Rhineland (Rheinland) Emigration and Immigration

A helpful site showing names of emigrants from the area around Trier for the years 1700 – 1900:
 * Emigrants from West-German Fuerstenberg Territories (Baden and the Palatinate) to America and Central Europe, ($). 1712, 1737, 1787 Index. Frequently gives origin in Germany.
 * Male immigrants from Rheinland and Westfalen, Prussia
 * Female immigrants from Rheinland and Westfalen, Prussia

www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/trier/Familienbuecher/Auswanderer.html#Orte

Here is information of craftsmen from Solingen who emigrated to various other countries, taking along their knowledge of sword and knife making.

http://www.zeitspurensuche.de/02/auswan0.htm