• 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. -

• 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 Genealogy Books at AbeBooks - Hundreds of titles to choose from. -

• 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 Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're German - (Book - Buy.com) : From classic automobiles (the Mercedes) to great women (Marlene Dietrich), this book takes a look at the incomparable German exports that have transfigured American music, art, film, literature, and sports. -

• German Settlers of Iowa: Their Descendants and European Ancestors, revised edition -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : There is great interest in genealogy today along with an increasing search for family health history. In this third edition, readers will discover a dictionary that chronicles the past centuries including wars, disease, and longevity of life. A historical preface and introduction examine village life in Germany throughout the centuries leading up to the present day. Photographs of people and places enhance the introduction. The genealogical dictionary spans four centuries, following families from their European origins in 17th-century Germany up to the present day. Many German families left Europe to settle the Iowa prairie in the 19th century, and some of their lines can be traced back through as many as thirteen generations. This book may also be available at Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• 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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• German-English Genealogical Dictionary - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This book is designed for the family researcher who has little or no knowledge of German but who nevertheless needs to make a translation of German-language documents. The dictionary covers thousands of German terms and defines them in single words or brief phrases. All words, symbols, and abbreviations in the dictionary were chosen on the basis of their association with genealogy, having been noted in church records, civil registration records, family correspondence, genealogical journals, ships' passenger lists, and emigration records. -

• Germans from Russia : index of naturalization records in Whitman County, Washington, 1860-1942 - (Book - Amazon.com) -

• Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania - (Book - Amazon.com) : Beginning in the dark ages, this book chronologically traces the history of the settlers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna valleys, with particular reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and other non-resident sects. In the time of the Reformation, the followers of Menno Simon became the prey of the militant faiths both Romish and Reformed. By the beginning of the American Revolution, more than fifty thousand of these persecuted people had embarked to reach Pennsylvania. In time, they and their descendants moved westward and planted the seed of the Teutonic element of our population. -

• Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans - Published by the Germans From Russia Heritage Society. -

• 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. -

• Kentucky's German Pioneers: H.A. Rattermann's History - (Book - Amazon.com) : Translated and edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann. By 1790 KY’s population was 14% German, and by 1990 the population of German ancestry had risen to 22%. This work consists of a collection of articles translated from German, which originally appeared in the well-known 19th century German-American historical journal, Der Deutsche Pionier, published in Cincinnati by the German Pioneer Society, and which was edited for the greater part of its existence by H.A. Rattermann. This work concentrates on the pre-1848, or pioneer period of KY’s German heritage. 2001, 111 pp., full name index, paper. -

• 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. -

• Pennsylvania German immigrants, 1709-1786 :lists consolidated from yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society - (Book - Amazon.com) : The lists making up this remarkable work try to identify German emigrants in their homeland and in Pennsylvania. Thus they are cited with reference to manumission records, parish registers, passports, and other papers of German and Swiss provenance, and noted again, where possible, with reference to an equivalent range of Pennsylvania source materials, notably church records, wills, and tax lists. The materials antedating immigration often indicate causes, dates of emigration, the emigrant's occupation, his dates of birth and marriage, place of birth and residence, and names of family members, sometimes with lines of descent for several generations. -

• Pennsylvania German Marriages : Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Primarily a compilation of Reformed Church marriage records (including some records from Lutheran and Union churches), it provides documentation on some 50,000 persons of German origin or descent. Based on records in the collection formed by Dr. William J Hinke--records of approximately 100 churches in eastern Pennsylvania--the compiler has developed herein not merely a list of marriages but a genealogical record of the Pennsylvania Germans. -

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