Rhineland (Rheinland) Emigration and Immigration

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Rhineland (Rheinland) Emigration and Immigration

For a comprehensive understanding of emigration and immigration records, study the article Germany Emigration and Immigration.

Rhineland (Rheinland)

• Emigrants from West-German Fuerstenberg Territories (Baden and the Palatinate) to America and Central Europe, ($). 1712, 1737, 1787 Index. Frequently gives origin in Germany.
  
• Male immigrants from Rheinland and Westfalen, Prussia
• Female immigrants from Rheinland and Westfalen, Prussia
• Craftsmen from Solingen

Germany Nationwide Records Websites

• German Emigrant Data Base,covers 1820-1939, main source: New York passenger lists beginning in 1820, supplemented by material found in Germany, ($)

U.S. and German Passenger Lists and Indexes

• The Hamburg Passenger Departure Lists 1850-1934
• Bremen passenger lists, 1920-1939
• French Lines
• Ellis Island Records - New York arrivals 1892-1924, limited search functionality, includes images
• CastleGarden – passenger arrivals in New York 1820-1913, currently not linked to images
• One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse for the Ellis Island website and Castle Garden allows searches by various fields, with or without a complete name
• Emigrants coming through Canada
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers’ Guild

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