• In Search of Your German Roots - (Book - Genealogical.com) : A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe. Fourth Edition, Updated. -

• Nineteenth-Century Emigration from Kreis Simmern (Hunsrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany to Brazil, England, Russian Poland, and the United States - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Mr. Smith extracted the names in the Simmern Kreis/Rhineland-Falz booklet from two articles published in Germany in 1935 and 1938. Approximately 56% of these individuals emigrated to the U.S., 37% to Brazil, and 5% to England. The roughly 2,500 persons named in the volume, whose dates of emigration span the last 70 years of the 19th century, are easily found by means of the surname index at the back. -

• Nineteenth-Century Emigration of Old Lutherans Eastern Germany (Mainly Pomerania and Lower Silesia) to Australia, Canada, and the United States - (Book - Genealogical.com) : About 7,500 Lutherans are named, with the majority bound for the U.S., many with the specific destination of Texas. -

• Nineteenth-Century Germans to America - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This latest consolidation of works of Clifford Neal Smith encompasses transcriptions or abstracts of emigration notices previously published in six separate booklets. The articles pertain to the following localities: Beihingen am Neckar (Baden-Wuerttemberg), Hamburg and Bremen, Recklinghausen (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Siegkreis (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Kreis Simmern (Hunsrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, and the Island of Foehr (Schleswig-Holstein). For the most part, these transcriptions span the period 1840 to 1900; however, the Beihingen and especially the Kreis Simmern components refer to 18th-century emigrants. The U.S. was the destination of most, but not all, of these immigrations. -

• Rootstamps™ - German -

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• Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry in the United States. Four-volume set - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This is a reprint of the largest collection of German-American genealogies ever published, a full-blown compendium of family history and biography unknown to all but a handful of specialists. The first three volumes were published somewhat inopportunely between 1916 and 1918, with a fourth volume added in 1926. -

• The German-American Research Set - (Books - Genealogical.com) : Clifford Neal Smith's 'Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research' and George F. Jones's 'German-American Names'. -

• True and Authentic Register of Persons . . . Who in The Year 1709 Journeyed . . . from Germany to America - (Book - Genealogical.com) : The Simmendinger Register, as this work is called, consists of an alphabetical list of approximately 500 Palatine families who were settled in or near the Mohawk Valley of New York in the year 1717. These families were the survivors of the great Palatine migration from the Rhineland in 1709--a migration that took them first to England and then, in 1710, under the patronage of Queen Anne, to America. The author himself participated in this migration and, upon his return to Germany in 1717, he published this little pamphlet as a kind of message from the colony overseas to friends and relatives back home in Germany. An authoritative register of pioneer Palatine families and early settlers of the Mohawk Valley. -

• Where to Look for Hard-to-Find German-Speaking Ancestors in Eastern Europe - (Book - Genealogical.com) : In this work, Bruce Brandt and his father Edward furnish us with the surname of every German-speaking individual who appears in thirteen authoritative histories--eleven of them written in German--which document this massive emigration. In all, this work lists 19,720 surnames of German-speaking ancestors who emigrated to Russia, Poland, Romania, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, containing altogether 24,000 references. -

• A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors - (Book - Amazon.com) : The latest book in the highly successful "Discovering Your Ancestors" series, this hands-on guide addresses virtually every aspect of tracing Germanic lineage. Written for beginners, Anderson and Thode cover the basics of genealogy, clearly explaining how to plan, organize and begin searching. They also discuss the unique challenges associated with Germanic ancestral research and offer proven ways to overcome them - including how to locate and interpret vital and emigration records.
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• A Student's Guide to German American Genealogy -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : This major contribution to young adult genealogy studies helps create ethnic pride, self-esteem, and awareness of the extraordinary accomplishments each ethnic group has brought to the American experience. Designed for use in grades 6-12, this important new series explores the creation of the American people while promoting the use and understanding of solid research techniques. Read more...

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• Atlantic Bridge to Germany, Volume 7: Nordhein-Westsalen - (Book - Amazon.com) : Most of Nodrheim-Westfalen began civil registration in 1792-1808. The area is fairly balanced between Catholic and Protestant. Complete index for about 3,000 repositories of genealogical records. -

• BADEN AND WÜRTTEMBERG, Emigrants from, in the 18th century, Volume 1 - (Book - Amazon.com) : Covers Baden Durlach and vicinity. An exhaustive account of the German ancestry and departure for America of 435 families and individuals from the Baden Durlach area. Fully 351 of these families are conclusively identified, with details on their lives and ancestry given, while a further 84 are tentatively identified. -

• BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, Emigrants from, in the 19th Century: Vol. 1 - (Book - Amazon.com) : The Enzkreis - Illingen, Schützingen, Wiernsheim, Ötisheim, Mühlacker & Dürrmenz. 976 families are documented. -

