All that being said - I probably will still take a look at it just to see what it looks like. to get a feel for the writing and who knows? I might get lucky. Does anyone know if this only includes citizens of the city proper of Darmstadt, or did people from nearby towns have to apply for permission to leave in Darmstadt? My family is from Erzhausen, a little ways from Darmstadt. Is there any point in looking at these records for people who did not live in the city proper? Thanks Lenise Lenise Cook wrote: > It does appear that yes, you do have to search it manually. I see no > evidence of an index. This link explains what is there and says you > have to be able to read Gothic German and know approximately what you > are looking for and where/when it happened in order to have much success > > https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany,_Hessen,_Darmstadt_City_Records_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29 > > I may be wrong, but it seems like for the average person it probably is > like looking for a needle in a haystack. Not something I would take on > without some idea of what I was looking for. > > > > Irenebks@aol.com wrote: > >> I looked at it and once I got to the Hesse Damstadt page could not do >> anything. Maybe someone out there can figure it out. >> >> >> In a message dated 2/1/2011 12:44:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> kokrdaj@cox.net writes: >> >> Hit Family Search in the upper left corner and leads to a search area. >> >> >>> I found the Hesse Darmstadt City Records >>> at: >>> https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927074 >>> but >>> I can't figure out how to use it--I even read the description. It looks >>> like you >>> have to actually manually search it. >>> >>> I'm still trying to figure out how and what is there. >>> >>> Christina >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Lenise Cook wrote: > All that being said - I probably will still take a look at it just to > see what it looks like. to get a feel for the writing and who > knows? I > might get lucky. > > Does anyone know if this only includes citizens of the city proper of > Darmstadt, or did people from nearby towns have to apply for > permission > to leave in Darmstadt? My family is from Erzhausen, a little ways > from > Darmstadt. Is there any point in looking at these records for people > who did not live in the city proper? I've done a little bit of looking around and I did find some of my Dressel and Schuchmann folks in the collection "Aufnahmen von Bürgern und Beisassen, Gesuche um Steuernachlaß, Streitigkeiten aller Art, Dispense wegen Minderjährigkeit, Manumissionen usw.", or "Recordings of citizens and sojourners, applications for tax relief, disputes of all kinds, dispensation of the underaged, manumission, etc." The Dressels were from Groß Zimmern and the Schuchmanns from Reinheim, so other nearby towns seem to be represented. I'm still not sure what the documents represent. Are they a census of some sort, or a registration? I suspect that these new offerings will be indexed eventually. For now they can be searched by year range and surname. Regards, Debra MacLaughlan-Dumes http://sakionline.net/familypage