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 Often the best sources for information about German emigrants are found in the country they immigrated to. (see http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/german-immigration.pdf) Records of German immigrants may list their towns of origin and other valuable information. To learn more about these records, see the research outline for the country where your ancestor settled and the research outline Tracing Immigrant Origins.
-==United States==
-Early German immigrants to the United States (1683-1820) settled mainly in Pennsylvania. Those in the second wave of migration (1820-1871) often settled in Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, and Texas. During the third wave (1871-1914), many German immigrants settled in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, or other large cities.
-German immigrants from Pommern often went to Wisconsin. Large numbers also settled in Illinois, Minnesota, and other Midwest states. Immigrants from the Palatine area usually settled in Pennsylvania. The book below describes the history and process of migrating from Germany to the United States:
-Wellauer, Maralyn Ann. ''German Immigration to America in the Nineteenth Century: A Genealogist's Guide.'' Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: Roots International, 1985. (FHL book 943 W2we.
-To trace German origins in Pennsylvania can be a daunting task. There are efforts on the US as well as the German side to work together in tracing ancestors. Helpful sites to gain information might be Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis e.V. or pdc.wikipedia.org
-Immigrant records available in the United States include the following:
-'''Passenger Arrival Lists.''' Most German immigrants to the United States arrived at New York City. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the arrival records and indexes of this and other ports. See the United States Research Outline for more information about emigration and immigration records of the United States. Unfortunately, few United States arrival records give the immigrant's specific town of origin.
-New York passenger lists, 1892-1924, are available online, indexes, at [http://www.ellisisland.org/ www.ellisisland.org]; passenger lists for 1820-1957 are available on [http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.com].
-Ship passenger records for various decades may also be found at [http://www.germanimmigrants1850s.com GermanImmigrants1850s.com], [http://www.germanimmigrants1860s.com GermanImmigrants1860s.com], [http://www.germanimmigrants1870s.com GermanImmigrants1870s.com], [http://www.germanimmigrants1880s.com GermanImmigrants1880s.com], [http://www.germanimmigrants1890s.com GermanImmigrants1890s.com].
-'''Published Passenger Arrival Lists.''' The arrival records for many German immigrants to the United States are partially indexed. By mid-1994 there were 36 volumes covering the years 1850 to 1880.
-Each volume is individually indexed:
-Glazier, Ira A., and P. William Filby. ''Germans to America.'' On-going. Wilmington, Delaware, USA: Scholarly Resources, 1988-. (FHL book Ref973 W2ger.)
-The following bibliography contains over 2,500 published lists of emigrants and immigrants:
-Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigrations Lists Bibliography, 1538-1900.'' Second Edition. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Gale Research, 1988. (FHL book 973W33p 1988.)
-More than 1,600 of these lists are indexed in P. William Filby, ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'', 12+ Volumes. (Detroit, Michigan, USA: Gale Research, 1981-; FHL book Ref 973 W33p). This does not index official U.S. arrival lists. Many of the names are from post-1820 published sources. Two of the hundreds of German immigration records indexed in Filby are listed below:
-Jones, Henry Z, Jr. ''The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710''. Universal City, California, USA: Jones, 1985. (FHL book 974.7 D2j.)
-Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, and William John Hinke. ''Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808''. Two Volumes. Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. Three Volumes. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. (FHL book 974.8 F2st 1966; 1934 edition on films 1,035,683 item 5 and 1,321,373 item 3; fiche 6,057,507-9.) Please note that published immigration lists are subject to errors and should be verified in original records.
-'''Census Records.''' The 1920 United States census sometimes lists the province or city of birth for people (or their parents) born in Germany. Some state censuses, such as the 1925 New York census (which gives the date and place of naturalization), contain more information than federal censuses.
-'''Military Records.''' Many German immigrants served in the United States military, especially in the American Civil War. Their military records may help identify their German hometowns. Records of German soldiers who served as British mercenaries in the American Revolution are described in [[Germany Military Records|Germany Military Records]].
-'''Newspapers.''' Arriving German immigrants are occasionally mentioned in newspapers, especially German-language newspapers. See [[Germany Newspapers|Germany Newspapers]] for a bibliography of German-language newspapers.
-More information - including maps showing the areas of heaviest German population is found [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans here]. The top six states for German population are: Illinois, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.
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