Dan and group, Just the information on the permit as I know the town of his origin. I'd like to get it for him and his siblings who also came to America. I've seen the Baden emigration website previously that Wendelin suggested and Bernard Fetter is not on it for the year of emigration. German researchers that I spoke to at the National Genealogical Society's convention held last week in Kansas City, MO suggested contacting the individual German town's city hall as these records are often still house there. Many have had success with this. Any other thoughts or suggestions? GRH > From: dbravard2@insight.rr.com> To: deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 20:32:11 -0400> Subject: Re: [Ortenau] Permission to Emigrate Permit> > Greg:> > If I can interject with a question. Are you trying to find the origin of > your ancestor or just the information on the permit(s)?> > Dan> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "djweber" <djwdjw@ix.netcom.com>> To: <deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:28 PM> Subject: Re: [Ortenau] Permission to Emigrate Permit> > > > Greg,> >> > Six possible answers...> >> > Wendelin will know and will answer your question.> >> > Another member of this List may have run into the same question for their> > emigrant ancestor from Waltersweier.> >> > The original permit is on file at the Town Hall of Waltersweier or at a> > neighboring town known only to a researcher familiar with the area and the> > record-keeping methods of the area.> >> > The original permit was forwarded to a particular Archive, perhaps > > Karlsruhe> > or Freiburg and would be available for a cost....again possibly something> > known only to a very few German researchers.> >> > The Permit you want and hundreds of other permits were sold as scrap paper> > to a local Paper Mill a hundred or so years ago. Over the centuries paper> > has had its cycles of scarcity and in many areas recycled paper was not > > and> > is not a new Go-Green activity. (Or the Town needed the money from the > > sale> > of their old papers.)> >> > Your ancestor left the Grand Duchy without legal authority and no such> > Permit exists.> >> > May we hope that your answer will be from one of the first four thoughts.> >> > I have seen such documents from areas north of the Ortenau, both in Baden> > and in other former Germanic countries. In most cases, they are very> > complete in details on the individual, his family, his finances and the > > Town> > Council willingness to allow the family to emigrate.> >> > djweber> > djwdjw@ix.netcom.com> > -------------------------> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Greg Hilton" <grhilton@msn.com>> > To: <deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:55 PM> > Subject: [Ortenau] (no subject)> >> >> >> > Where might I find records of the requests for emigration from the town of> > Waltersweier near Offenburg that an individual would have needed to get> > permission from Germany to move to North America.> >> > Bernard Vetter of Waltersweier left Baden around 1815-1816. I understand> > that these records are often full of information on the individual as all> > debts would have had to have been settled before he/she could have left.> >> > Has anyone seen such records?> >> > Greg Hilton> >> >> >> > > > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEU-BAD-ORTENAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount