German Interest
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Newsletter Articles List
August 1997 (Volume 4, No. 2) through November 2007 (Volume 14, No.3)
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| Vol. 4, No. 2 Germany or Prussia? My Ancestors Came from Germany Emigration Ports (European) World War I Aerial Photos Privacy Laws Translation Service Finding U.S. Towns U.S. Emigration Process. Center Dates German/Polish Town Name Database Metric Conversion German Postal Code Information Status of Women Children of Mixed Marriages Germany Hysteria during World War I Translation Help Books TERMS: Calendar/Time/Months |
Vol. 4, No. 3 Timeline (mostly German) TERMS: German States/European Co. Eras in German History Holy Roman Empire 962-1806 Confederation of the Rhine 1806-1813 German Confederation 1815-1866 North German Confed. 1867-1870 German Empire 1871-1918 Reasons to Leave Germany Finding German Place Names Name that European Country (puzzle) Size and Distance Comparisons New German Grammar When does UP mean DOWN German Work Week The Summer That Never Came Number of German Powers Libraries in Germany Books Printed in Germany |
| Vol. 4, No. 4 Schleswig-Holstein* Ordeals of Emigrating German Research Questions & Ans. TERMS: Vital Record Terms Family History Library - Family Search Thirty Years' War Pied Piper of Hamelin Seat of Honor - German Sofas Rural German Population Emigrates Eating Habits of Germans |
Vol. 5, No. 1 East and West Prussia* From Sail to Steamship Sending Letters to Germany Border Changes Since World War I Teutonic Knights Strange Habits of Germans Pied Piper Story Update Monumental Cuckoo Vies for Record Status Travel to Germany "Routes to the Roots" IGI Addendum |
| Vol. 5, No. 2 Early Germans in America 1630-1674 Life on the Atlantic Ocean Medical Practices in Early Germany TERMS: Medical/Death Terms Harvest in Pomerania Changing of Power and Land (Crusades) Reconstructing E. German Police Records Wandering Peddlers in America Germans Register Address German Kitchens German Store Hours German Beer Drinkers Outdo Americans Forms from National Archives Busybody German Police |
Vol. 5, No. 3 Christmas Rose Came to Pomerania Rhineland* Letter from German Immigrant Otto von Bismarck German Words Introduced to America Landing in America King Ludwig's Castle Become a Hotel? Wisconsin Vital Records Available Again The Typical German Male Ostfriesland Ortssippenbuch Funeral Home Directory Legend of the Wurstzelmänn (wood spirit) Differences in Customs Photographs of Civil War Soldiers U.S. Census Dates German Military War Dead Alphabets |
| Vol. 5, No. 4 Passenger Lists (How to research, what lists exist, index books) Map of Ports used by Germans Reformation Countries in the German Emp. (chart) German Research Tips Prussian Army Size Daily Wages vs. Cost of Land Peasants Wore Cloaks Over Head Germans that made Beer famous in Wis. German Autobahn German Mercenaries in Amer. Revolution What Do Germans Eat? German Information Center (New York) Delayed Birth Certificates |
Vol. 6, No. 1 Pomerania* Sources for Obtaining German Books Party Fit for a Prince (Luxury Feasts) German Railroads Kleingarten (German gardens) Germany above the 4, No. 9th Parallel Germans in Early American Colonies German Vereines How Crowded is it in Germany? German-language Schools in U.S. German Bible Translations Germans Love to Travel German Log Cabins The Brothers Grimm German Television Proud to be a German! Eurail and Europass Information Wedding Banns |
| Vol. 6, No. 2 Sex in the Middle Ages Civil Registration Dates in Germany Perpetual Calendar Family Hist. Library "core collection" Peasants in Germany The Old Lutherans Brief Outline of Germanic History Coat of Arms TERMS: Occupation Translations Knighthood Training Trench Around German Cities First German Work Vacations German Toilette German Zip Codes Order of German Administration Offices German Sports Land Loss Resulted in Food Loss Personalities of Germans Steamships Replace Sailing Ships Events from May 8, 1945-May 23, 1990 |
