (Emigrant index of Russian-Germans in Brazil). Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (FHL film 1552796). Alphabetical name index often showing birthdate, place, deathdate, place, age, spouses, children, religion, homeland, date of emigration, profession, and sources. | ||
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Russian Consulate Records??? | Russian Consulate Records??? | ||
A Homeland Card Index [''Heimatortskartei'' or ''HOK''] is an index of Germans from Eastern Europe who returned to Germany for re-settlement in the 20th Century, especially after World War II. These indexes contain names of family members, dates and places of birth, marriage, death, and residence. Each geographical area such as Southeast Europe has its own index. For addresses of organizations with these Heimatortskarteien see Erich Quester, ''Wegweiser für Forschungen'' . . . listed in the “[[ | A Homeland Card Index [''Heimatortskartei'' or ''HOK''] is an index of Germans from Eastern Europe who returned to Germany for re-settlement in the 20th Century, especially after World War II. These indexes contain names of family members, dates and places of birth, marriage, death, and residence. Each geographical area such as Southeast Europe has its own index. For addresses of organizations with these Heimatortskarteien see Erich Quester, ''Wegweiser für Forschungen'' . . . listed in the “[[Germans from Russia For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]” page near the end of this Germans from Russia article. «???Are any of these available at the FHL to cite as examples? | ||
mention Village Coordinators in this page, refer to “Societies” page. | mention Village Coordinators in this page, refer to “Societies” page. | ||