This is a forwarded message From: Dr. Rudolf Kies, Ph.D. <Egerlander@sudetenland.us> To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, June 11, 2004, 10:44:09 AM Subject: Re: CZECH-D Digest V04 #213 ===8<==============Original message text=============== Hi Joanne! I was born in that place in 1933; my mother was born there in 1898, as was the rest of our family. First, the Czech Republic did not exist in 1912. In fact, that concept is relatively new... With the exception of "the Protectorate", Prague and other areas, the area you describe belonged to "The Austro-Hungarian Empire". In other words, Austrian! Czechoslovakia did not exist until after WWI! My mother was a nurse in Vienna in or around 1912 - until the mid 1920's with Kaiser Franz Josef as the ruler - and she travelled back and forth freely. No restrictions. I think what you are referring to was/is the "Resident Registration" (Einwohner Meldepflicht) requirement - a system of population control still in effect today in Germany and other countries. It requires one to register upon arrival and de-register when leaving. I am sure that some S/A on this list will give you a different version. The agony of choosing is your, I am afraid. Best wishes, Rudy At 08:00 AM 06/11/04 -0600, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:32:39 -0500 >From: Joanne Brown <jb@tbcnet.com> >To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <40C90BB7.86200519@tbcnet.com> >Subject: Czech emigration rules >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Does anyone know what the emigration rules and procedures in the >Czech Republic were in about 1912? Were people supposed to register >before leaving the country? Were they allowed to leave, or did they >leave illegally? > The reason I ask is this---I have a portion of my grandfather's >brother's diary translated into English and it says that you were not >allowed to leave at that time. It also states that the police came >looking for my grandfather about a week after he left the country and >the family told them that he was working in Pilsen. > Joanne ===8<===========End of original message text===========