Vol. 6, No. 3 Franco-Prussian War Sources On-Line Posen* Germany's Black Forest German Christmas Comes to America Germans Invent Lidded Steins German Driver's License Military Service Required Why did Martin Luther's Reform Work? Growth of Prussia Rhineland Emigration Project Beware of Wicked Paternoster (elevator) German/English Puzzle German Character Religions Set by Treaty Hamburg Link to Your Roots database Historic Emigration Office Warning |
| Vol. 6, No. 4 German Given Names Writing Letters to Germany German Civil Registration Internet Sites Bombing in Berlin Potsdam Agreement 1945 The Humble Potato Tiny Hotel is Bavarian Love Nest Danish Resentment Toward Prussia Hochdeutsch or Plattdeutsch Sending Foreign Currency (Conversion) German Coinage German-Speaking Countries TERMS: German Book Title |
Vol. 7, No. 1 Prussia "von" Means Nobility? Finding Right German Locality Early German Church Records Wisconsin's German Element German Book Reviews Germans from Russia Gravestone Markings Words GIG Newsletter Article Index Germany After World War II Schweidnitz, Silesia Church German Press Newspapers in U.S. German Towns German Flag Rats in Frankfurt Ship Fever Printing Press 600 Years Old German Spelling Reforms Naming Practices Finding German Cities on the Web German Towns in Books |
| Vol. 7, No. 2 Alsace-Lorraine* German Beer German Travel Tips Maybe You Aren't German but Scottish How Big Was the German Empire FHL's List of Towns Online Market Day German Postcards around 1900 Althornbach, Palatinate Book Review |
Vol. 7, No. 3 German Farmers* (6 pages) When Did it Begin? (Inventions that affected every day citizens) Reviving Checkpoint Charlie (Berlin) Bremen Passenger List Warning Hamburg Passenger List Where to Find Genealogical Data How Was Life Different in Germany? (1901) German Christmas Helgoland, Germany |
| Vol. 7, No. 4 Westphalia* Writing to Germany Tips for Researchers Rhine River Journeymen Still Wandering in Germany Easter in Germany Home Remedies Legend of the Lorelei German Life in 1901 |
Vol. 8, No. 1 Cassubians French Influence on German Vital Records Using the Internet for German Genealogy Famous German & Austrian Composers German Work Ethic German Dogs in 1840s German Pipes Health Cure Spas |
| Vol. 8, No. 2 German Language Newspapers in America* Reading German Web Pages Family Life in Mecklenburg, 1920 Coinage in early Germany House carving verses Göppingen, Württemberg Database Roger Minert, Translator and Researcher |
Vol. 8, No. 3 German Farmsteads Anhalt Immigration Lists German Book Reviews German Christmas Star |
| Vol. 8, No. 4 German Church Records FamilySearch Online Catalog Umlauts on the Computer Alsatian Wines |
Vol. 9, No. 1 Read Old German Script Schwenkfelders Germans from Bohemia or Moravia German War Graves Early Inns in Germany Letter to Rathshausen, Germany Cassubian Maps Oberammergau Passion Play |
| Vol. 9, No. 2 Locating Ancestral Towns German Church Record Headings - translated Weather Predictions - German Style German War Graves, WWI & WWII Book Review - "Social History of Hesse" "German to America" Series update Vacation Time in Germany |
Vol. 9, No. 3 Württemberg* German Soldiery of 1888 Cause of Death Terms Burial Customs Five Cultural Regions of Germany |
| Vol. 9, No. 4 Thuringia Slavs-Who Were They? Planned Housing in Alsace Oldie Market German Hymnals Baking & Dinning Customs in Germany Seven Weeks War Cuckoo Clock History Soldiers Footwear |
Vol. 10, No. 1 Everyday Family Life in Old Germany Germans Buried in New Orleans German Enemies/Aliens Register (Milwaukee) German Breweries’ Market Evaporating Emigration Papers History of Fraktur Typestyle Hausbarn in Manning, Iowa |
