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Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. New. 2000. Sixth Edition. Paperback. 195 pages. Beginning with an exhaustive list of addresses in America, followed by an itemization of German and German-area addresses, this edition refers to nearly 2,000 genealogical and related societies, state and muncipal archives, religious organizations, booksellers or importers, foreign information offices, newspapers, religious archives, and professional genealogists in North American, Germany, and elsewhere in the Germanic world. .

Baltimore: Clearfield Company. New. 2004. Paperback. 4 vols in 1. . 267 pages. For this work Mr. Smith transcribed the genealogical contents of Volumes 1 thru 9 of Der Deutsche Pioniere, a monthly magazine issued by the Deutsche Pioniereverein (Union of German Pioneers) founded in Cincinnati, Ohio. The author provides the following particulars on each German-American pioneer: names, place of origin in Germany, town or county of residence, reference to the original source, and biographical data provided in the original notice. .

Baltimore: Clearfield Co. New. 2004. Paperback. Clifford Neal Smith originally released this title as German-American Genealogical Research Monograph 14. It is based on the work of Otto Conrad, which was published in German in 1934. Smith's introduction discusses the method used to gather the information and the varying reasons for German emigration from this area. The passengers are arranged alphabetically, obviating the need for an idex. Information found on each emigrant includes full name, occupation, date of departure, and, sometimes, a specific destination in America. In a few cases we learn the name of a passenger's spouse, parent(s), or sibling, and the number of accompanying family members. .

Heritage Books. New. 1992. Paperback. The first permanent German settlement in America was at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1683. But most people do not realize that Germans first arrived in America in 1608, settling at Jamestown, Virginia, and, within a few years, Germans began joining the Dutch settlement of New Netherland (later New York) and other colonies. These early settlers did not come as a group of families (as was the case with the Germantown settlement), nor were they sponsored by an organization. For this work, Dr. Tolzmann chose to collect, into one volume, material originally published in the early 1900’s which identifies and provides information on these pre 1683 German settlers. Chapter 1 by Otto Lohr (1912) identifies who the first Germans were in all the colonies and refers to the most prominent individuals. Chapter 2 by Herman Schuricht (1898) provides detail on the first Germans in Virginia--who they were and their trades. Chapter 3 by John O. Evjen (1916) reveals… Read More

Baltimore: Clearfield Co. New. 2006. Paperback. 223 pages. German-American Genealogical Research Monograph Numbers 1, 2 and 5. It is commonly overlooked that the American Revolution witnessed one of the larger waves of German arrivals in the Americas up to that time. Unlike earlier streams of immigrants, the nearly 30,000 Germans who arrived at America’s shores between 1776 and 1783 were not farmers, craftsmen, or merchants; rather, they were mercenary soldiers dispatched to fight, for the most part, in support of George III’s goal of stemming the tide of the Revolution. (Civilian immigration to the Americas during this period ceased owing to British control of the high seas. ) Despite their service to the British Crown, many German mercenaries opted to seek their fortunes in the new U. S. Or Canada following American Independence. This phenomenon was of great interest to esteemed genealogist Clifford Neal Smith, who, during the 1970s and 1980s, researched the identities of… Read More

Germanic Genealogy Society. Very Good. 1997. Paperback. . 520 pages. Your most complete and up-to-date resource for beginning and advanced genealogists doing research of Germanic / German ancestry throughout the world. Includes: -- Country by country guide to the sources -- Useful addresses of archives and societies -- Current German postal codes -- Worldwide Germanic migration patterns -- Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Mennonite history and sources -- Germanic history and geography -- Historical and modern maps, including boundary changes -- Annotated list of gazetteers -- German word lists and language helps -- German naming patterns and place names -- Extensive annotated bibliography Tells how to: -- Get started on your research -- Find your ancestor's place of origin -- Use church and civil records -- Get the most from passenger departure and arrival lists -- Read German script -- Correspond abroad -- Use the resources of the Family History Library and its Centers and how to find… Read More

Baltimore: Clearfield Co. New. (1982) 2004. Paperback. 35 pages. Mr. Smith extracted the names in the Simmern Kreis/Rhineland-Falz booklet from two articles published in Germany in 1935 and 1938. Approximately 56% of these individuals emigrated to the U.S., 37% to Brazil, and 5% to England. In this work, the author has arranged the names according to hometown of origin and, thereunder, by the country of destination. In most cases, we learn the emigrant's name, year emigrated, occupation, date of birth, and frequently, the city or state of destination. The roughly 2,500 persons named in the volume, whose dates of emigration span the last 70 years of the 19th century, are easily found by means of the surname index at the back. .

Baltimore: Clearfield Co. New. 1981. Paperback. Index. 4 parts in 1. . 288 pages. Most German and Swiss emigrants to the New World during the middle of the 19th century left from the Port of Bremen. Sadly, those lists were destroyed during the final year of World War II. The lists that have survived from this period pertain to the port of Hamburg and are in the custody of the Hamburg police authorities. (For the early years of this migration, the original Hamburg lists do not exist; instead, researchers must rely on transcriptions made by police clerks in large bound registers. ) Working from microfilm copies of the Hamburg police lists, Clifford Neal Smith has here reconstructed the identities of about 7,000 Hamburg passengers whose names were found among 60 separate lists for the year 1850. For each entry the compiler provides the following information: passenger's surname, given name, occupation, birthplace, and reference number from the police register. The lists themselves were… Read More

Woods Cross, UT: GRT Publications. New. 2000. Soft Cover. 88 pages .