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=== 18th Century Sources for Locating German Emigrants <br> === | === 18th Century Sources for Locating German Emigrants <br> === | ||
==== Publications ==== | |||
Early German emigration to America has been studied from both sides of the ocean for many years . Numerous books have been published on the subject. Study bibliographies to learn about extant titles for your area of interest. | |||
Older publications may be vieved and/or downloaded on GoogleBooks. One classic volume is | |||
Rupp, Israel Daniel, [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ihPVAAAAMAAJ&rdid=book-ihPVAAAAMAAJ&rdot=1 A Collection of Upwards of 30,000 German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776] . It can be read online or downloaded as a free PDF. | |||
FamilySearch Books also allows difgital access to numerous volumes that were previously only accessible in the Family History Library or one of its partner institutions. For example: | |||
Trautz, Fritz, [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3190103&from=fhd Die Pfãlzische Auswanderung nach Nordamerika im 18. Jahrhundert ](Palatine Emigration to North America in the 18th Century) can be accessed online from home. | |||
Materials under copyright can only be accessed online in the Family History Library, a family history center, or a partner institution of FamilySearch. | |||
==== Manumission Records ==== | ==== Manumission Records ==== | ||
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* A name index to the above three volumes as well as other volumes by Werner Hacker was published by Closson Press and includes 65,000 names, Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Southwest Germany to America and Other Countries, 1994 (FHL INT'L 943.43 W2eh) | * A name index to the above three volumes as well as other volumes by Werner Hacker was published by Closson Press and includes 65,000 names, Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Southwest Germany to America and Other Countries, 1994 (FHL INT'L 943.43 W2eh) | ||
A complete list of Werner Hacker's publications available in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is found in the [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Bauthor_id%3A19990 FamilySearch Catalog] | A complete list of Werner Hacker's publications available in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is found in the [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Bauthor_id%3A19990 FamilySearch Catalog] | ||
==== U.S.- German Regional Studies ==== | ==== U.S.- German Regional Studies ==== | ||
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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: | ||
Horlacher, Gary T. and Wilford W. Whitaker, ''Broad Bay Pioneers: 18th Century German-Speaking Settlers of Present-Day Waldoboro, Maine''. Rockport, Maine : Picton Press,1998, [[/en/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0897252101|ISBN 0897252101]]. (FHL US/Can 974.157/W1 F2w) | Horlacher, Gary T. and Wilford W. Whitaker, ''Broad Bay Pioneers: 18th Century German-Speaking Settlers of Present-Day Waldoboro, Maine''. Rockport, Maine : Picton Press,1998, [[/en/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0897252101|ISBN 0897252101]]. (FHL US/Can 974.157/W1 F2w) | ||
==== Germans in Nova Scotia ==== | ==== Germans in Nova Scotia ==== | ||
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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> | ||
==== Swiss Emigrants ==== | ==== Swiss Emigrants ==== | ||
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- Hathi Trust: [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000007109121;view=1up;seq=874 vol. 1 ] (free), [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.32000007559893 vol. 2] (available to search only due to copyright restrictions) | - Hathi Trust: [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000007109121;view=1up;seq=874 vol. 1 ] (free), [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.32000007559893 vol. 2] (available to search only due to copyright restrictions) | ||
==== Societies ==== | ==== Societies ==== | ||
The [https://www.palam.org/# Palatines of America] have published several indexes of early German immigrants on their website. Some are accessible only by members. Their website also includes research tips and helpful links. | The [https://www.palam.org/# Palatines of America] have published several indexes of early German immigrants on their website. Some are accessible only by members. Their website also includes research tips and helpful links. | ||
==== German regional indexes ==== | ==== German regional indexes ==== | ||