| Vol. 10, No. 2 What made up the German Empire Gazetteers Calendar Changes (Julian & Georgian) Storks Bring good luck Dialect or Language Adoption Records at Courthouse Faithful Wives of Weinsberg Conversion Table for Clothing in Europe Phonograph Records for Ethnic Population Book Reviews-Pickled Herring & Pumpkin Pie; Placename Index for Pomerania,Rhinland,Prov. of Saxony, Kingdom of Saxony; How to Read and Understand Meyers Orts-; Alsace-Lorraine Atlantic Bridge to Germany |
Vol. 10, No. 3 Genealogy Research Tips Transition of German States through Time Advent Custom in West Prussia Swiss Fight Influence of English Computerese Prisoner of War Camps in Texas with a Twist German Wines House Building in Pomerania |
| Vol. 10, No. 4 Those Crazy Germans (Trivia pages) German Dress (Tracht) Explosion of Kraut Heinrich Steinweg/Steinway Pomeranians World War II |
Vol. 11, No. 1 German Ports Home Life (Babies, Children, Schools) Concentration Camps Polka Church Service |
| Vol. 11, No. 2 Hohenzollern Map and Index for 1648 German Empire Frog Tunnel Wine Battle with Italy Germanization of poles, Danes and Lorrainers Book Reviews: Baden Atlantic Bridge to German North Germany to North America |
Vol. 11, No. 3 Christmas Traditions Competition for the Atlantic How Does Your Family Fit Into History? German Alphabet (extra letters) German Food (1912) Fruitcake Factory German Calendar Placename Prefixes |
| Vol. 11, No. 4 Meyers Orts- Lexikon Interesting Sites on the Internet German Words Found on Web Pages Weekly Household Expenses Dig Through Your Attic for Pomeranian Furniture Tips to See Church Records |
Vol. 12, No. 1 Microfilmed German Records Folk Costumes Sundays in Germany Public Travel in Early Germany Placename Recording |
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12, No. 2 Palatinate or Pfalz Placenames (Ortsnamen) German Map Test |
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12, No. 3 German Occupations Sailing Into Hamburg Christmas Goose Milwaukee-Based German Groups |
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12, No. 4 Berlin Wall Home Life in Germany: Bachelor Women and Housewives Talk Like a German? Buying a Title of Nobility |
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13, No. 1 Conditions in Port Cities U.S. Internment Camps Book reviews: "German Immigrants in American Church Records Vol. I: Indiana Protestant" "Beginner's Guide to Germanic Genealogy" Early Germans in New York |
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13, No. 2 Types of Village Houses in Central Europe Finding Surnames in Germany Luther & the Reformation Home Life in Germany 1912: Peasant Life, German City Houses German Emigrants 1816-1910 (graph) |
Vol. 13, No. 3
O Tannenbaum, Oh Christmas Tree Brick Wall Series: 1 You have the name of a German town but can't find it on a map or atlas Internment Camps Home Life in Germany: Markets, Money, Hotels, Lodgings |
| Vol. 13, No. 4 Baden* Can't find Ancestor in German Church Book Rustic Weddings in Württemberg Hunting in 18th Century Germany Potatoes German Nobility Returning Home to E. Germany Meyers Orts - Now Online Friendly German Neighbors Learning a Trade in Germany |
Vol. 14, No. 1 Case Study Using Passenger List Resources Hamburg Police Records German Village Layouts Maps - How to Read Them A German Mile Voyage to New York in 1848 Bauernhäuser (farm houses) with pictures |
| Vol. 14, No. 2 Can’t Garden Dwarfs Book Reviews: Home Alone in of Genealogy, German Money After World War I German Soldier Casualties |
Vol. 14, No. 3 Chimney Sweep, Shoemaker, House Worker, Night Watchman, Weaver, Shepherd What to do Before Ordering FHL Films How to Understand familysearch.org German Nutcrackers Old Milwaukee Oscar Mayer |
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