Greg, known emigrants from Waltersweier are listed at http://emigration-offenburg.de If a person is not listed there is probably no emigration record. Maybe Gabi can tell which sources the people of the Offenburg emigration project have researched for emigrants from Waltersweier. - Wendelin On Mon, 19 May 2008 22:28:32 -0500 "djweber" <djwdjw@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > 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