IMMIGRANTS, GERMAN INFLUENCE, EARLY SETTLERS

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  • Two complete teaching units from Max Kade G-A center on Emigration and Immigration.
  • The German-Americans: An Ethnic Experience - discussion of reasons for immigration.
  • Excellent guide to writing a letter in German plus links - asking for family info
  • German Americans in the 1990 Census and more from German Roots.
  • Medieval Germany and the Causes of German Emigration.
  • Germans In America: comprehensive online Exhibit from the Library of Congress.
  • Email discussion w/German partners on Immigration/Migration. Transatlantisches Klassenzimmer.
  • Excellent resources and articles from Germans from Russia Heritage Collection in ND.
  • G-A Statesman and MO Senator Carl Schurz and other Forty-eighter s played a large role in MO history and the abolition of slavery.
  • Read about German soldiers in the Civil War.
  • German Gymnasium page (in German) on Emigration to US, famous German-Americans.
  • Germany Discovers America: an annotated bibliography of G-A travel narratives 1800-1918 plus links.
  • The German influence on American food culture, restaurants, recipes and businesses in the US.
  • The German influence on the American auto industry.
  • The Turners in America and the 1848 Revolution.
  • Peopling St.Louis: history of immigrant populations in St. Louis.
  • G-A communities : Pennsylvania Dutch, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Hermann, MO, Arcola, IL, etc.
  • Bukovina Society of America: immigrants from modern-day Ukraine and Romania.
  • Canadian Passenger Lists. National Archives of Canada.
  • Anti-immigrant (German, Irish) sentiment in the late 1800's. G-A internment during WW2.
  • Steven Mintz' graphics and charts on German immigration. Further resources
  • The American Immigration homepage and project, Ellis Island pages.
  • Article from Die Welt: Erinnerung an deutsche Einwanderer in den USA wieder populaer: Gedenktafeln in Ohio." A German perspective. Article about Cincinnati and Don H. Tolzmann.

    GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES

  • Genealogy research tips from GER-RUS.
  • Free tutorial on Tracing Family Origins with emphasis on Europe
  • Treasure Maps Geneaology plus tips on deciphering handwriting, research tips, how to do tombstone rubbings, etc.
  • GenealogyPro - links and professional research
  • FREE online German Genealogy Course. Topics and procedures.
  • Palatines to America: German genealogy organization with info and links.
  • German Roots: Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet. Very accessible.
  • German Migration Research Center: immigrants and emigrants.
  • Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: world-wide passenger lists
  • The German Research Companion. A 600-page comprehensive resource.
  • Research Center Lower Saxons in the USA. Extensive site in English and German.
  • Identifying German Names. What does my name mean? More on names.
  • German Genealogy: world-wide, emigration and immigration, family histories, societies, etc.
  • Genealogy pages, German historical societies and organizations from the Max Kade G-A center.
  • The Fed. of E. European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) has extensive resources.
  • ROOTS-L Genealogy Page: libraries, archives, databases, museums, institutions, internet, etc.
  • Equally immense are USGenWeb and C. Howell's Genealogy Page: 15,000 links!
  • American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.

  • Canadian Genealogy and History and Pier21 Society: entry point in Halifax.
  • German-speakers in Australia: many resources
  • JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
  • Museum of the Jewish People - Genealogy and family names
  • Internet Sources for German Genealogy, also in German; well-organized, thorough.
  • German Federal Archive and Info about major archives.
  • Lutheran Online Genealogy Exchange.
  • Student guide to genealogy research, huge list of databases
  • Discussion Lists for Germany/Prussia from Genealogy Resources on the Net for German.
  • Newsgroups for German genealogy: soc.genealogy.com and soc.genealogy.surnames.german
  • German Telephone Books Online: DeTe Medien.
  • A barrel of Genealogy and Civil War links.
  • Several Family histories from Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Example of a internet presentation of a family history: the Nohl Family.

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