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Note: Geographical Locations for Germany are organized at the level of current Free States or historical States. The German spelling of Free States is listed first, and the English translation (where applicable) is given in parentheses.

General

See also Migration,and these surnames: Baum, Boehmke, Faust/Foust, Flenner, Kolbe/Colby, Kuder, Matz, Petry, Poffenberger/Pfaffenberger, Reins/Rhyne, Schwab, Schwietzer, Streech, Vetter, Von Nida, Werner.

"Addresses To German Repositories." Immigrant Genealogical Society, Burbank California, 1993. German town, county, regional, state, church and special interest archives and their addresses. SD4

"Bibliography of Colonial Germans of North America: Especially the Pennsylvania Germans and their Descendants." Emil Meynen; Geneal. Pub., Baltimore, 1986. Reprint of a 1937 work. xx, 636 pp. Includes extensive sections on religious history, local history, and biography/genealogy. C. 100 pp of genealogies by surname. Please formulate queries as narrowly as possible. TS

"Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Southwest Germany (to America and other countries)." ed. Prof. Werner Hacker, Closson Press. Apollo, PA, 1994. This book includes eighteenth century emigrants to America and other countries. It covers the geographical areas of today's Baden, Wuerttemberg, Rhine Palatinate and Saarland in Southwest Germany. It is important to note that not every emigrant from that region will be found in this book. DH16, GM2

"Euro-Travel Atlas 1:300,000: Germany American Map," Langenscheidt Publishing Group, Germany Contains locations and postal codes of communities ranging in size from small villages to large cities. SD4

"GERMANS TO AMERICA LISTS OF PASSENGERS ARRIVING at U.S. PORTS - January 1870 -- December 1870." Ira A. Glazier / P. William Filby List of Passengers in 1870. RP3

"A History of the Weismantel Family." Evelyn Boyce, August 1986. MW2

"HOFFMAN - MANNING - SIMMONS FAMILIES of NEW YORK." Joyce Williams Hoffman & C.William Hoffman; The Anundsen Pub. Co; This is a wonderful book on the HOFFMAN, MANNING, SIMMONS families and many associated families. It gives lots of detailed information including many short biographies! MU

"Meyer's Ort und Verkehrs Lexicon." I will look up German place names from this book. Please note: there are NO surnames or family names - only German place names! EW1

"Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786." Don Yoder, Editor; Pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998. GM2

"Pennsylvania German Pioneers." Strassburger, Picton Press, 1992. German immigrants to America from 1727-1808. Many passengers have facsimile of their signature which can be provided upon request. DH1

Germans in Russia

"The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862." Karl STUMPP, Amerian Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1982. Alphabetical Index of the emigrants from Germany to Russia - into Volga region, Menonites, Black Sea region. Revision Lists(immigration lists) for Black Sea area for the years 1816, partly also 1811, 1808, and 1858. Passport Lists only for a small part of the colonies in the Black Sea area. RB5

"From the Steppes to the Prairies." Msgr. George P. Aberle, Unknown, 1963. The resettlement of the Germans from Russia in North and South America and Canada. History of early North and South Dakota settlements. AJ3

"Hoffnungstahl Familien-und Sippenbuch Hoffnungstahl/Bessarabia." Albert Eisenbeiss, Deutsche Ortssippenbeucher, 1996 by Herausgeber und Verfasser. Lists family groups in the German Settlement of Hoffnungstahl, Bessarabia, Russia. SS2

Alsace

See under France.

Baden (historical)

See also under the Boser/Bšs/Bšss surname.

"The Baden Emigration Book: Including Emigration from Alsace." Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler, Closson Press, 1992. GM2

"Emigrants from Baden & Württemberg in the 18th Century: Vol 1, Baden-Durtach and vicinity." Annette K. Burgert, 1996. GM2

"Emigrants from Eppingen to America in the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries." Annette K. Burgert, 1987. GM2

