German Newspapers 1780-1914 Part II

This is just a start and basically summarizes what information Friedrich Wollmershäuser gives in his article, however I am hoping others will add to it, or contribute leads about the Intelligenzblätter, Amtsblätter,  and other official newspapers with announcements of emigration, births, marriages, deaths, estates, missing persons for military, and other genealogical information. Also perhaps we could list here the indexing projects that have been done in the past and to what extent, so that efforts can concentrate where the biggest needs are and people can get in contact with those who have already indexed some of these newspapers. Perhaps Friedrich Wollmershäuser will be willing to share the bibliography listing indexes and indexing projects that is mentioned in his article to help this cause.

Prussia-German Empire. In each state capital within the Prussian Kingdom there was an "Official Newsletter of the Royal Government" (Amtsblatt der Königlichen Regierung). An enclosure to each issue was called a "Public Advertiser" (Öffentlicher Anzeiger). It contained warrants, names of missing heirs, names of absent divorcees, summonses to missing persons, and summonses to draft-dodgers. For example, following is one from Rheinland:

Another "Public Advertiser" (Öffentlicher Anzeiger) was an enclosure to the following gazette whose name changed at various times:

This Reichsanzeiger, as the nation-wide official gazette, was used as an instrument for notifications to and warrants for persons who were assumed to be somewhere in Prussia or, from 1871 onwards, somewhere in Germany or were being summoned by German authorities.

Allgemeine Auswanderungs- Zeitung published passenger lists from 1848 to 1869, although most lists date from 1850 to 1855.

Foreign gazettes were very rarely used for such notices; the only known example is Nachrichten aus Deutschland und der Schweiz (News from Germany and Switzerland), an American paper for family news and summonses to missing heirs.

Baden, from about 1800-1871 require a clearing of debts before permission to emigrate would be granted. The clearing date had to be announced to the public in a newspaper, official gazette, or intelligencer, as had been required for the clearing of private bankruptcies from the mid-eighteenth century onwards. Emigration may have been announced in one of maybe a number of district papers or gazettes in Baden. 

Bavaria, summons to missing heirs or absent persons common in 18th century in:

Emigration may have been announced in eight district gazettes (Intelligenzblätter-Kreisamtsblätter). Reinhard Mayer has extracted these from 1830-1871 and has started a project to cover the years 1872-1920 (see below).

Braunschweig   

Hessen-Nassau, summons to missing heirs or absent persons common in 18th century in the first of the following:

Hohenzollern    

Waldeck 

Württemberg, from about 1800-1871 require a clearing of debts before permission to emigrate would be granted. The clearing date had to be announced to the public in a newspaper, official gazette, or intelligencer, as had been required for the clearing of private bankruptcies from the mid-eighteenth century onwards. Emigration announcements after 1850 were for the most part listed in only one official newspaper in Württemberg.

Indexing Projects