R E S E A R C H   G U I D A N C E

A GENEALOGICAL
HANDBOOK OF GERMAN RESEARCH
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowldegements
Chapter 1 Historical And Geographical
Chapter 2 Emigration Before 1800
Chapter 3 Emigration After 1800
Chapter 4 Determining The Place Of Origin L.d.s. Sources
Chapter 5 Determining The Place Of Origin U.S. Sources
Chapter 6 Determining The Place Of Origin European Sources
Chapter 7 Analyzing Surnames And Place Names
Chapter 8 Locating The Parish
Chapter 9 Determining The Present Name Of Localities
Chapter 10 Conducting An Area Search
Chapter 11 Record Repositories
Chapter 12 Naming Practices (patronymics And Occupational)
Chapter 13 Naming Practices (farm And Locality)
Chapter 14 Handwriting And Terminology Beginning
Chapter 15 Handwriting And Terminology Intermediate
Chapter 16 Handwriting And Terminology Advanced
Chapter 17 Feast Days And Calendars
Chapter 18 Finding A Birth Record
Chapter 19 Finding A Marriage Record
Chapter 20 Finding A Death Record
Chapter 21 Corresponding For Records
Chapter 22 German Genealogical And Family Organizations
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Index




Appendix A


GERMAN
EMIGRATION - IMMIGRATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY


UNITED STATES - GENERAL

Faust, Albert Bernhardt. The German Element in the United States. 2 vols. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. (Ref 973 F2f)

Franz, Eckhart F. and Froehlich, Otto (comp.) Hessische Truppen Im Amerikanischen Unabhaengigkeitskrieg (Hetrina). 5 vols. Marburg, 1972. (943 M2mg)

Knittle, Walter Allen. Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. (973 F2pk)

Krebs, Frederick. (ed.) “A List of German Immigrants to the American Colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1750-1771.” The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1951. (974.8 C4fg)

Meyen, Emil. (ed.) Bibliography on German Settlements In Colonial North America. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1966 reprint. (973 F2gm)

Miller, Olga K. Migration, Emigration, Immigration: Principally to the United States and in the United States. Logan, Utah: The Everton Publishers, Inc., 1974) (973 W2mo)

Rupp, I. Daniel. Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. 2nd rev. ed. Philadelphia: Leary, Stuart Co., 1927. (974.8 W2ra)

Simmendinger, Ulrich. The Simmendinger Register. Translated by Herman F. Vesper. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1962 reprint (Ref 973 W2s)

Smith, Clifford Neal. American Genealogical Resources in German Archives (AGRIGA) Munich: Verlag Dokumentation, Publishers. New York: R. R. Bowker 1977. (973 D25 Sm)

Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Pennsylvania German Pioneers. Norristown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. (974.8 B4pg V. 42-44)

Yoder, Donald. (ed.) “Emigrants from Wüerttemberg; The Adolf Gerber Lists.” Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Vol. 10. Allentown, Pa., 1945. (974.8 C4fg)


LOUISIANA

Nau, Fredrick. The German People of New Orleans, 1850-1900. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958.(976.335/N1 F2g)


MARYLAND

Cunz, Dieter. The Maryland Germans, A History. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1948 (975.2 F2c)

Williams, T.J.C. and McKinsey, Folger. History of Frederick County Maryland. 2 vols. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1967. (975.287 H2w)


MASSACHUSETTS

Hurst, Charles W. French and German Immigrants into Boston 1751. Milford, Connecticut, 1968. (974.4 Al No. 37) (Film No. 599,429 Item 2)

Schoff, Wilfred H. The Descendants of Jacob Schoff. Philadelphia, 1910. (929.273 Sch 63s)


MICHIGAN

Frank, Louis F. Pionierjahre der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Familien Franlk-Kerler. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1911. (929.273 F85lf)


NEW JERSEY

Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen: The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches and Genealogies. Dover, New Jersey: Dover Printing Company, 1895. (974.9 F2gc)

