French Emigration Indexes
From the Research Outline at http://familysearch.org : http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/guide/Germany14.asp#emigration_and_immigration Many Germans either lived in Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) or passed through it to emigrate. The following sources help identify many of them. Alsace Emigration Index . The Family History Library has compiled an index of persons who emigrated from or through Elsaß-Lothringen from 1817 to 1866 . About half the names are from southern Germany. The alphabetical index gives the emigrant's name, age, occupation, place of origin, residence, destination, passport date, and source microfilm number. Not everyone who emigrated via Alsace is in this index. The index is easiest to find in the Author/Title Search of the Family History Library Catalog under Alsace Emigration Index.Look this term up in the glossary. It is also listed as: France. Ministre de l'Intrieur. Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866 (Index of emigrants, 1817-1866). Salt Lak...