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Since Columbus introduced (or re-introduced if you prefer) the Americas to Europe, people have come, wave after wave, seeking a new life in the rich new world. America, since its colonial days, has experienced an almost never ending flow of Continue reading The First Wave: German Immigration to American
Maureen A. Taylor, expert in historical photography, and author of Preserving Your Family Photographs: How to Care for Your Family Photographs—from Daguerreotypes to Digital Imaging, Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840–1900, and More Dating Old Photographs 1840–1929, has turned her “Fashionable Folks” Continue reading Fashionable Folks: Bonnets and Hats 1840-1900
I first thought to introduce this book with a short poem of my own creation. However, I found the results to corny to share. So, in a far simpler introduction, let me just say this blog takes a look at Continue reading Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors
Having access to Irish research guides published in Ireland has been a great boon to English speaking genealogists living outside of Ireland but having at least one Irish ancestor. In particular, the Tracing Your [Irish] Ancestors provides a wealth of Continue reading Tracing Your Roscommon Ancstors
Interest in genealogy has recently increased around the world. Shows like Who Do You Think You Are? have contributed to this growth. Perhaps, no where has interest in family history grown more than in Ireland. Since more Irish descendents live Continue reading Sources for Irish Family History
Germans are the second largest ethnic group in the United States. Only the English are more numerous. Even at that, these groups represent generations of families living in America. European countries hardly represent today’s largest immigrant groups. However, they are Continue reading The Germans in Colonial Times
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
Germans have long been a scattered lot. Millions of Americans identify their ancestral roots as German. For many of these individuals, their ancestors spoke German but never lived in what constitutes modern Germany or even any previously identified German states Continue reading German Documents: Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Vital Records Written in Germany
Motivated in parts by his own love of genealogy, his Germanic-ancestral background in Eastern Europe, and incidental events; including, receiving a copy of the English-language Guide to the Archives of Hungary (now out of print) during an impromptu visit at Continue reading Contents and Addresses of Hungarian Archives
Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria II – Niederbayern II is the seventh of ten volumes covering Bavaria. This is also volume 20 of the now 41 total volumes in the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series. Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria VII – Niederbayern II
Germans were among the earliest colonist to the Americas. They are also one of the cultural groups who came in waves of mass migrations over the years. 1708 saw the beginnings of the first major wave of German immigration. German Continue reading German Immigration to America: The First Wave
The Hoosier state does not stand out in most people’s minds as an ethnically rich or diverse state. Yet, the reality is, depending on how far back you go, every state is a cultural melting pot with a rich history Continue reading Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic Experience.
While many Irish found their way to New York and other New England destinations, many landed further north, in Canada. The “Atlantic Canada” region receive a steady flow of immigrants between 1761 and 1853. The region recognized as “Atlantic Canada” Continue reading Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761–1853 Volume III
Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria V – Schwaben is the fifth of ten volumes covering Bavaria. This is also volume 18 of the now 41 total volumes in the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series. Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria V – Schwaben
Scottish blood running through your veins? If so, Scottish Ancestry: Research Methods for Family History is one of the more pleasurable reads you will find on the topic. Sherry Irvine writes as though the topic were a person. She adds Continue reading Scottish Ancestry: Research Methods for Family Historians