Eric, I do not believe the "Emigration from Southwest-Germany" website is a government site. The tab labeled "History of the Project" indicates the work was based on work done by Hans Glatzle and Wolfgang Müller. From what I've seen, much of the data came from local records other than the official emigration records. The LDS have microfilmed the official Würtemberg emigration records and the microfilm number is listed as the source in the books titled "Wuerttemberg Emigration Index", by Trudy Schenk. The microfilms are listed in the LDS Family History Library online catalog under the catalog entry of "Emigration and immigration" for the oberamt ("county seat") of the village. These microfilms may be rented at your local LDS Family History Center at a nominal cost. At 02:01 AM 8/23/2008, you wrote: >From: "Eric Schaal" <eschaal1@comcast.net> >Subject: Re: [BW] Emigration Records & Reasons >To: <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> > >... >The site you refer to is run by the government of Baden-Wurttemberg. I don't >think they have released their records to the Mormons or others to make >available to other users. I think the originals are all in the archives in >that state. You may have access to them in the archive itself, but that >would of course involve a trip to Germany. The site tells you somewhere that >the online records are just a small part of the total collection. >... >-----Original Message----- >From: baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >lsmontoya@aol.com > >My ancestor, Leonhard Braun,?emigrated from Wuerttemberg in 1853 at the age >of 17. I obtained a copy of his application to emigrate which I found on the >Wuerttemberg Emigration Index.? Today I located his emigration record on the >website posted a few days ago Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg >http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/auswanderer/index.php?sprache=en > >The record shows an Emigrant Identification number and has some basic >details about him. Does anyone that is familiar with this website know >if?this is?an index of records that can be ordered that might have more >information? Or possibly is this the same record that was included in the >Wuerttemberg Emigration Index? > >His application to emigrate was filed March 21, 1853, which was 3 days >before his 17th birthday.?I can't help but wonder if there was significance >to that fact.? Does anyone know if there was a mandatory military service >requirement at that time that he might have been trying to avoid?? > >Also, on the website it lists his marital status as "led." What might that >stand for? > >Lastly, can anyone recommend some websites on emigration from Wuerttemberg >that might discuss the reasons why folks left for America around this >timeframe, or what life might have been like for them? > >Linda No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1627 - Release Date: 8/22/2008 6:48 AM ____________________________________________________________ Click to find information on your credit score and your credit report. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4txnwqiUSoKobZMCI9sMifbVKmZpIN3e3ORSlPDh9CoFghhC/