Finding a Place of Origin in Pre-WW II Europe

= Finding a Place of Origin in Pre-WW II Europe =

(A class project of the missionaries serving on the B-1 floor of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah)

= Overview of This Page =

Object: Find a village/town of origin when only a larger country, region or ethnicity is known by using sources that are searchable by name.

Important Note: Using records created in the country of settlement is usually the best and easiest strategy. Examples are:
 * Incoming passenger lists.
 * Naturalization records.
 * Military draft records.
 * Social Security records.

Using the sources on this page may be more complex and less likely to bring success.

These sources include online databases and other records searchable by name.

This page does not include:
 * Sources specific to a specific town or village.
 * Browse only sources.
 * Genealogical databases built on line or uploaded with GEDCOM files.

= Europe General =


 * The Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 (includes village of last residence): Ancestry.com using personal membership (personal membership required) Ancestry.com using FHL/FHC access (free access at Family History Centers)


 * United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897

Netherlands

 * WieWasWie.nl Indexed vital civil records of the Netherlands

Czech Republic

 * Czech Immigration Passenger Lists  by Leo Baca

German Empire

 * U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940


 * The emigration from Germany to Russia in the years 1763 to 1862 by Karl Stumpp.

Russian Empire

 * Odessa: a German-Russian Genealogical LibraryDatabases searchable by name.