German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volume 1B: Indiana South Protestant

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Dr. Minert and a team of researchers at BYU are currently involved in a project wherein they read and extract Americans' German vital records from historic local church vital records. These church records often pinpoint German origins in the "old country." Places and dates of birth, marriage, and previous residence in Germany are commonly found in these records. Dr. Minert estimates that 65-76 percent of historic local church records give an immigrant's exact place of birth. Entries found in the volumes include people born in Switzerland. A 4,825 surname Index, compiled from 16,239 entries, is contained in this book.

Typical entries from the Immanuel Lutheran Church Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana are as follows:

  • Heinrich A. Meyer b. Stemshorn, Hannover 19 Dec 1846; d. Seymour, IN 30 Oct 1890; bur. Seymour 1 Nov 1890. Ref: p. 283.
  • Sophia Charlotte Meyer b. Hannover (province) 28 Feb 1816; d. Seymour, IN 30 Dec 1891; bur. Seymour 1 Jan 1892. Ref: p. 285.
  • Friedrich Kasper b. Hannover (province) 20 Sept 1840; d. Seymour, IN 4 Jan 1892; bur. Seymour 6 Jan 1892; m. Sophie Thoele. Ref: p. 285.
  • Johana Deppert b. Holzhausen, Bayern 12 Dec 1812; d. Seymour, IN 7 May 1892; bur. Seymour 9 Jan 1892. Ref: p. 285.
  • Ernst Wilhelm Hunsche b. Lengerich, Tecklenburg, Westfalen 4 Jan 1854; d. Seymour, IN 16 March 1893; bur. Seymour 18 March 1893; m. Louise Grelle. Ref: p. 286.

This volume includes church vital records from the following nineteen Indiana counties:

  • Bartholomew – 5 churches
  • Clark – 1 church
  • Dearborn – 13 churches
  • Decatur – 1 church
  • Dubois – 3 churches
  • Franklin – 6 churches
  • Gibson – 1 church
  • Harrison – 1 church
  • Jackson – 6 churches
  • Jefferson – 1 church
  • Marion – 1 church
  • Ohio – 1 church
  • Pike – 1 church
  • Posey – 3 churches
  • Ripley – 6 churches
  • Spencer – 3 churches
  • Switzerland – 1 church
  • Vanderburgh – 5 churches
  • Warrick – 1 church
  • Wayne – 3 churches

Churches indexed in this volume:

  • Aurora: First Evangelical and Reformed Church
  • Batesville: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Bear Branch: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
  • