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'''Research steps Saxony through availabe records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or the affiliated Family History Centers'''  
'''Research steps Saxony through availabe records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or the affiliated Family History Centers'''  


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Establish a genealogical record and a research log in which to enter all research steps and findings.  
Establish a genealogical record and a research log in which to enter all research steps and findings.  


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'''2. Do you know the year of immigration/emigration?'''  
'''2. Do you know the year of immigration/emigration?'''  
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Consider researching other US records, such as marriage, births of children, death records, probate records, intentions of naturalization. Consider emigration port records such as from Hamburg, Bremen or other European points of departure. In the years 1871 to 1884 only a few percentage of emigrants came form Saxony, see [http://www.peter-hug.ch/lexikon/Auswanderung http://www.peter-hug.ch/lexikon/Auswanderung] click on: Ziele der deutschen Auswanderung 1871/1884. It is believed that more single people emigrated than did families during this time frame. In order for these singles to earn their passage they temporarily settled and worked near the emigration port. Therefore, police records should be considered as a source of retrieving origins of ancestors, such as the police records of Hamburg (Arbeiter und Dienstboten, Meldeprotokolle für Fremde, available through the Family History Library catalog). See also [http://www.google.com/search?q=Immigration+Society+Sachsen&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS281US282&start=70&sa=N http://www.google.com/search?q=Immigration+Society+Sachsen&amp;hl=en&amp;rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS281US282&amp;start=70&amp;sa=N]&nbsp; page 7 (German Ports: Gateway to America)  
Consider researching other US records, such as marriage, births of children, death records, probate records, intentions of naturalization. Consider emigration port records such as from Hamburg, Bremen or other European points of departure. In the years 1871 to 1884 only a few percentage of emigrants came form Saxony, see [http://www.peter-hug.ch/lexikon/Auswanderung http://www.peter-hug.ch/lexikon/Auswanderung] click on: Ziele der deutschen Auswanderung 1871/1884. It is believed that more single people emigrated than did families during this time frame. In order for these singles to earn their passage they temporarily settled and worked near the emigration port. Therefore, police records should be considered as a source of retrieving origins of ancestors, such as the police records of Hamburg (Arbeiter und Dienstboten, Meldeprotokolle für Fremde, available through the Family History Library catalog). See also [http://www.google.com/search?q=Immigration+Society+Sachsen&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS281US282&start=70&sa=N http://www.google.com/search?q=Immigration+Society+Sachsen&amp;hl=en&amp;rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS281US282&amp;start=70&amp;sa=N]&nbsp; page 7 (German Ports: Gateway to America)  


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'''4.''' '''You have a birth place but no records are availabe through the Family History Library system'''  
'''4.''' '''You have a birth place but no records are availabe through the Family History Library system'''  
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Civil Registration began in the Freistaat Sachsen in 1876. For records please contact the local Standesamt or the communal archive. Link: http://www.archivschule.de/content/29.html  
Civil Registration began in the Freistaat Sachsen in 1876. For records please contact the local Standesamt or the communal archive. Link: http://www.archivschule.de/content/29.html  


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<br>For help in Locating Leipzig Civil Registration Districts please click here. [http://www.heirateninsachsen.de/01_heiraten/aemter/leipzig.php?stadt=3 http://www.heirateninsachsen.de/01_heiraten/aemter/leipzig.php?stadt=3] <br>
<br>For help in Locating Leipzig Civil Registration Districts please click here. [http://www.heirateninsachsen.de/01_heiraten/aemter/leipzig.php?stadt=3 http://www.heirateninsachsen.de/01_heiraten/aemter/leipzig.php?stadt=3] <br>  


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'''5. If you desire to cement your research or simply understand more about your ancestor's circumstances consider doing research in court records. These are available through the Family Library system and&nbsp;are&nbsp;retrieved as follows:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;  
'''5. If you desire to cement your research or simply understand more about your ancestor's circumstances consider doing research in court records. These are available through the Family Library system and&nbsp;are&nbsp;retrieved as follows:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;  
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A typical recorded land purchase will take place between sons and fathers, in-laws or other relatives. Children will be represented by their guardians who may be relatives. Women usually had no legal capacity, therefore, were also represented, maybe by a relative. Exact details of the property will be given which could clarify otherwise unclear relationships, since in former days many people shared the same names.  
A typical recorded land purchase will take place between sons and fathers, in-laws or other relatives. Children will be represented by their guardians who may be relatives. Women usually had no legal capacity, therefore, were also represented, maybe by a relative. Exact details of the property will be given which could clarify otherwise unclear relationships, since in former days many people shared the same names.  


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