GERMAN-AMERICANS IN MISSOURI AND
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS
MISSOURI
German
Heritage Collection : MO's largest collection of primary
historical documents.
Rootsweb: Missouri Genealogical Resources .
Missouri Surname Researchers : alphabetized list of last names.
W. Historical
Manuscript Collection : papers of 1848 revolutionary Friedrich
Hecker
U. of MO
Press : see works
by Adolf Schroeder , Ken Luebbering , Al Camigliano, Linda
Pickle .
The joys of living in a log
cabin 1840-1870. "A treasure trove of detail about daily
life, local customs and politics" & the story of the van
Drefeldt brothers by Ken Kronenberg.
An informal, but informative history of Germans in
Missouri and their impact.
Missouri bleibt in der Union . MO stays in the Union. Germans take over St. Louis armory.
Index to Missouri in the Civil War . Extensive. Rootsweb's Missouri in the Civil War .
Stephan Werly's diary: German-American soldier
in the 21st Missouri infantry. 1862-1864.
The Third Regiment Missouri Volunteers : Germans in the Civil War.
Christine Totten's Roots in the Rhineland is a good work for midwestern G-A history.
Deutschheim Historic Site in Hermann. Quarterly journal, Der Maibaum,
published since 1993.
Genealogy, Immigration, Civil War and other related resources.
Conduct your own internet searches for further information.
Hermann, MO: home of the Oktoberfest and the Maifest, and
several German-founded wineries.
MO Mark Twain's That
Awful German Language. Comical literal translation from the German.
Deutsch Country Days : in Marthasville, MO. Oct. 20-2. Old time arts, crafts, skills, food, etc.
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