Here's a description of the captured German documents that the US National Archives has on microfilm: http://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/ The EWZ documents are part of the Berlin Document Center records: http://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/foreign-records-seized.html#center Einwandererzentrale. Microfilm Publication A3342, Series EWZ. 7,320 rolls The LDS FHL only has EWZ 58 microfilms: 3. Stammblatter, family forms There are about one million forms here on 742 rolls. In terms of information, these forms have more than the big card index, but less than the individual files. These files are organized by number, rather than alphabetically, so you can�t tackle this set first. If a person is listed in the basic card index, but not the applications, check the family forms to get a bit of extra information. This set also helps you find neighbors, and other relatives. That�s because people from one village were often processed together - so their numbers would be together as well. Once you find the numbers for some of your people, you can find out who went through the system with them. Why you would want to find those neighbors? In may case, I�ve discovered that some of the neighbors are also related, in some way. The connection might be in the names of grandparents, or in the names of spouses. I have discovered several connections using this series. These films are available through LDS libraries and the U.S. National Archives. A guide to all film numbers is on this site. See: http://www.volhynia.com/ewzmain.html _________ Lavrentiy Krupniak Laurence Krupnak wrote: > > Ethnic Germans that resided in the following areas/nations were > processed by the EWZ: > > USSR, > Romania [includes all of Bukowina and Bessarabia], > 1939 Poland, > Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, > Yugoslavia, > France, > Bulgaria, and > S�d-Tirol > > Laurence Krupnak wrote: > > > > The LDS FHL currently has a relatively small number of the total EWZ > > records that are available. The US microfilmed all of the captured > > German records before they were returned to the Berlin Document > > Center. The US National Archives in College Park, MD has the complete > > set of EWZ records. > > > > EWZ = Einwanderungszentralstelle > > > > Sudenten Germans were not involved in the Nazi EWZ > > resettlement/naturalization program. But, like Karen said if former > > Sudenten Germans did reside in Eastern Europe during 1939-1940s they > > were repatriated (resettled and/or naturalized) via the EWZ. > > > > ______ > > > > Lavrentiy Krupniak > > > > KarenHob@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > I have just learned that around 1920 ethnic German > > > families from the Bohemian > > > Egerland chose to migrate to Galicia rather than stay home > > > under the rules of CZ. One of the villages they went to > > > was Machiniec. > > > > > > I found one note that indicated the Germans from > > > that place were "repatriated" by the Third Recih > > > in 1940. That means that Galicians Germans who came > > > from the Egerland in 1920 were sent to Germany > > > in 1940. > > > > > > There are a lot of LDS films covering the repatriated > > > Germans from Eastern Europe. > > > Find them with a KEYWORD search using: > > > > The LDS currently has a relatively small number of the total EWZ > > records. The US microfilmed of the captured German records before they > > were given to the Berlin Document Center. The US microfilmed all of > > the captured German records that were extant after WWII ended. The US > > National Archives has the complete set of EWZ records. > > > > EWZ = Einwanderungszentralstelle > > > > > > > > Germany immigration 1939- > > > > > > The 1939- limits the results to titles that include > > > 1939 and later years. > > > > > > I have not reviewed those films and do not know > > > if the birthplace of eachperson listed is given. > > > > > > If someone on the list has used them, please tell us > > > what they include. > > > > > > I searched the Internet with: Galizien Egerl�nder > > > and found some of the URLs below. > > > > > > Some of them are German surname lists associated with > > > certain Galician villages that ended up in Russia in > > > 1945 and are now in Ukraine. If the surnames are > > > not right at the top, just keep scrolling through the > > > page until you find them. > > > > > > The home page at http://www.machliniec.de/ has the > > > names of some villages. Click on all the links to explore > > > each village site. > > > > > > Surnames are at: > > > > > > http://www.machliniec.de/eger01.htm > > > http://www.machliniec.de/gal012.htm > > > http://www.machliniec.de/gal013.htm > > > http://www.machliniec.de/gal089.htm > > > http://www.machliniec.de/Images/Droesseldorf%20Ortsplan.jpg > > > > > > Search all the links at the sites below: Click on the English flag > > > for English pages. > > > > > > http://www.koenigsau-galizien.de/friedhof_m.html > > > http://www.koenigsau-galizien.de/friedhof.html > > > > > > Karen