Greetings.... I just heard that there were police register books in Germany re citizens -- does anyone here know the details regarding this and if they were used in the early 1900's? My grandmother was born in Memmingen, Bavaria--- migrated to Switzerland where she worked and married and bore 2 children (bef. 1910). She eventually divorced and came to the US in 1912 where she married the grandfather that I knew (upon arrival -- he had come earlier and set up job and home).. When I went to Memmingen there was a notation on her record that in 1912 the police were looking for her and also her brother (my grandmother was already in the States for 9 months). Could this be related to the police registration of citizen comings and goings -- or this wasn't happening in 1912? If anyone knows I'd appreciate a response. Thank you Claire