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Few countries have as confusing a past as Germany. Over the centuries literally hundreds of small kingdoms and territories existed, swelling and falling through war and domination. Beginning as early as 843, larger territories were broken up into hundreds of Continue reading The Making of Germany, Maps and History
German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links is now available in .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Leland’s popular addendum to The German Researcher, is now available in electronic format. The electronic version costs less than the printed option; however, both Continue reading German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links (Available in PDF format)
Family Roots Publishing’s Map Guide to German Parish Registers series are wildly popular. Of the 42 volumes now in print, Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Rhineland III and Kingdom of Bavaria, Palatinate (Pfalz) is the most popular of all. Freshly Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Rhineland III and Palatinate (Pfalz); Volume XIII [Newly Reprinted]
Historically, Germans represent one of the largest immigrant groups in America. Germans and their descendents have played major rolls in the political and industrial history of this country. As America isn’t just considered but actually acts as a the great Continue reading German-Americana: A Bibliography
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
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
Family Roots Publishing is offering German researchers a four-book package at a discounted price. Three of these books are by Fay and Douglas Dearden, with the final acting as an updated supplemental to one of the books. Together these books Continue reading German Records Research Package
Historically, Germans represent one of the largest immigrant groups in America. Germans and their descendents have played major rolls in the political and industrial history of this country. As America is considered the great melting pot, and with so many Continue reading German-Americana: A Bibliography
German maps are incredibly popular and extremely important to German research. During the middle ages and on up to the First World War a modest portion of western-central Europe was a land of ever changing boundaries. In the heart of Continue reading The Ever Popular German Map Guides, and Atlantic Bridge Books
Looking back at this past year, like many other years, two groups stand out in popularity amongst genealogists, identified in large part by book sales, Germans and the Irish. Naturally, the large portion of the U.S. population descended from these Continue reading German Books in Review
“This webinar changed my whole perspective on German Genealogy”—viewer comment Web seminars, or “Webinars,” have quickly become one of the most popular ways for professionals and companies to share information with large groups of individuals from across the country, or Continue reading Researching Your: German Ancestors
Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania. This is one title that just about says it all. Of course, the expanded title page gives even greater clarity as to the origin of these names: A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Continue reading Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania
Anyone who knows Leland Meitzler, operator of the GenealogyBlog, knows he has a passion for German research. Now, he has turned his personal experience into a new book, German Genealogy Research Online: Tips and Links. Written to help genealogists with Continue reading German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links
Authors Fay Dearden and Douglas Dearden distinctly descibe their book, The German Researcher: How To Get The Most Out Of An LDS Family History Center, Fourth Edition, right up front in the first paragraph of their Introduction: “This book has Continue reading The German Researcher: How To Get The Most Out Of An LDS Family History Center, Fourth Edition
You never know where you will find a family reference, or important family historical data. Sometimes the best come from family histories written for others. Philip Oler was born somewhere in Germany in 1756 and died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1826. Continue reading Family Diversity—Third and Final Volume