Wendelin, I hope that the Auswanderer database, for now, is merely stuck in a growing pains situation. I have hesitated to make any comment about it even though it seemed to be lacking but I hoped that it meant that the old database was being entered into the new database in a piecemeal basis and just wasn't finished as yet. Whatever is happening, the new database is not complete, nor is it correct. My playing around with it was a result of that missing Johann Jaeger. In August there were 38 Johann Jäger listings; in October there were only 10 listings for the same time period. For now the database is not trustworthy. I feel it will be necessary to research it from time to time on just that one missing Johann Jäger to see what changes may result. Your information of changed towns makes it even more scary. However, this may be no different that previous searches. The original database was never complete but was an on-going project, albeit, a very slow on-going project. Many emigrants who were in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart records had not been entered in the old database. Now, who knows what the situation is. djweber [email protected] ------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendelin Irslinger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 12:36 PM Subject: [Ortenau] Emigration database B-W >I don't know if the new emigration database for Baden-Württemberg > > (the German link is:) > https://www.la-bw.de/auswanderer/index.php?sprache=de&suche=1 > (with a link to the English version) > > is an improvement or a worsening. > > I noticed that same emigrants moved to another town. > > In the old database I saw some emigrants for Kappel a. Rh. who moved now > to Kappelrodeck. > Another emigrant moved from Ohlsbach (Ebersweier) to Durbach > (Ebersweier)... > > The question is which is the correct information. > > > - Wendelin >

dj, in the database there should be at least the people who emigrated with permission and whose emigration document is still available in a state archive. I was pretty satisfied with the old database. I only missed the source information like file number. And with help of the old one I was able to find out that emigration docs of ancestors and relatives exist. Did you (or another member) miss someone in the old database whose emigration record is available? - Wendelin > Wendelin, > > I hope that the Auswanderer database, for now, is merely stuck in a > growing pains situation. I have hesitated to make any comment about > it even though it seemed to be lacking but I hoped that it meant that > the old database was being entered into the new database in a > piecemeal basis and just wasn't finished as yet. > > Whatever is happening, the new database is not complete, nor is it > correct. > > My playing around with it was a result of that missing Johann Jaeger. > In August there were 38 Johann Jäger listings; in October there were > only 10 listings for the same time period. > > For now the database is not trustworthy. I feel it will be necessary > to research it from time to time on just that one missing Johann Jäger > to see what changes may result. Your information of changed towns > makes it even more scary. > > However, this may be no different that previous searches. The > original database was never complete but was an on-going project, > albeit, a very slow on-going project. Many emigrants who were in > Karlsruhe and Stuttgart records had not been entered in the old > database. Now, who knows what the situation is. > > djweber > [email protected]