Etienne and/or Ewald or any knowledgable lister, Can you give me just a bit on the Bas-Rhin Alsace rural economic situation between 1830 and 1860 or point me in the right direction., please. It seems there were some economic problems for families in at least one commune, but the information was vague - number of indigent families but no information who or why. Also I have no idea what my farmer ancestors were raising - grain crops, sheep, cattle? And what were they doing with what they raised? While googling I found the following which is not apropos to what I want but interesting. http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/lh/article/viewFile/5452/4647 Mothers and Breadwinners: Gender and Working Class Identity in Alsace, 1821-1936 David Allen Harvey This is also helpful as to emigration that we have mentioned. The Emigration Book that Sharon has is there but there are others. https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/France_Emigration_and_Immigration#Le_Havre_Passenger_Index Thanks as always, Gloria