"Ortssippenbuch Schmieheim." Albert Kobele, 1979. Schmieheim area only, contains info in German on families such as Meier, Huck, Hiller, Fossler, Schmieheim families such as: Ackermann, Meythaler, Haberle, Schmidt, Sexauer, Stulz, Kaltenbach, Baumann, Kolle, Gotz, Keck, Kaiser, Gerhardt, Gleichert, Schillinger, Wohrle, Schrempp, Beck, Jackle, Wanner, Braun, Haag, Steurer, Stockle, Zinser, Hertenstein, Bauer, Vetter, Bleiler, Pleuler, Schafer, Schuler, Ruder, Ohler, Moser, Ernst, Zandt, Wilhelm, Schumacher, Lerch, Kochlin, Hiss, Grooss, Fischer, Blum, Leser, Heitz, Ganshirt, Zimmermann, Wickert, Muller, Moosman, Kneyer, Hofmann, Deitz, Baum, etc. SVS

Baden-Württemberg

"Nineteenth Centrury Emigrants from Baden-Wuerttemberg, Vol 1: the Enzkreis [Illingen, Schuetzingen, Wiernsheim, Oetisheim, Muehlacker & Duerrmenz]." Brigitte Burkett, CGRS, Picton Press, Camden, ME; 1997 Records arranged in family groups. NCS

"Ortssippenbuch Diefenbach Gemeinde Sternnenfels, Enzkreis 1558-1945." Prof. Dr. Burkhart Oertel, 2000. Records arranged in family groups. NCS

Bayern (Bavaria)

"Ansbach to America." Marilyn Reim, The Anundsen Publishing Company, no date. The History of the Reim, Schuelein, Virgens, and Naser families, compiled by Marilyn Reim. Has Family Group Sheets of George Christoph Shuelein, John Stephan Schuelein, Johann Naser, Johann George Reim, and Christian Leopald Virgens, Letters, Marriage, Birth and Baptism certificates, also Homesteading and Landholding information. A few mistakes. Author recently Deceased, unable to get permission to scan pictures. AK1

Hessen (Hesse)

"18th Century Emigrants from Langenselbold in Hesse to America." Annette K. Burgert, 1997. Immigrants to PA (primarily Berks Co.). GM2

"18th Century Emigrants from Pfungstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt to Pennsylvania." Annette K. Burgert, 1995. GM2

"My Great-Grandparents: Joseph Ruhl and Philippine nee Birkenauer Hans Port." self published, 1973. Family history of the RUHL family from Mittelhofen/Schlagmuhl/Weisbaden area. First ancestor listed is Johannes RUHL, b.c. 1616. NP

"Waldeckische Ortsippenbucher Band 62: Gellershausen." Hochgrebe, Heinrich; Waldeckischer Geschichtsverein e.V. Bad Arolsen; 1998. History of the village of Gellershausen. Contains index of family surnames and data taken mostly from Church records. Written in German. SWH1

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

"Map Guide to German Parish Registers - Mecklenburg, Grandduches of Schwerin & Strelitz." Kevan M. Hansen, Family Rootsd Publ. Co., 2008. Contains names of towns in Mecklenburg and the parish the town belongs to. [Note: this is a guide to locating parish registers - it does not actually include information on specific individuals or families.] SW2

Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)

See also these surnames: Johanni, Zornig.

"Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (Now Niedersachsen), Germany, Mainly to the United States, 1830-1849." Westland Publications Monograph compiled from book entitled "Oldenburger Jahrbuch, Generations of emigrants out of the jurisdiction of Damme, particularly for North America in the years 1830-1880." Entries include name(s), year of emigration (Jahr der Auswanderung), number of persons (personenzahl) in party, and sometimes place of emigration and occupation. Westland Publications, GERMAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SERIES (G-SERIES), Monograph G-12. RVW

"Gemiende Apen Kirchenbuecher 1650 - 1900." (Church records of parish Apen). unpublished Gemeinde Apen includes the communities of Apen, Winkel, Apermarsch, Klampen, Espern, Aperfeld, Klauhoern, Hengstforde, Hengstforderfeld, Augustfehn, Vreschen-Bokel, Holtgast, Godensholt, Nordloh, Tange, Aperberg, and Bucksande. It is in Ammerland, formerly part of the Duchy of Oldenburg, now part of Neidersachsen. Birth, marriage, and death records 1650 - 1900. Also Seelenregister 1798. Requests for lookups must include full name and at least one definite date or small range of years. If year of immigration is known, then include that, too. Please be sure you have some evidence that actually points to Gemeinde Apen before you write to us. JD

