Greg, When my Spahnle family left Ichenheim they signed such a document. I have a copy of this document as it was part of the Ichenheim kinship book. If you like I can scan it and send to your email address so you can see what it looks like. Maurine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Hilton" <grhilton@msn.com> To: <deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 7:55 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 _________________________________________________________________ Change the world with e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld ------------------------------- 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