where can I search for Saxony records and emigration?
my Gx2 Grandfather Charles Tantz/Dantz, born 1834. I only have records of him from the time he declared intent to naturalize in USA until his death 16 Oct 1893. US Census records have his birth country as Saxony.
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Susan, records in Germany are kept on the local level, so you'll need to first identify the German hometown through U.S. sources, so at this point the @United States Genealogy Research will likely be more helpful than the Germany group.
Some of the best records to look for the hometown in are U.S. church records and naturalization records--specifically the declaration of intention and the petition for naturalization. You stated you have already located his intention to naturalize; could you share the link to his record?
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At that time, Saxony was a separate kingdom, I believe, until about 1870 when the kingdoms were united and became a unified Germany. That's why records often say both Germany and Saxony. There are several naturalization docs that will likely give their address in Saxony. I am guessing you have the final document which will usually only name the country of origin. You need to locate both the Intent to Naturalize and Application to Naturalize. Check out these links to Ohio records--https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Naturalization_and_Citizenship_Online_Genealogy_Records.
To check out Ohio county resources check here--https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Summit_County,_Ohio_Genealogy. I suggest you read about the German immigrants to this area since they all possibly came from the same city in Saxony.
Even tombstones and Find A Grave info may give hometown info.
Here's the link to FamilySearch Catalog info on Summit County which provides many possible source options: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=196820&query=+place:"United States, Ohio, Summit"
I bet if you contact the Summit County Historical Society they will have a lot of info about the German immigrants, too--https://www.summithistory.org/,
Good luck!
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@SusanLeanza SusanLeanza
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Susan
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Not that I can be of much help ...
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But ...
That said ...
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I just took a quick look in the 'FamilySearch' "Wiki" for "Saxony".
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Where I found these:
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Saxony (Sachsen), German Empire Genealogy
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saxony_(Sachsen),_German_Empire_Genealogy
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Saxony (Sachsen), German Empire Church Records
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saxony_(Sachsen),_German_Empire_Church_Records
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Saxony (Sachsen) Emigration and Immigration
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saxony_(Sachsen)_Emigration_and_Immigration
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Saxony (Sachsen) Naturalization and Citizenship
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saxony_(Sachsen)_Naturalization_and_Citizenship
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Saxony (Sachsen) Military Records
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saxony_(Sachsen)_Military_Records
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Saxony (Sachsen) Court Records
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saxony_(Sachsen)_Court_Records
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Saxony (Sachsen), German Empire Civil Registration
[ But DID NOT start until 1 January 1876 ]
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Saxony_(Sachsen),_German_Empire_Civil_Registration
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Not that I have checked; but, you may get lucky and find something somewhere in that lot.
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Good Luck.
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I hope this helps just a little.
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Brett
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ps:
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WikiPedia
Saxony
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxony
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@SusanLeanza SusanLeanza I am sending this over to our @Germany Genealogy Research group so they can help you.
You really need to know exactly where in Saxony your guy came from. If you can find his naturalization papers here in the US that may tell where exactly he came from.
Can you supply some more info on where he lived in the United States and more about the family.
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If the naturalization records prove to be inadequate to get the name of his hometown, I suggest you check out the local histories for the area. Depending on the religion, some groups of immigrants from Germany traveled with their ministers to America. I think the FAN club is very important here so check out Friends, Associates and Neighbors in his new home in America. Good luck!
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Naturalization cert says Germany. Census records say Saxony.
He lived in Summit County Ohio 1970-1893. Married Frances Faust in Medina County Ohio. He owned his home in Canal Fulton Ohio. I found maps with his property in Summit Co Maps. They had many children, who I have research on, but no clues on where in Saxony he came from and no info on his parents.
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Do you have the declaration of intention and the petition for naturalization? Those are the naturalization documents that sometimes list the hometown; the final naturalization certificate almost always just says the country.
If you determine what church the couple lived closest to when they were married, you can contact that church and see if they have a copy of the church marriage record, which is much more likely to list the hometown than its civil marriage record counterpart. Their children's baptismal records would be good to look at as well.
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