"We Will Go to a New Land: The Great East Frisian Migration to America 1845-1895." Robert H. Behrens, Behrens Publishing Company, 1998. This book has an extensive index of some of the people who emigrated from Ostfriesland (East Frisia) to the United States during this time period. It focuses mainly on those who went to Illinois and Iowa, with some information about settlers in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. ART

Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia)

"Beitrage zur Heimatkunde der Stadte Lohne und Bad Oeynhausen." Karl Sieveking & Gerhard Bartling, Verlag Hermann Brackmann KG, Mai 1985. Articles and names of emigrants to America from the Bad Oeynhausen and Lohne areas to America from the 1820's to early 1900's. DK2

"Dortmunder Adress Buch für das Jahr 1894." herausgegeben von :Otto Faehre-Stadt Sekretaer. AS

Prussia (historical)

"750 Jahre Girkhausen." Fritz Kramer, Gemeinde Girkhausen, 1970. 750 years of history of the little German town Girkhausen in Westfalia, Prussia. There is a lot of information in this book however the most helpful to family researchers would probably be the chapters on the individual houses. There is a lot of personal information (births, marriages and deaths)on the villagers living in each house covering the 1600's-1800's. C35

"Wunderthausen--Diedenshausen, Ein Dorfbuch." Fritz Kramer, Wunderthausen--Diedenshausen, 1978. Many years of history of the little German towns Wunderthausen and Diedenshausen in Westfalia, Prussia. There is a lot of information in this book however the most helpful to family researchers would probably be the chapters on the individual houses. There is a lot of personal information (births, marriages and deaths)on the villagers living in each house covering the 1600's- early 1900's. C35

Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)

See also under Palatine migration, Bernhard surname.

"18th Century Emigrants from Northern Kraichgau." Vol. 1. Annette K. Burgert, 1983. GM2

"18th Century Emigrants from Western Palatinate." Vol. 2. Annette K. Burgert, 1985. GM2

"18th and 19th Century Emibrants from Lachen-Speyerdorf in the Palatinate." Annette K. Burgert, 1989. GM2

"Annweiler Families, 1477-1927." Georg Biundo, transcribed by Ethel C. Phillips, Vol I, Surnames A-D, Dennis Kastens, Collinsville, IL, 1992. 96 leaves. Genealogical information compiled by Rev Biundo in 1939. Annweiler is in the Wasgau region of Rheinland-Palatinate. Covers Annweiler and the nearby villages of Graefenhausen, Queichhambach, Sarnstall, and Bindersbach, as well as Eusserthal Compound and Trifels Castle. Arranged alphabetically by surname. N.B. (Nota Bene): I have surnames A-D ONLY. TS

"Brethren from Gimbsheim in the Palatinate to Ephrata and Bermudian in Pennsylvania." Annette K. Burgert, 1994. GM2

"Chronik des Gutsbezirks Baumholder, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz Gutsbezirk Baumholder." Hans Klebes (publisher), 1976. Histories of several villages that were demolished between 1939 and 1975 to become part of the Baumholder Military Training Area (Baumholder Truppen, bungsplatz), including names of families who lived in the villages. Includes Aulenbach, Ausweiler, Breungenborn, Ehlenbach, Erzweiler, Frohnhausen, Grünbach, Ilgesheim, Kefersheim, Mambüchel, Oberjeckenbach, Ronnenberg, and Wieselbach. JK4

"Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration." W. A. Knittle, 1937. Lists emigrants who settled primarily in New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. GM2

"Die Kunstdenkmäler des Landkreises Cochem," Ernst Wackenroder, second printing, 1984 (original 1959), 879 pp, Deutscher Kunstverlag, München. Exhaustive study of all works from numerous artists and craftsmen from German Mosel valley in the region of Cochem (roughly Zell to Cochem); an impressive number of artisans and also of non-artisans (cited for various reasons) from all periods of history ar in two separate indexes; numerous references; a beautiful book, difficult to find. JPR

"Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz, Bd. 19, Abt 3: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Zell," Hans Vogts, second printing, 1984 (original 1938), 396 pp., Pädagogischer Verlag SchwannBagel GmbH, Düsseldorf. Exhaustive study of all works from numerous artists and craftsmen from the German Mosel Valley (and mountains nearby) in the region of Zell; an impressive number of artisans from all periods of history (until 1938) are indexed; the text cites some non-artisans (non-indexed); exhaustive descriptions of old houses (with photographs); numerous references; a beautiful book, difficult to find. JPR

