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Before 1820 German emigration was largely a group phenomenon. Therefore, strategies for locating a town of origin in Germany must include research on the emigrant, potential family members, neighbors, and other associates. Finding the ancestor on an incoming passenger list can be especially helpful. | Before 1820 German emigration was largely a group phenomenon. Therefore, strategies for locating a town of origin in Germany must include research on the emigrant, potential family members, neighbors, and other associates. Finding the ancestor on an incoming passenger list can be especially helpful. | ||
Pre-19th century German immigrants to the United States are often called Palatines, because many of them came from the Palatinate, a region in Southwest Germany. Emigrants also came from many other areas of Germany, as seen on this [http://www.progenealogists.com/images/1700GerEm.jpg map] . | Pre-19th century German immigrants to the United States are often called Palatines, because many of them came from the Palatinate, a region in Southwest Germany. Emigrants also came from many other areas of Germany, as seen on this [http://www.progenealogists.com/images/1700GerEm.jpg map] .<br> | ||
=== 18th Century Sources for Locating German Emigrants <br> === | |||
=== 18th Century Sources for Locating German Emigrants <br> === | |||
==== Manumission Records ==== | ==== Manumission Records ==== | ||
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==== U.S.- German Regional Studies ==== | ==== U.S.- German Regional Studies ==== | ||
Some publications document emigrants in their German home town, on the passenger list, and in U.S. records. Research on each family has been done in both U.S. and German records. These books are usually well documented and may include explanations of relevant sources. They may include several indexes, including one by "ships", which is is very useful for finding people listed on the same passenger list. {{FHL|94473|author-id|disp=Annette K. Burgert}} and {{FHL|29486|author-id|disp=Henry Z. Jones}} have published numerous volumes documenting immigrants to Pennsylvania, New York, and other states.<br> | Some publications document emigrants in their German home town, on the passenger list, and in U.S. records. Research on each family has been done in both U.S. and German records. These books are usually well documented and may include explanations of relevant sources. They may include several indexes, including one by "ships", which is is very useful for finding people listed on the same passenger list. {{FHL|94473|author-id|disp=Annette K. Burgert}} and {{FHL|29486|author-id|disp=Henry Z. Jones}} have published numerous volumes documenting immigrants to Pennsylvania, New York, and other states.<br> | ||
If you are researching New England colonial Germans, you should definitely check out this book: | If you are researching New England colonial Germans, you should definitely check out this book: | ||
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==== Research different colonies ==== | ==== Research different colonies ==== | ||
Even if you are not researching a family from New York, New England, or Nova Scotia, you perhaps should check out these sources as well. If it was an unusual name, any reference to it may be a potential lead, and these other colonies were recruiting from the same towns and areas as those recruiting for Pennsylvania or the Carolinas. In fact, often members of the same family ended up in different colonies. For example, the Heyler family came to Boston (Waldoboro, Maine) in 1742, but also had close relatives from the same village in Germany that settled in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.<br> | Even if you are not researching a family from New York, New England, or Nova Scotia, you perhaps should check out these sources as well. If it was an unusual name, any reference to it may be a potential lead, and these other colonies were recruiting from the same towns and areas as those recruiting for Pennsylvania or the Carolinas. In fact, often members of the same family ended up in different colonies. For example, the Heyler family came to Boston (Waldoboro, Maine) in 1742, but also had close relatives from the same village in Germany that settled in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.<br> | ||
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==== Swiss Emigrants ==== | ==== Swiss Emigrants ==== | ||
The {{FHL|387875|title-id|disp=Swiss Surname Book}} which lists all of the villages where a particular surname has citizenship rights back to 1800 is a key source for unusual surnames. The {{FHL|45832|title-id|disp=added}} [Swiss Biographical Encyvlopedia] often also has leads about places where different surnames were established in Switzerland. The following additional sources are especially for Swiss 18th century emigration:<br> Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies by Albert B. Faust & Gaius M. Brumbaugh, 1925, Vol. 1: Züürich Canton 1734-1744, Vol. 2: Bern Canton 1706-1795 and Basel Canton 1734-1794 [FHL 973 W2fa] <br> Swiss Emigration Book by Cornelia Schrader-Murgenthaler, 1993 [FHL 973 W2smc] <br> A List of Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen (1734-1752) by Ernst Steinemann [FHL 974.8 C4fg Vol. 16]. <br> | The {{FHL|387875|title-id|disp=Swiss Surname Book}} which lists all of the villages where a particular surname has citizenship rights back to 1800 is a key source for unusual surnames. The {{FHL|45832|title-id|disp=added}} [Swiss Biographical Encyvlopedia] often also has leads about places where different surnames were established in Switzerland. The following additional sources are especially for Swiss 18th century emigration:<br> Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies by Albert B. Faust & Gaius M. Brumbaugh, 1925, Vol. 1: Züürich Canton 1734-1744, Vol. 2: Bern Canton 1706-1795 and Basel Canton 1734-1794 [FHL 973 W2fa] <br> Swiss Emigration Book by Cornelia Schrader-Murgenthaler, 1993 [FHL 973 W2smc] <br> A List of Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen (1734-1752) by Ernst Steinemann [FHL 974.8 C4fg Vol. 16]. <br> | ||
==== Other helpful resources ==== | ==== Other helpful resources ==== | ||