Saturday, May 03, 2008

BallinStadt Genealogical Research Portals


Philip alerted me to the Ballin Stadt web site which might be helpful in researching German emigration records.

Genealogical research portals


Institutions that offer help in tracing emigrants (a selection):
Germany» MyFamily GmbH: http://www.ancestry.de/» National Archives Hamburg: http://fhh.hamburg.de/stadt/Aktuell/behoerden/staatsarchiv/start.html » Historical Museum Bremerhaven: http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/» National Archives Bremen: http://www.passagierlisten.de/» Research Center German Emigrants in the USA: http://www.dausa.de/» Nordfriisk Instituut: www.nordfriiskinstituut.de/indexausw.html » Institute for Migration and Ancestral Research e. V. / Rostock: http://www.imar-mv.com/» National Archives Stuttgart: http://www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de/» Genealogie-Service.de GmbH: http://www.ahnenforschung.net/» Genealogical Society Hamburg: http://gghh.genealogy.net/

USA » Ellis Island / New York: http://www.ellisisland.org/» The National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.archives.gov/» Mystic Seaport: www.mysticseaport.org/library/immigration/intro.cfm

International Family History Portals:» MyFamily Inc.: http://www.myfamily.com/, http://www.ancestry.com/» JewishGen, Inc.: www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB» The Genealogical Society Library: http://www.familysearch.org/» Genealogische Gesellschaft: http://www.genealogy.net/

Emigrant Museums and Exhibitions in Germany (a selection):» Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven: http://www.dah-bremerhaven.de/» Hapag Halle Cuxhaven: http://www.hapag-halle-cuxhaven.de/» Museen der Stadt Delmenhorst: http://www.auswanderungdelmenhorst.de/» Auswanderermuseum Oberalben: http://www.auswanderermuseum.de/» Haus der bayrischen Geschichte: http://www.hdbg.de/auswanderung/deutsch/index2.htm