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German and German-American Genealogy

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General Sources

Arndt, Karl John Richard. The German Language Press of the Americas - Die deutschsprachige Presse der Amerikas. Munchen: Verlag Dokumentation, 1976-. v.1, 3.
Location: Wilson Reference PN5000 .A7x 1973

Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your German Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe. 3rd ed. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1994.
Location: Wilson Reference CS613 .B38x 1994

Bellingham, Mary. Beginning Research in Germany: A Short Guide. St. Paul, MN: German Interest Group, Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1981.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS612 .B44x 1981

Brandt, Edward R., et al. Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns. St. Paul, MN: Germanic Genealogy Society, 1995.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS614 .G47 1995b

Jones, George Fenwick. German-American Names. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1995.
Location: Wilson Reference CS2487 .J66 1995

Philadelphia. Proprietary, Supply, and State Tax Lists of the City and County of Philadelphia. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1987.
Location: Wilson 978.6 P38a Ser. 3 v.14-16

Pochmann, Henry A. Bibliography of German Culture in America to 1940. Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference E183.8 .G3 P6x 1983

Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. The Pennsylvania-German in the British Military Prisons of the Revolutionary War. Lancaster, Pa, 1908.
Location: Wilson 978.6 P384 v.17; v.32

Rietstap, J.B. Armorial general de J.B. Rietstap. Supplement. (heraldry dictionary). La Haye: M. Nijhoff, 1926-54.
Location: Wilson Reference CR1179 .R52 Suppl.

Robl, Gregory. A Student's Guide to German American Genealogy. Phoenix, Az: Oryx Press, 1996.
Location: Wilson Reference E184 .G3 R65 1996

Schlegel, Carl Wilhelm. Schlegel's German-American Families in the United States: Genealogical and Biographical. New York: The American Historical Society, 1916-18.
Location: Wilson quarto 325.73 Sch36 v.1-3

Schweitzer, George Keene. German Genealogical Research. Knoxville, TN: G.K. Schweitzer, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference CS614 .S34 1992

Suess, Jared H. Central European Genealogical Terminology. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1978.
Location: Immigration History Res. Ctr. quarto CS6 .s9

Smith, Clifford Neal. American Genealogical Resources in German Archives (AGRIGA): A Handbook. Munchen: Verlag Dokumentation, 1977.
Location: Wilson quarto 016.9291 Sm53

Thode, Ernest. Address Book for Germanic Genealogy. 4th ed. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub., 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS611 .T48 1991

Thode, Ernest. Atlas for Germanic Genealogy. 2nd rev. ed. Marietta, OH: E. Thode, 1983 (Indianapolis, IN: Heritage House).
Location: Wilson Borchert Map (Gazetteer) quarto 929.1 T352

Tolzmann, Don Heinrich. German-Americana: A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
Location: Wilson Reference E184 .G3 T65x 1975

Emigration and Emigrants

Burgert, Annette K. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America. Breingsville, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1983.
Location: Wilson 978.6 P384p v.16 (Library has v.1-2)

Burgert, Annette K. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America. Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1992.
Location: Wilson E183 .A4 B87x 1992

Diffenderferr, Frank Ried. The German Immigration into Pennsylvania through the Port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775. Lancaster, PA, 1900.
Location: Wilson 978.6 P384 v.10

Gratz, Delbert L. Bernese Anabaptists and their American Descendants. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1953.
Location: Wilson 289.7 St94 No.8

Jones, George Fewick. The Salzburger Saga: Religious Exiles and Other Germans Along the Savannah. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1984.
Location: Wilson 975.6Eb3 J716

Migration Across Time and National: Population Mobility in Historical Contexts. Edited by Ira A. Glazier. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1986.
Location: Wilson JV6021 .M53 1986

Miller, Michael M. Researching the Germans from Russia: A Bibliography. Fargo, ND: North Dakota State University, Institute for Regional Studies, 1987.
Location: Wilson quarto E184 .R85 M55x 1987

Reichmann, Eberhard. Emigration and Settlement Patterns of German Communities in North America. Indianapolis: Max Kade German-American Center, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis: NCSA LITERATUR, 1995.
Location: Wilson E184 .G3 E46 1995

Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Norristown, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934.
Location: Wilson F160.G3 S8 1966, v.1-2

Germans in Minnesota

A Heritage Deferred: The German-Americans in Minnesota. Edited with and introduction by Clarence A. Glasrud. Moorhead, MN: Concordia College, 1981.
Location: Wilson F615 .G3 H47 1981

Johnson, Hildegard Binder. The Germans in Minnesota. St. Paul: Macalester College, 1979.
Location: Wilson quarto F615.G3 J6x 1979

Massmann, John C. The German Immigration to Minnesota, 1850-1890. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Minnesota, 1966.
Location: Wilson Theses MnU-D 66-297

Rippley, La Vern J. German Place Names in Minnesota = Deutsche Ortsnamen in Minnesota. Northfield, MN: St. Olaf College, 1989.
Location: Wilson F604 .R5x 1989

