Abrams Collection Genealogy Highlights
November-December 2000
Volume 2, Number 6
The Library of Michigan's Abrams Foundation Historical Collections contains a variety of resources to assist you with your German genealogical research. You can locate titles by searching on ANSWER, the Library's online catalog. Use the following keywords on ANSWER to retrieve the greatest number of German genealogy citations; clicking on the links in this publication will take you to the ANSWER catalog search results or the catalog record for a particular item:
Adding a geographic location will allow you to narrow your search. For example, genealogy and hesse will retrieve German resources that focus on the state of Hesse. When searching by keyword, it is not necessary to capitalize proper nouns.
This publication is not intended as a comprehensive list of German genealogy resources; rather, it is a list of notable genealogy materials available at the Library of Michigan. Searching ANSWER is the only way to determine if the Library of Michigan holds the resources that you seek.
Anderson, Chris. A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 2000.
Genealogy E 184 .G3 A49 2000
Brandt, Edward R. Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns. 2nd ed. Saint Paul, MN: Germanic Genealogy Society, 1997.
Genealogy CS 614 .G47 1997
Hansen, Kevan M. Finding Your German Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide. Orem, UT: Ancestry, 1999.
Genealogy E 184 .G3 H2346 1999
Riemer, Shirley J. The German Research Companion. Sacramento, CA: R. Lorelei Press, 2000.
Genealogy CS 613 .R56 2000
Wellauer, Maralyn A. Genealogy in Austria. Milwaukee: Roots International, 1985.
Genealogy CS 503 .W4 1985
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Gardiner, Duncan B. German Towns in Slovakia and Upper Hungary: A Genealogical Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Lakewood, OH: Family Historian, 1991.
Genealogy DB 2707 .G37 1991
Hall, Charles M. The Atlantic Bridge to Germany. 10 vols. Logan, UT: Everton Publishers, 1974.
Genealogy CS 613 .H344 1974
This is a collection of maps and an index to the locations of German parish records.
Irish, Donna R. Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.
Genealogy F 160 .G3 I74 1982
Jones, Henry Z. The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710. 2 vols. Universal City, CA: H. Z. Jones, 1985.
Genealogy F 130 .P2 J66 1985
Kelly, Arthur C. M., Hessian Troop in the American Revolution: Extracts from the Hetrina. 2 vols. Rhinebeck, NY: Kinship, 1991.
Genealogy E 268 .K4 1991
Meier, Emil, ed. Swiss Surnames: A Complete Register. 3 vols. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995.
Genealogy CS 2625 .F34 1995
Pennsylvania German Church Records of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Etc.: From the Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings and Addresses. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983.
Genealogy F 160 .G3 P427 1983
Rupp, I. Daniel. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727-1776... Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965.
Genealogy F 152 .R9614 1965
Senekovic, Dagmar. Handy Guide to Austrian Genealogical Records. Logan, UT: Everton Publishers, 1979.
Genealogy CS 504 .S46
Smith, Kenneth L. German Church Books: Beyond the Basics. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1989.
Genealogy CS 614 .S64 1989
---. Writing to Germany: A Guide to Genealogical Correspondence with German Sources. Columbus, OH: K. L. Smith, 1984.
Genealogy CS 614 .S65 1984
Thode, Ernest. Address Book for Germanic Genealogy. 6th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
Genealogy CS 611 .T48 1997
---. Atlas for Germanic Genealogy. 2nd rev. ed. Marietta, OH: E. Thode, 1983.
Genealogy G 1912.2 .T5 1983
---. German-English Genealogical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.
Genealogy CS 611 .T56 1992
Wright, Raymond S. Meyers Ort- Und Verkehrs-lexikon des Deutschen Reichs: With Researcher's Guide and Translations of the Introduction, Instruction for the Use of the Gazetteer and Abbreviations. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000.
Genealogy DD 14 .M57 2000
A German gazetteer originally published just before World War I.
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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried. The German Immigration into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775 and the Redemptioners. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977.
Genealogy F 160 .G3 D53 1977
Glazier, Ira A., and P. William Filby, eds. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U. S. Ports of New York. 64 vols. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1988-.
Genealogy E 184 .G3 G38
Hacker, Werner. Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Southwest Germany to America and Other Countries. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994.
Genealogy CS 614 .H33 1994
Rohrbach, Lewis Bunker, ed. The Salzburger Expulsion Lists. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1999.
Genealogy CS 504 .S35 1999
Schenk, Trudy, Ruth Froelke and Inge Bork. The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index. 7 vols. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Inc. 1986.
Genealogy DD 801 .W61 S27 1986
Schrader-Muggenthaler, Cornelia. The Alsace Emigration Book. 2 vols. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1989.
Genealogy CS 68 .S34 1989
---. The Baden Emigration Book: Including Emigration from Alsace. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1992.
Genealogy E 184 .G3 S376 1992
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An Atlas of the German Empire
(Atlas des Deutschen Reichs)
www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein
A reproduction of an 1883 map and gazetteer of the German Empire including parts of neighboring counties. English.
Family Search
www.familysearch.org/
Genealogical database of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. English.
Hamburg Link to Your Roots
www.hamburg.de/LinkToYourRoots/
Provides access to the Hamburg Emigration Lists, which includes the personal information of 5 million people who emigrated via Hamburg, Germany, from 1850 to 1934. This site is still under constructions and will begin with the years 1890-1893. German/English.
Austrian State Archives
(Osterreichisches Staatsarchiv Wien) http://www.oesta.gv.at/ewelcom.htm
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