This book goes German state by German state, details the history of these records. Tremendous numbers of these records were made, in that residential registration is a fact of life in Germany, an idea that's foreign to American researchers. The volume not only details the laws for each historic area of the Germany Empire, but includes examples, and state-by-state information on accessing these documents.
... Zacharias Wolfershausen 30/09 E Barnickel, Jacob Eschenfeld, Nuernberg 22/07 С Canada 1783 Bartels, Georg Braunschweig 24/03 A Salisbury 18.12.1778 Bartels, Hennig Wenden 32/07 E Bartels, Heinrich Braunschweig 41/00 В Bartels, ...
The story of one German immigrant of the mid 18th century and some of his ancestors and descendants
Zangemeister/Singmaster Family History, Ca. 1300-2007
Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg, (now Niedersachsen), Germany, Mainly to the United States, 1830-1849
German Revolutionists of 1848: Surnames L through R
A list of emigrants from the former principality of Hessen-Hanau, containing information on immigrants to America (mainly Pennsylvania), Hungary, Lithuania, Pomerania, and Russia.
From Bremen to America in 1850: Fourteen Rare Emigrant Ship Lists
Nineteenth-century Emigration from the Siegkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Mainly to the United States
Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research
Cumulative Surname Soundex to German-American Genealogical Research Monographs 14-19 and 21-25