Category Archives: German

Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores

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Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores is a scholarly book, full of details and amassed facts in an effort to explain the mass migrations from the war torn Rhine Valley in the Continue reading Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores→

Germanic Genealogy A Guide To Worldwide Sources And Migration Patterns, 3rd Edition

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Researchers have long wondered the best way to group “Germans” as a people. The fact is, those identifying themselves, or their ancestors, as German actually come from so many different racial, cultural, geographical, and political backgrounds, there is little more Continue reading Germanic Genealogy A Guide To Worldwide Sources And Migration Patterns, 3rd Edition→

An Atlas of German Migration and America

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Family Roots Publishing carries a great collections of Atlases. One particularly interesting series are those produced by Carrie Eldridge. These unique map books show the migration and population spread of early colonists and their descendant from the colonial days through Continue reading An Atlas of German Migration and America→

Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Vol. 44 – West Prussia I (RB Danzig)

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With last October’s addition of Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Vol. 44 – West Prussia I (RB Danzig), Family Roots Publishing’s incredibly popular Map Guide to German Parish Registers series now stands at 44 Volumes. Each is a Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Vol. 44 – West Prussia I (RB Danzig)→

Before Germanna, #11 The Ancestry Of Christler, Baumgartner, Deer, Dieter, And Lotspeich Families

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In continuing my reviews of Before Germanna, I offer you the details from Before Germanna, #11 The Ancestry Of Christler, Baumgartner, Deer, Dieter, And Lotspeich Families. As previously noted, there were two Germanna colonies. Coverage of the first has been Continue reading Before Germanna, #11 The Ancestry Of Christler, Baumgartner, Deer, Dieter, And Lotspeich Families→

Before Germana No. 6 – The Ancestry of the Broyles, Paulitz, Moyer and Motz Families

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According to Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmerman, authors of Before Germanna, there have been few unanswered questions about the First Germanna Colony in the New World. However, at least in 1990 when this book first came out, surprising little Continue reading Before Germana No. 6 – The Ancestry of the Broyles, Paulitz, Moyer and Motz Families→

Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches

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Available as a two volume set, Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches, by Donna R. Irish, is perhaps the most important collection of Pennsylvania-German source materials to appear since the publication of Strassburger and Hinke’s Continue reading Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches→

Before Germana No. 5 – The Ancestry of the Sheible, Peck, Milker, Smith and Holt Families

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Sometimes, I have to jump volumes in a series I am reviewing due to current accessibility. Fortunately, each volume in the Before Germanna series can stand alone. Plus, the first chapter is the same in each volume. Each volume provides Continue reading Before Germana No. 5 – The Ancestry of the Sheible, Peck, Milker, Smith and Holt Families→

Before Germanna No. 2 – Clore, Kaifer, and Thomas Families

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According to Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmrman, authors of Before Germanna, there have been few unanswered questions about the First Germanna Colony in the New World. However, at least in 1990 when this book first came out, surprising little Continue reading Before Germanna No. 2 – Clore, Kaifer, and Thomas Families→