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 Lake City, Utah: