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===Emigration of Prisoners from Baden | ===Emigration of Prisoners from Baden=== | ||
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 send 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: | 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 send 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: | ||
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*In 1860/62/64 people were released from Bruchsal prison and the workhouse in Freiburg. | *In 1860/62/64 people were released from Bruchsal prison and the workhouse in Freiburg. | ||
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The lists were published in [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1021814?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Archiv für Familiengeschichtsforschung'', 3. Jahrgang, Heft 1 (1999).], call number 943 B2as.<br> | The lists were published in [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1021814?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Archiv für Familiengeschichtsforschung'', 3. Jahrgang, Heft 1 (1999).], call number 943 B2as.<br> | ||
=== Palatinate Mennonite Census Lists 1664-1793 === | === Palatinate Mennonite Census Lists 1664-1793 === | ||