Category: German Research

Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia : 1978

Seller ID: mcva2100

Condition: New

Contains an account of the early German ancestry of those families who settled in Virginia.
Indexed. 583 p.*
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Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German Reformed Church 1830-1839

By: Barbara Manning

Price: $22.00

Seller ID: mcr1804

ISBN-13: 9781556136269

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used, Fair

Founded in 1827 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to support missionaries in the Indian Territory, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, "The Weekly Messenger of the German Reformed Church" soon became a huge success. Pastors began sending in, together with their subscription money, notices of deaths and marriages and other interesting bits of information, not only about members of their church but about anyone they knew.The newspaper gave fascinating details on marriages, deaths, parsons taking up new posts, appointments complete with lists of references, reports of accidents, murders, arrests, convictions, ...
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Ancestral Lines

By: Carl Boyer, 3rd.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: : 1981

Seller ID: fhb2100

ISBN: 09361240059

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Like New

666 pages, including index. 190 Families in England, Wales, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
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German-American Genealogical Research Monograph Number 4 Emigrants From Saxony (Grandduchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) to America, 1854, 1859

By: Clifford Neal Smith

Price: $18.00

Seller ID: gp9851

ISBN: 97806352497

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Two articles, written by Dr. Herbert Koch, have appeared in German genealogical publications regarding emigration from the Grandduchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach to America during the years 1854 and 1859. Since these articles have wide implications for German-American researchers, they have been combined into one list of emigrants in this monograph. In general, the official notices state only that the emigrants were going to America. Some will have emigrated to Brazil, others to Canada, and probably most to the United States. 32 pages.Names include: Deckert, Gottschalg, Kreuzberg, Polland, Soel...
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The German American Family Album

By: Dorothy And Thomas Hoobler

Price: $100.00

Publisher: : 1996

Seller ID: mcr2121

ISBN-13: 9780195081336

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New

127pages, including index. Free shipping media mail. The American Family Albums tell the multicolored and often heroic stories of American immigrant groups, largely through their own words and pictures.
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The Gold Family History

By: Dr. O. David Gold

Price: $45.00

Publisher: : 2014

Seller ID: fgh2015

ISBN-13: 9781490969411

Condition: New

215 pages. Eleven Generations from Moravia to Pennsylvania. Quotes, from the author, "I feel the most interesting parts of this book concerns my ancestors Czechoslovakia and their lives later when they came to Pennsylvania during colonial times"
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German Words for Family Historians

By: Eric and Rosemary Kopittke

Price: $6.50

Seller ID: frarutph0202

ISBN-13: 9781925781229

Binding: 4 page laminated

Researching a German ancestor must necessarily lead, at some point, to reading German records. Having access to a list of German words that may be found in documents will help the researcher to identify and understand the records. 4 pages.
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New Homes in a New Land: German Immigration to Texas 1847-1861

By: Ethel Hander Geue

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: cftx2173

ISBN-13: 9780806309804

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

This work is essentially a compilation of information gleaned from the passenger lists of ships that arrived at Galveston between the years 1847 and 1861. It is also the story of the German immigration to Texas during this formative period of Texas history. 166 pages, full name index.

Names include: Bertram, Cabler, Geiger, Kibbe, Maetze, Stiffler,
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A Compendium of 4,000 German Middle-Class Citizens: 1250-1850, Volume One

By: Frederick George Siler

Price: $37.00

Publisher: Family Roots Publishing Co. : 2022

Seller ID: fr0105

ISBN-13: 9781628593310

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

First in a series exploring the lineage and heraldry of 16,000 common middle-class German citizens who have been identified from records dating from approximately 1250 to 1850.

Index. 260 p. &
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Muller/Mueller: Heraldry and Genealogy; A Geographical Perspective

By: Frederick George Siler

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Orting,WA, Family Roots Publishing : 2016

Seller ID: fhm1800

ISBN-13: 9781628591309

Binding: perfect

Condition: as new

While this book is a research guide to researching coats of arms for the Muller/Mueller families, it is also a good reference for researching German heraldry. 167 pages,all-name index,color images of family's coat of arms, depending on country of origin.
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Maryland Church Records, Volume 1: Records of Christ Reformed Church, also known as the German Reformed Church, (a congregation of the United Church of Christ) Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland

By: Frederick S. Weiser

Price: $40.00

Seller ID: mcmdf2005

ISBN: 091614125042

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Even though they include far from all of the vital records of that part of the population they served, these German church records are a remarkable source of information. To make the riches of this now almost totally unavailable body of data from German churches in Maryland easily accessible and useful to researchers, a series of these records is being published under the editorship of the undersigned. Each will be issued with an introduction, a comprehensive index, and occasional pertinent illustrations. pages, surname index. 98 pages, full name index.Names include: Baltsel, Eberhart, Hiesta...
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Maryland German Church Records, Volume 2: Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, 1781-1826

By: Frederick S. Weiser

Price: $65.00

Seller ID: mcmdf2004

ISBN-13: 9780913281048

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Even though they include far from all of the vital records of that part of the population they served, these German church records are a remarkable source of information. To make the riches of this now almost totally unavailable body of data from German churches in Maryland easily accessible and useful to researchers, a series of these records is being published under the editorship of the undersigned. Each will be issued with an introduction, a comprehensive index, and occasional pertinent illustrations. 87 pages, surname index.