Gram, Carl H. The Germans in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Cleveland: Central Publishing House, 1938. (974.941/Nl F2g)


NEW YORK

Evjen, John 0. “German Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674.” Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630-1674. Minneapolis: K. C. Halter Publishing Company, 1916, Appendix 4, p.390. (974.7 F2sce)

MacWethy, Lou D. (comp.) The Book of Names. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing House, 1969 reprint. (947.7 F2pm)


NORTH CAROLINA

Bernheim, G. D. History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina. Philadelphia: The Lutheran Book Store, 1872. (975 F2b)

Hanuner, Carl Jr. Rhinelanders on the Yadkin; The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans in Rowan and Cabarrus. Salisburg, North Carolina: Rowan Printing Company, 1943. (975.67 F2h)


PENNSYLVANIA

Bek, Willam G. The German Settlement Society of Philadelphia and Its Colony Herman, Missouri. Philadelphia: American Germanica Press, 1907. (974.811/Pl F2b)

Beidelman, William. The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans. Research Company, 1969. Detroit: Gale (974.8 F2gb) (Film N. 873,815)

Borneman, Henry S. Pennsylvania German Illiminated Manuscripts. Norristown, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania German Society, 1937. (974.8 B4pg Vol. 46)

Diffenderffer, Frank Ried. The German Immigration Into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775. Pennsylvania German Society, Vol. 10, Pt. 2, Lancaster, Pa., 1900. (974.8 B4pg Vol. 10, Pt. 2 Film 924,111 Item 1)

Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969 reprint.(974.8 D2e 1969)

Eshleman, H. Frank. Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969 reprint. (974.8 F2se)

Falckner, Daniel. Curieuse nachricht von Pennsylvania.” Pennsylvania German Society, Vol. 14. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1905. (974.8 B4pg Vol. 14) (Film No. 485,955)

Hocker, Edward W. (comp.) Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory from Advertisements in German Newspapers Published in Philadelphia and Germantown 1743-1800. Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1935. (974.8 D2h) (Film No. 844,896)

Hocker, Edward W. Germantown, 1683-1933. Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Camp News Company, 1933. (974.811 H2hg)

Kuhns, Oscar. The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Aurand Press, 1945. (974.8 H2k)

Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker. The Settlement of Germantown Pennsylvania and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America. Philadelphia: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1899. (974.811/Gl H2p)

Roberts, Charles R. “Genealogical Research Among Pennsylvania German and Huguenot Families.” Genealogical Publications of the National Genealogical Society, No. 1. Washington, D. C., 1933. (973 B4n Nos. 1-5)

Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard. The Pennsylvania Germans. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1923. (974.8 F2g)

Seidensticker, Oswald. Geschichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft von Pennsylvanien. Philadelphia, Pa.: Neudruck von Graf and Breuninger, 1917. (974.8 F2gd)

Smith, Edgar Fahs. “Eminent Pennsylvania Germans.” Pennsylvania German Society, Vol. 34. Norristown, Pennsylvania: Norristown Press, 1929. (974.8 B4pg Vol. 34)

Tepper, Michael (ed.) Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1975. (974.8 W3t)


VIRGINIA

Holtzclaw, B. C. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964. (975.5 D2gd No. 5)

Huffman, Charles Herbert (ed.) The Germanna Record. Harrisonburg, Virginia: The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Publishers. (975.5 D2gd No. 1- 4, 6, 9-11, 12)

Schuricht, Herrmann. History of the German Element in Virginia. 2 vols. Baltimore, Maryland: Theo. Kroh and Sons, Printers, 1900. (975.5 F2gs Vol. 1-2) (Film No. 824,085)

Vann, Elizabeth Chapman Denny and Dixon, Margaret Collins Denny. First German Colony. Richmond, Virginia, 1961. (975.5 F2gv)

Wayland, John Walter. The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Bridgewater, Virginia: C. J. Carrier Company, 1964. (975.59 F2gw)


WISCONSIN

Lacher, J. Henry. The German Element in Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Society of America, 1925. (Film 424,852)

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