If you have identified a particular region you think is the most likely, that will be the area you want to focus on to see if there are any regional indexes or published sources available. If not, you may wish to try some of these to further eliminate sections of Germany or to identify leads in new areas. <br>For example, in Germany, when a new ruler took over, often every man person over 18 or so was required to swear allegiance to the new ruler. These records are called Oaths of Allegiance. By searching the 1709 published oaths of allegiance for the Margravate of Baden-Durlach (Einwohnerbuch der Margrafschaft Baden-Durlach im Jahre 1709, by Hermann Jacob, 1935, FHL film 1183617) you can identify all of the towns in this region where your surname appears or eliminate this area of the surname does not appear there at all. Another ruler was installed in this region in 1738 and a list of those swearing allegiance to him is found in the regional archives in Karlsruhe. Other such lists for some areas that had high numbers of emigrants include the following: | If you have identified a particular region you think is the most likely, that will be the area you want to focus on to see if there are any regional indexes or published sources available. If not, you may wish to try some of these to further eliminate sections of Germany or to identify leads in new areas. <br>For example, in Germany, when a new ruler took over, often every man person over 18 or so was required to swear allegiance to the new ruler. These records are called Oaths of Allegiance. By searching the 1709 published oaths of allegiance for the Margravate of Baden-Durlach (Einwohnerbuch der Margrafschaft Baden-Durlach im Jahre 1709, by Hermann Jacob, 1935, FHL film 1183617) you can identify all of the towns in this region where your surname appears or eliminate this area of the surname does not appear there at all. Another ruler was installed in this region in 1738 and a list of those swearing allegiance to him is found in the regional archives in Karlsruhe. Other such lists for some areas that had high numbers of emigrants include the following: | ||
Untertanenverzeichnisse des Kurpfälzischen Oberamtes Alzey (Register of Citizens of the Electorial Palatinate District of Alzey). 1494, 1576, 1698 by Rolf Kilian, Franz Neumer, and Oskar Poller, 1995 (FHL 943.43 B4sb v.1) <br> Pfälzische Untertanen-, Huldigungs- und Musterungslisten aus den Jahren 1587 - 1609 - 1612 - 1624 - 1731 - 1776 (Palatine Citizens, Oaths of Allegiance, and Muster Rolls for the Years 1587, 1609, 1612, 1624, 1731, and 1776) by Güünther F. Anthes, 1981 (FHL 943.43 B4sb no. 9). <br> Untertanenlisten des Herzogtums Pfalz-Zweibrüücken aus den Huldigungsprotokollen des Jahres 1776 (List of Citizens of the Palatinate-Zweibrüücken Duchy from the Oath of Allegiance Record of the Year 1776) by Karl Schaaff, 1977 (FHL 943.43 B4sb No.6). <br> Die Untertanen in den Ämtern Kreuznach, Kirchberg, Naumburg und Koppenstein der Vorderen Grafschaft Sponheim 1652-1707 (The Citizens in the Counties Kreuznach, Kirchberg, Naumburg, and Koppenstein in the Former County of Sponheim 1652-1707). <br> | Untertanenverzeichnisse des Kurpfälzischen Oberamtes Alzey (Register of Citizens of the Electorial Palatinate District of Alzey). 1494, 1576, 1698 by Rolf Kilian, Franz Neumer, and Oskar Poller, 1995 (FHL 943.43 B4sb v.1) <br> Pfälzische Untertanen-, Huldigungs- und Musterungslisten aus den Jahren 1587 - 1609 - 1612 - 1624 - 1731 - 1776 (Palatine Citizens, Oaths of Allegiance, and Muster Rolls for the Years 1587, 1609, 1612, 1624, 1731, and 1776) by Güünther F. Anthes, 1981 (FHL 943.43 B4sb no. 9). <br> Untertanenlisten des Herzogtums Pfalz-Zweibrüücken aus den Huldigungsprotokollen des Jahres 1776 (List of Citizens of the Palatinate-Zweibrüücken Duchy from the Oath of Allegiance Record of the Year 1776) by Karl Schaaff, 1977 (FHL 943.43 B4sb No.6). <br> Die Untertanen in den Ämtern Kreuznach, Kirchberg, Naumburg und Koppenstein der Vorderen Grafschaft Sponheim 1652-1707 (The Citizens in the Counties Kreuznach, Kirchberg, Naumburg, and Koppenstein in the Former County of Sponheim 1652-1707). <br> | ||
Other authors who researched early German immigrants to the Unites States include: | Other authors who researched early German immigrants to the Unites States include: | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bauthor%3Abraun%2C%20%2Bauthor%3Afritz&subjectsOpen=529129-50 Fritz Braun] | *[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bauthor%3Abraun%2C%20%2Bauthor%3Afritz&subjectsOpen=529129-50 Fritz Braun] | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bauthor%3Akrebs%2C%20%2Bauthor%3Afriedrich&subjectsOpen=46443-50 Friedrich Krebs]<br> | *[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bauthor%3Akrebs%2C%20%2Bauthor%3Afriedrich&subjectsOpen=46443-50 Friedrich Krebs]<br> | ||