"Palatine Church Visitations, 1609, Deanery of Kusel." Ricardo W. Staudt (translated by), Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980, reprint of 1930 pub. By villages. Gives marital status, parents and children names, often with occupations, sometimes with ages. Approx 880 surnames (some are variants). P9

"The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710." Two volumes. Henry Z. Jones, Jr., Universal City, California, 1985, 1298 pp. GM2, MHW, RSW

"Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers." Annette K. Burgert, 2000. GM2

Parish registers - Dudeldorf (1741-1900). Lutsch, Ernst. contents: baptisms, marriages and deaths of Dudeldorf and Kammerforst. The parish books are not alphabetically registered, they are handwritten. Only a surname without any other indication would take me several weeks to look up. When requesting a lookup, please provide as much information as possible - complete names and dates, and please be certain that your family is in Dudeldorf. EL

Parish registers - Gransdorf. Lutsch, Ernst. contents: baptisms, marriages and deaths of Gransdorf, Binsfeld, Niederkail, Landscheid, Schwarzenborn, Spang, Dahlem, Hof Hau, Hof Raskop, Brandenmźhle, Scheuermźhle, Kaisermźhle till 1800. Only a surname without any other indication would take me several weeks to look up. When requesting a lookup, please provide as much information as possible - complete names and dates, and please be certain that your family is in Gransdorf. EL

"Rhineland Emigrants: Lists of German Settlers in Colonial America." Don Yoder, Editor; Pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998. GM2

"Westerwald to America: Some 18th Century German Immigrants." Annette K. Burgert and Henry Z. Jones, Jr. 1989. Over 200 families who immigrated to PA, NJ, NY, MD and VA. GM2

"York County, PA Pioneers from Friedelsheim and Gönnheim in the Palatinate." Annette K. Burgert, 1984. GM2

Germany (Prussia Rhine-province), Luxemburg own database; Josef Mergen: "Die Amerika Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Trier"; Werner Hacker: "Auswanderungen aus Pfalz und Saarland im 18. Jahrhundert"; many Family books of Trier area; and so on. Lichter Werner Johannes, Josef Mergen (1952-1965), Werner Hacker (1986) Hacker, Werner: contains emmigrants to USA (PA+Carolina) ~1726-1800 from Palatinate, River Mosel and River Saar area in today's county of Rheinland-Pfalz; Mergen, Josef:contains emmigrants to USA, Brasil, France, Luxemburg and Alergia 1836-1910; Lichter, Werner Johannes:growing database, contains today 13,521 emmigrants from the government-area of Trier 1500-1945. WJL

Saarland

As a co-author of the book "Bischmisheim vor 1900" (see next listing) I offer my help to all people concerned. Help includes neighborhood villages such as Scheidt or Brebach. WM1

"Die Einwohner von Bischmisheim vor 1900." (Inhabitants of Bischmisheim before 1900) Ingrid and Klaus Berndt; Wolfgang Mudter; Arbeitsgemeinschaft 1999. This book is on genealogies of inhabitants of the Bischmisheim area of Germany before 1900. There are literally hundreds of surnames - some of the ones with the most descendant information include: Altpeter, Anhaus, Barthel, Becker, Braun, Deutsch, Diener, Fess, Glaser, Gross, Hamm, Hoffman, Julch/Julig, Jung, Kappel, Karcher, Keller, Klein, Kramer, Kuntz, Lambert, Ludt, Maul, Maurer, Meyer, Muller, Nemenich, Rinck, Scherer, Schmeer, Schmidt, Schwindt, Siegel, Simon, Tausend, Traugott, Wagner, Walter, Weber, Werner, Ziegler and many, many more surnames!! MU

"Familien-Buch Urexweiler Band 2 (1770 - 1900)." Werner F. Morgenthal, December 1997 Families of Urexweiler Germany 1770-1900. Information includes marriages, deaths and births. JS24

Schleswig-Holstein

Thüringen (Thüringia)

"Chronik der Stadt Bad Langensalza 786-2000." Harald Rockstuhl. A beautiful book about the history of this beautiful little village in eastern Germany. In the mid 1950's the village name was changed from Langensalza to Bad Langensalza. The book is basically a great timeline going back to the year 786. Citizens and events and some maps and photos are included. D12