{"id":1181,"date":"2013-10-21T18:38:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T01:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2013-10-21T18:38:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T01:38:23","slug":"finding-origins-of-german-speaking-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/21\/finding-origins-of-german-speaking-ancestors\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Origins of German-Speaking Ancestors"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 million German immigrants came to the U.S. from 1845-1895 (9+ million if you include the 70,000 Luxemburgers, the Swiss, and those who came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire).<\/p>\n

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  1. 1846-1858.<\/strong>\u00a0 Fled famine and revolution, including Luxemburgers, those from Western Bohemia, and Alsace-Lorraine.\u00a0 Many left through LeHavre France and Rotterdam Netherlands.<\/li>\n
  2. 1865-1879.<\/strong>\u00a0 Migrated to escape compulsory military service in the Prussian Army, including those from Silesia and Brandenburg.\u00a0 Many left through Bremen Germany and Antwerp Belgium.<\/li>\n
  3. 1879-1890’s.<\/strong>\u00a0 Peak in 1882–including those from Austro-Hungarian Empire, Switzerland, West Prussia, Pomerania, Posen [1\/2 of Western Prussia and Eastern Silesia became Poland in 1919], Western Bohemia.\u00a0 A major migration pattern was to leave Hamburg and sail to Hull England, travel across England by train, and ship out for America from Liverpool.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The majority of these immigrants came to New York City–Castle Garden, 1855-1892; Ellis Island, 1892 on.<\/p>\n

    German Ethnic Minorities included immigrants from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Slovenia<\/li>\n
    2. Swabia (Lower Danube) and Saxons from Transylvania–settled in Cleveland OH, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin<\/li>\n
    3. Galicia<\/li>\n
    4. Bukovina to Kansas<\/li>\n
    5. Slovakia<\/li>\n
    6. German enclaves in Hungary, Bohemia, and Moravia (now Czech Republic, and the largest ethnic group in the U.S. at the time)<\/li>\n
    7. Burgenlanders from the Austrian border to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Florida, and California.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Swiss<\/strong> settled in Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, early North Carolina, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia.<\/p>\n

      Germans from Russia<\/strong> settling in Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado tended to come from the Volga.\u00a0 Those in North and South Dakota from the Black Sea areas.\u00a0 Those in Wisconsin and Michigan tended to come from Volnynia.<\/p>\n

      Select Study Bibliography and Specific Origins:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Brandt, Edward R., etal.\u00a0 Germanic Genealogy:\u00a0 A Guide to Worldwide Sources and<\/strong> Migration Patterns<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 3rd ed, 2007.\u00a0 Available Germanic Genealogy Society, PO Box 16312, St Paul Minnesota 55116.\u00a0 Essential work.<\/p>\n

      Frizzell, Robert W.\u00a0 “Reticent Germans:\u00a0 The East Frisians of Illinois,” Illinois Historical<\/strong> Journal<\/strong><\/em> 85 (Autumn 1992): 161-74.<\/p>\n

      Holmquist, June D. They Chose Minnesota:\u00a0 A Survey of the State’s Ethnic Groups.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 St. Paul:\u00a0 Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1988.<\/p>\n

      Levi, Kate E., and Albert B. Faust.\u00a0 Early German Immigrants in Wisconsin.<\/strong><\/em> 1898. Reprinted, Janesville WI:\u00a0 Origins Press, 1990.\u00a0 Short and powerful description of origins of Germans who settled in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

      Minert, Roger P., ed. German Immigrants in American Church Records:\u00a0 Volume 1,<\/strong><\/em> Indiana Protestants.<\/strong>\u00a0 Rockland ME:\u00a0 Picton Press, 2006.\u00a0 Important new series, volume 1 is over 904 pages.<\/p>\n

      Rath, George.\u00a0 The Black Sea Germans in the Dakotas.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Freeman SD:\u00a0 Pinehill Press, 1977.<\/p>\n

      Rippley, LaVern J., and Robert J. Paulson.\u00a0 The German-Bohemians:\u00a0 The Quiet<\/strong> Immigrants.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Northfield MN:\u00a0 St. Olaf’s College Press, 1995.<\/p>\n

      Sallet, Richard.\u00a0 Russian-German Settlements in the U.S.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Fargo ND:\u00a0 Institute for Regional Studies, 1974.<\/p>\n

      Windholz, Oren.\u00a0 Bohemian Germans in Kansas:\u00a0 A Catholic Community from Bukovina.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Hays KS:\u00a0 for the author, 1993.<\/p>\n

      Read the introduction carefully and be sure to check the references–footnotes and bibliographies in each of these studies for additional sources to search.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/a><\/p>\n

      PS\u00a0 Family History Expos<\/em> <\/strong> prepares a syllabus for each regional and area Expo and Research Retreat that\u00a0 is full of research directions for national and ethnic groups–written by some of the leading genealogists in America today.\u00a0 You can order any syllabus on CD or printed book format from http:familyhistoryexpos.com. <\/a><\/p>\n

      PPS<\/strong> And some one told me that there is an index underway so you can determine in advance which events presented which national group or ethnic records in the handouts.\u00a0 You will want to get this index and selected syllabus titles for your own research reference library.<\/p>\n

      PPSS\u00a0 I spoke at the Nauvoo Research Retreat which just ended and I am on my way to the annual Family History Expos Research Retreat at the
      \nFamily History<\/strong><\/em> Library in Salt Lake City Utah 28 Oct through 1 November 2013.\u00a0 If you are not attending, why not plan to be with us in Nauvoo in April 2014 or in Salt Lake City in April 2014? Why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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