Names include: Bauer, Eggden, Jung, Kuhn, Neff, Titlow,
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German-American Names 2nd Edition

By: George F. Jones

Price: $33.00

Publisher: : 1995

Seller ID: gpc3077

ISBN-13: 9780806314815

Condition: Like New

320 pages, including Addenda. Given Names - Significance and Origin. Many Americans with German names know the dictionary meaning of the corresponding German word without realizing that their name, being a name, may have an entirely different meaning. For example, the German dictionary tells us that the word Kuss means "kiss," but it does not tell us that the name Kuss is most often shortened form of Dominicus and that , while the word Mass means "measure" the name Mass or Maas is usually a shortened form of Thomas, unless the first bearer of the name lived near the Maas (Meuse) River.
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The Runge Chronicle A German Saga of Success

By: Henry J. Hauschild

Price: $40.00

Seller ID: fhh2001

Binding: perfect

Condition: good

This family history book includes information over two German Pioneers to Texas. Contents include maps, photos of building, people, newspapers, letters, birth and death dates, marriages, and much more. 227 pages, indexed.
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History Of The German Element In Virginia - Two Volumes In One

By: Herman Schuricht

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. : 1977

Seller ID: va2206

ISBN-13: 9780806307831

Condition: new

Schuricht examines the early German settlements on the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, their general disbursement throughout Virginia from staging areas in Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, and Westmoreland counties, and the eventual concentration of German settlements in the Shenandoah Valley. Two Volumes in One Book. 257 Pages. @
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The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and
The Creoles of German Descent

By: J. Hanno Deiler

Price: $30.00

Seller ID: gp1405

ISBN-13: 9780806300924

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Researchers interested in the early German and Swiss settlers of Louisiana, and particularly in that area along the Mississippi west of New Orleans known as the German Coast, should begin with this source. Deiler devotes the preliminary sections of this work to the early German families and their settlements in Louisiana. Nearly one-half of the book lists, along with genealogical notices, some 2,000 "Names of German Habitants on Both Banks of the Mississippi Above New Orleans," as based on the official census of 1724, and a roster of "Additional German Names . . . Not in the [1794] Census." In...
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Baptismal Records Of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Serbin, Texas 1854-1883

By: John Kilian

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Southern Historical Press : 1985

Seller ID: mctxl9025

ISBN-13: 9780893085674

Binding: Cloth

Condition: New

Baptismal Records Of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Serbin, Texas 1854-1883
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Pennsylvania Births,Berks County 1710-1780

By: John T Humphrey

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Humphrey Publications : 1997

Seller ID: mcpab1700

ISBN-13: 9781887609159

Binding: library

Condition: like new

Berk County, Pa. researchers will find this list of approximately 17,000 births found in church records prior to 1800 to be invaluable. Each listing includes child's name, birth or baptism date, first names of father and mother, and record type (name of church). 393 pages.
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The Magic of German Church Records

By: Katherine Schober

Price: $40.00

Publisher: : 2020

Seller ID: ks2000

ISBN: 97986113112098

Binding: perfect

Condition: new

German churches, not civil authorities, were the ones who meticulously kept track of their members' births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. These records are filled with information, including your ancestor's name, parents' names, occupations, dates, relationships, and more. There is one problem: They're not written in English.In this how-to guide, learn how to extract the information you need from German church records without having to decipher every word on the page. The guide includes examples of German transcriptions and English translations. This is a valuable resource for anyone doing ...
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Tips & Tricks of Deciphering German Handwriting

By: Katherine Schober

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Privately Published : 2018

Seller ID: sk1800

Binding: soft cover

Condition: new

Anyone who has ever tried to decipher old handwriting know what a disaster that can be. Not only is the handwriting often a sprawling mess, but the shape of the letters are frequently formed differently from the way they are today. And words are often spelled differently than they are today. That is why this 95-page book can be so helpful when dealing with 18th and 19th centuries handwriting, German as well as other nationalities. The book includes examples of handwriting; list of words whose meanings have changed; and helpful websites.
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German Census Records 1816-1916: The When, Where, and How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource

By: Roger P. Minert, Ph.D., A.G.

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: fra0250

ISBN-13: 9781628590777

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Professor Minert went to Europe for six months in 2015 to learn why American genealogists know very little about German census records. While there he learned that German genealogists know very little about German census records! His findings are presented in this book--the first examination of a record source that has been almost totally unused in the study of our German ancestors. 250 pages, full name index.

Names include: Bismarck, Engel, Hessen, Maynes, Meitzler, Swan,
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Ther German Research Companion

By: Shirley J. Riemer, Roger P. Minert, Jennifer A. Anderson,

Price: $30.00

Seller ID: fra1800

ISBN-13: 9780965676168

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

This one-of-a-kind book is an information bonanza for trackers of their German heritage. It's the German researcher's essential reference work.
No one ever said that searching your German family history would be easy. So it just makes sense to keep at your side these thousands of facts about the world in which our German ancestors lived. 705 pages, indexed.
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Germanna Heritage Book Germanna Record No. 15

By: The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia : 2000

Seller ID: mcva2102

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: New

The Germanna colonies of 1714 and 1717. Includes summary of the first Germanna colony of 1714 and the list of passengers, 1717 on Captain Scott's immigrant ship sailing from Rotterdam to London to Virginia.

Index. 132 p. &
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Category: German Research