German-Language Sources

Thode, Ernest. German-English Genealogical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS6 .T48 1992

Bahlow, Hans. Deutsches Namenlexikon. Munchen: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1967.
Location: Wilson 929.4 B147de

Banniza von Bazan, Heinrich Rudolf Franz. Deutsche geschichte in ahnentafeln. Berlin: A. Metzner, 1940-42.
Location: Wilson quarto 929.73 B227 v.1

Baumann, Max. Kleine Leute: Schicksale einer Bauernfamilie, 1670-1970. Zurich: Chronos, 1990.
Location: Wilson CS999 .B69 1990

Dimpfel, Rudolf A. Biographische Nachschlagewere: Adelslexika. Wiesbaden: M. Sandig, 1969.
Location: Wilson Reference CT31 .D5x 1969

Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten. Marburg: Verlag von J.A. Stargardt, 1978.
Location: Wilson Reference CS616 .E8x 1978

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. 1.- Bd.; 1951- .Glucksburg, Ostsee: C.A. Starke.
Location: Wilson 929.73 G286

Gottschald, Max. Deutsche Namenkunde. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1954.
Location: Wilson 432.5 G716a

Meynen, Emil. Bibliographie des Deutschtums der Kolonialzeitlichen Einwanderung in Nordamerika: insbesondere der pennsylvanien-Deutschen und ihrer Nachkommen, 1687-1933. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1966.
Location: Wilson Reference E184 .G3 M63x 1966

Muller, Friedrich. Muller's Grosses Deutsches Ortsbuch, Bunderepublik Deutschland: vollstandiges Gemeindelexikon. Wuppertal: Post- und Ortsbuchverlag, 1988.
Location: Wilson Borchert Map (Gazetteer) quarto DD14 .M8 1988

Spalek, John M. Guide to the Archival Materials of the German-speaking Emigration to the United States after 1933 = Verzeichnis der Quellen und Materialien der deutschsprachigen Emigration in de U.S.A. seit 1933. Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, University Press of Virginia, 1978.
Location: Wilson Reference E184.G3 S63x 1978

Taschenbuch fur Familiengeschichtsforschung.Neustadt an der Aisch: Degener, 1990.
Location: Wilson CS18 .T36 1990

Urlsperger, Samuel. Ausfuhrliche Nachrichte von de saltzburgischen emigranten. (Detailed reports on the Salzburger emigrants who settled in America. Trans. Hermann J. Lacher. Athens: University of Georgia press, 1968-1990.
Location: Wilson 975.6 Ur4 v.1-15

Zollner, Erich. Probleme und Aufgaben der Osterreichischen Geschichtsforschung: ausgewahlte Aufsatze. Munchen: R. Oldenbourg, 1984.
Location: Wilson DB3 .Z65 1984

Registers

Cerny, Johni. A Guide to German Parish Registers: In the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference CS613 .C47 1988 v.1 (Baden, Bavaria, Wuerttemberg)

Grunert, Horst. Die altenburgischen Personennamen: ein Beitrag zur mitteldeutschen Namenforschung. Tubingen: M. Niemeyer, 1958. (Altenburg (Leipzig))
Location: Wilson 432 G922

Niederquell, Theodor. Die Inschriften der Stadt Fritzlar. Munchen: Druckenmuller, 1974. (Fritzlar, Germany)
Location: Wilson quarto 943.2 F919 N553

Struck, Wilf Heino. Das Nekrologium II des St. Lubentius-Stiftes zu Kietkirchen a. d. Lahn. Mainz: Selbstverlag der Gesellschaft fur Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, 1969. (Dietkirchen)
Location: Wilson 929.3 St89

Zahn, Peter. Die Inschriften der Friedhofe St. Johannis, St. Rochus und Wohrd zu Nurnberg. Munchen: A. Druckenmuller, 1972. (Nuremberg)
Location: Wilson quarto 943.2 N88 Z13

Searching MNCAT

You can use MNCAT, the University Libraries' computerized catalog, to search for specific subjects. The following are some examples of useful subject terms for genealogists; other examples are found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books located in Wilson Reference.

genealogy
austria--genealogy
german american newspapers
german americans
german americans--genealogy
german americans--[state], e.g. german americans--pennsylvania
[german state], e.g., bavaria germany
german newspapers
germans--[country], e.g., germans--poland or germans--united states
germans--[state], e.g., germans--minnesota or germans--pennsylvania
germany--church records and registers
germany east--gazetteers
germany east--maps
germany west--gazetteers
germany west--maps
germany--emigration and immigration
germany--gazetteers
germany--genealogy
germany--maps
immigrants--united states--history
jews--genealogy
jews--germany
names geographical--germany
names personal--german
nobility--germany
obituaries--germany
palatine americans
pennsylvania dutch
prussia germany--genealogy
refugees, jewish
registers of births etc--germany
switzerland--genealogy

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