Hello, Yesterdays post in this forum from Robert Behra made me think about something which I would like to ask here. I had a relative, Paul Auguste Napoleon Baumann who was born 8/12/1862 in Bollwiller, France and family lore says he left Alsace for America but we have no date or where he landed in America etc. I would venture to guess that he left between 1880 and 1900 but I’m not sure. Is there any way in France to definitely determine when a citizen left France? I’m curious as to what my options are for finding him and where he ended up. Thank you for an honest answer on this one. Scott Baumann

Hi Scott, When do US census records say Paul arrived? I would check those to narrow your possibilities for year of immigration. Many localities have records specific to the area. Are there city directories in the community in which Paul lived? They may help narrow the time range even further. Laura On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Scotty B. <wsb221@stny.rr.com> wrote: > Hello, > Yesterdays post in this forum from Robert Behra made me think about > something which I would like to ask here. > I had a relative, Paul Auguste Napoleon Baumann who was born 8/12/1862 in > Bollwiller, France and family lore says he left Alsace for America but we > have no date or where he landed in America etc. > I would venture to guess that he left between 1880 and 1900 but I’m > not sure. Is there any way in France to definitely determine when a citizen > left France? I’m curious as to what my options are for finding him and > where he ended up. > > Thank you for an honest answer on this one. > > Scott Baumann > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Relatively speaking, Laura PS: Are we related? Find out at http://where2look4ancestors.com/

Hi Scott, A search at www.castlegarden.org for Paul BAUMANN for the time period 1862- 1913 gives 18 results, but only one is correct for the birth year 1862 : Paul BAUMANN, baker, 28 years old, arrival date 29 May 1890 from Bremen with the ship Dresden. With him : Essa (?) BAUMANN 25y and Frieda 3 months. They settled in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan. For more see the sites: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLTM-VG6 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLTM-VGF https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ7H-979 All the best from Alsace Ewald -------------------------------------------------- From: "Scotty B." <wsb221@stny.rr.com> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 6:06 AM To: <ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [A-L] Immigration from Alsace to America > Hello, > Yesterdays post in this forum from Robert Behra made me think about > something which I would like to ask here. > I had a relative, Paul Auguste Napoleon Baumann who was born 8/12/1862 in > Bollwiller, France and family lore says he left Alsace for America but we > have no date or where he landed in America etc. > I would venture to guess that he left between 1880 and 1900 but I’m not > sure. Is there any way in France to definitely determine when a citizen > left France? I’m curious as to what my options are for finding him and > where he ended up. > > Thank you for an honest answer on this one. > > Scott Baumann > --