Yesterday I sent the following post to the wrong address (Hesse-l-request) - Betty Richardson wrote: "What county or Kreis is "Hesse Cassel" in? Is there an archivist there who maintains records of those who applied for permission to leave the country in the 1850's?" I am interested in this topic of archivists. In my Scandinavian research I learned that the priests kept records concerning the moving into and out of each parish. I have not seen mention of these "moving records" in listings of German church book films, and the ones here in question seem to pertain to emigration from the kreis or country, as opposed to the parish. Where might one go to learn about any emigration records kept by the archivists Betty mentions? Thanks, Bart