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*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2623988?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Index to Wuerttemberg passport applications : Stuttgart passport office 1845-1920'''] They list the emigrant's birthplace, residence, assets, and indebtedness. | *[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2623988?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Index to Wuerttemberg passport applications : Stuttgart passport office 1845-1920'''] They list the emigrant's birthplace, residence, assets, and indebtedness. | ||
*For Bayern there is a periodical entitled Blätter des Bayrischen Landesvereines für Familienkunde. The call number is 943.3 B2b. The volumes which deal with emigration are V. 1, page 19 and 48, V. 2, page 103, V. 3, pages 9, 39, 73, 87, 102 V. 6-7, V. 9 pages 157, 417. | *For Bayern there is a periodical entitled Blätter des Bayrischen Landesvereines für Familienkunde. The call number is 943.3 B2b. The volumes which deal with emigration are V. 1, page 19 and 48, V. 2, page 103, V. 3, pages 9, 39, 73, 87, 102 V. 6-7, V. 9 pages 157, 417. | ||
===Databases of the Genealogical Society of Utah=== | |||
These collections are somewhat random in what they include. Be cautious in assuming that a individual with the same name is your ancestor. Back up the connection with additional evidence, such as a matching birth date, matching parents or other relatives, and evidence that the person located in the index did not remain in Germany. | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1473000|'''Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898'''}}, index. | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1494474|'''Germany Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958'''}}, index. | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1473009|'''Germany Marriages, 1558-1929'''}}, index. | |||
===Other Sources=== | ===Other Sources=== | ||
*Check the local libraries in the areas where your German immigrant ancestor lived. The reference librarian can direct you to local sources or local record keepers. Ask where local newspapers and periodicals are archived and search them for such events as wedding announcements, obituaries, or other important life events. | *Check the local libraries in the areas where your German immigrant ancestor lived. The reference librarian can direct you to local sources or local record keepers. Ask where local newspapers and periodicals are archived and search them for such events as wedding announcements, obituaries, or other important life events. | ||
*County and town histories where your German immigrant settled often contain biographical information. Local histories sometimes provide a place of origin. City histories give the origin of prominent citizens, and county histories show where German settlers came from. Biographical information of descendants may contain specific places of origin beyond the non-descript "Germany" or "Prussian" words found in other records. | *County and town histories where your German immigrant settled often contain biographical information. Local histories sometimes provide a place of origin. City histories give the origin of prominent citizens, and county histories show where German settlers came from. Biographical information of descendants may contain specific places of origin beyond the non-descript "Germany" or "Prussian" words found in other records. | ||