More to Search
at Ancestry.com:

Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
5 million Russians, Germans, Jewish and Austrians 80% destined for USA, Canada

Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records
search hundreds of databases inc.
B,MDs, baptisms, parish, probate
by country/state/county

Search 7 Bllion Records
including 550 million names in US Censuses,
800 million name UK ancestor databases,
20 million name Immigration Collection..

Search Emigration Records
over 50 passenger list
& immigration databases
totalling more than 15 million names

US Federal Censuses 1790-1930
search the only complete
US census collection on the web;
over 550 million names

Alta Vista Translation Aid can translate text/websites for you: German to English, English to German
Brakel/Erkeln Family Database about 10,000 individuals  who lived in Brakel/Erkeln.
Emigrants from Kreis Meschede and Kreis Olpe (Westfalen) to USA
Nordrhein-Westfalen  GenWeb created in an effort to help researchers find local resources and reference information.
German Genealogy: Nordrhein-Westfalen (German)
Großeneder Emigrants contains the names of young  men from Großeneder, that dodged the military service through a so-called secret emigration in the nineteenth century
Hegensdorfer Auswanderer 1824-1893 names of the villagers who left Hegensdorf in the 19th century, mostly for America
Nordrhein-Westfalen (general) Message Board read and post messages
Nordrhein-Westfalen (surnames) Message Board read and post messages related to the surnames you are researching
Sauerland Vital Records downloadable PDF files
Stemwede Genealogy Home Page
Wehdem Evangelical Lutheran Church Church Records here you will find records for Wehdem, Oppendorf, Westrup & Oppenwehe including  Marriages 1663-1910 , 1723-1766 , 1767-1819 , 1820-1859 ,  1860-1910 , Baptisms 1663-1722 , 1723-1766 , 1814-1819 ,  1820-1835 , 1836-1859 , and Deaths 1801-1892 (partial listing)
Westphalian Jews and the Holocaust  The fate of over 8,000 Westphalian Jews.
Windheim Parish Surnames