Shelley, For U.S. records, though you might find a better answer, one opinion I'd value, is John P. Colletta--see pages 117 and 118 of the second edition of "They Came In Ships" (2002) in the section entitled "U.S. Departure Records." The first sentence reads: "Records of passengers departing U.S. ports are close to nonexistent." What records might have been created at the other end of the voyage, in what would've been the German Empire in 1898-99? Would the citizenship status of the the person returning (that is, if he/she had become a U.S. citizen) made a difference? That I don't know--but would you be interested in such records if they exist? >>> <SDGreen715@aol.com> 07/18/05 10:34AM >>> Does anyone know who to contact or how to get emigration records - from the US to Germany in 1898-1899? I seem to only find the other way - from Germany to the US! Shelley