[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German Naturalization prior to emigration

[Mauricio Norenberg]

Dear Paul,

Many thanks for sharing this information with us.
If I get anything I'll forward to the list.

Best Regards
Mauricio

On 17 October 2011 08:14, Paul Rakow <rakow at ifh.de> wrote:

>  Dear Mauricio,
>
>       There are records, if you are lucky. I have looked through
>  naturalisation documents from the early 20th century, in the
>  Geheim Staatsarchiv in Berlin (though I didn't find anything
>  for my own family).
>
>        The best starting point I know is an online article
>  by Oliver G"unther,
>
>  http://wolhynien.de/pdf/rw_**GstAPK.pdf<http://wolhynien.de/pdf/rw_GstAPK.pdf>
>
>  (but it's in German)
>
>       You are more likely to find something if your family
>  initially intended to stay in Germany, and then moved on
>  years later. If they were in Germany simply passing through on
>  their way to Bremen, there would be less chance of an easy
>  paper trail.
>
>             Paul Rakow
>             rakow at ifh.de
>
>
>
>  Mauricio Norenberg <mauricio.norenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I heard that many Volhynians, when left that area, went to Germany and
>> re-naturalized as German Citizens before they went to the Americas.
>> One person whose ancestors went to Brazil at the same time as mine could
>> find naturalization records somewhere in Germany, and his family came from
>> Volhynia.
>>
>> Apparently, families would leave Volhynia and sometimes would stay in
>> Germany for sometime before take the ship.
>> Others, with less resources could not do anything rather emigrate straight
>> away.
>>
>> To take my ancestors as example, they left Bremen in 1908.
>> But how could I tell when they really left Volhynia? Are there any
>> records?
>>
>> Are there any records specifically for Germans who came from
>> Russia\Volhynia
>> circa 1908?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Mauricio
>> Wellington - New Zealand
>>
>>