• Contents and Addresses of Hungarian Archives - (Book - Genealogical.com) : With Supplementary Information for Research on German-Speaking Ancestors from Hungary. Second Edition. The starting point for researching German-speaking ancestors living in Hungary during the early part of this century, the book at hand contains up-to-date addresses of some 70 Hungarian archives--national, county, religious, and special--as well as a listing of genealogical holdings of various archives as noted in the Guide to the Archives of Hungary published by the Archival Board of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture in 1976. Also included are various maps showing the changed county names and boundaries of pre- and post-World War I Hungary, statistical tables on the location of Germans in Hungary in 1910, a dateline of historic events in Hungary, and a select bibliography. -

• Deutsche Namenkunde : Unsere Familiennamen - (Book - Amazon.com) : Gottschald's book is the standard German work on onomastics. It explains every German surname and its parts, and cross-referencing relates one name to another. (In German) -

• Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This is the definitive work that lists the names of about 12,000 Palatine settlers, with the names of persons in their families, and the dates of emigration. Their major destinations and places of settlement were Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys of New York. -

• Early Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio (Mainly Cincinnati and Environs), Kentucky, and Other States. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, and 4C - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Transcription of the genealogical contents published between 1869 and 1877 in Volumes 1 through 9 of Der Deutsche Pioniere, a monthly magazine issued by the Deutsche Pioniereverein (Union of German Pioneers) founded in Cincinnati, Ohio. -

• East Prussians from Russia : Bound With Supplement to East Prussians from Russia - (Book - Amazon.com) : Based upon years of research, East Prussians from Russia identifies some 240 Prussian families that re-settled in Marinette and Oconto counties, Wisconsin. Mr. Anuta furnishes the family member's year of birth, date entered the U.S., country of origin, port of entry, and date of death, as well as the name of his spouse, and her dates of birth and death. Also very useful are a number of plat maps showing the distribution of land in the aforementioned counties among East Prussian settlers around the turn of this century. Profusely illustrated, East Prussians from Russia also includes maps, facsimiles of source records, photographs of homes, schools, churches and other evidence of settlement in Germany, Russia, and Wisconsin. -

• Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Southwest Germany to America and Other Countries - (Book - Amazon.com) : May also be available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links to check for availability. -

• Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (Now Niedersachsen), Germany, Mainly to the United States, 1830-1849 - (Book - Genealogical.com) : The booklet includes the German townships of Damme, Holdorf, and Neuenkirchen, which are today part of Niedersachen. Arranged by farming community, it identifies nearly 3,000 persons who emigrated to North America between 1830 and 1849. -

• Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Originally published in 1976, The Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research is still the best book available on German-American genealogy. The emphasis of the work is on German genealogical research in America, with special focus on immigration records, German ethnic religious bodies in America, and manuscript and published source materials, both in America and Germany. -

• Finding Your German Ancestors : A Beginner's Guide - (Book - Amazon.com) : Anyone who has worked with foreign records knows that the language can be intimidating. In order to overcome this research barrier, author Kevan Hansen provides the tools and information that empower researchers to work comfortably with German records.
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• Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania and Adjacent Territory - (Book - Genealogical.com) : From Advertisements in German Newspapers Published in Philadelphia and Germantown, 1743-1800. This unusual compilation laid in typescript in the library of the Germantown Historical Society since 1935, until it was published by the Genealogical Publishing Company in 1980. It abounds with the kind of curious and out-of-the-way information likely to be helpful to those wishing to augment their knowledge of their German ancestry. -

• German Ancestors Flag Charm - Oval -

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• German Immigrant Servant Contracts : Registered at the Port of Philadelphia, 1817-1831 - (Book - Amazon.com) : More than forty percent of all German immigrants entering the port of Philadelphia in the early 19th century entered into servitude as a means of paying for their passage. After the servant contract was negotiated and the shipper paid, the contract was registered with the government. This register of servant contracts, one of the few existing documents that can be used to identify German immigrants for the period 1817-1831, contains a summary of the key elements in the actual contracts, including the servant's name, buyer's name, occupation, township, county and state of residence, length of servitude, and the amount paid to the shipper. Altogether nearly 1,200 of these contracts were registered in the years 1817-1819, with only 73 entries recorded between 1820 and 1831. Thus this is an indispensable finding aid for the period just prior to the keeping of official passenger arrival records in 1820.
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• German Migration to Missouri: My Family's Story - (Book - Amazon.com) : Author Paul Nagel’s family represents only a fragment of the story of German migration to Missouri, which in turn represents only a fragment of the story of America. Yet in his hands that fragment brings alive the story of all people whose ancestors escaped an Old World and helped build a new. -

• German-American Names 3rd Edition - (Book - Amazon.com) : This is an A-Z dictionary of German-American names with the spellings, meanings, and variants of about 15,000 names. The lengthy introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of German-American names. Here is explained the meanings of names borne today by Americans which derive from the German language or its dialects. It also deals with the Americanization of some of these names, explaining the social and historical matters that contributed to the distinctive character of German-American names. And it deals as well with names many of us would never have thought of as German. The vast amount of information on German-American names in this work is unequaled in any other book on this subject.
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• Germans from Russia : index of naturalization records in Whitman County, Washington, 1860-1942 - (Book - Amazon.com) -

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