Vocabulary: Migration
This is a list of common terms used in German migration records. Upon its occurrence, migration often generated records in the original place of residence, at major points on the journey and in the new location. Often these records are valuable to discover a familial origin and the antecedents who lived there.
| German | English | Examples |
| Abfahrt | departure | 
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| Ankunft | arrival | 
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| Auswanderer | emigrant | 
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| auswandern | emigrate | 
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| Auswanderung | emigration | 
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| einreisen | to enter | 
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| Einwanderer | immigrant | 
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| einwandern | to immigrate | 
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| Einwanderung | immigration | 
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| Hafen | port, harbor | 
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| Riesepass | passport | 
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| reisen | to travel | 
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| Verzeichnis | register, index | 
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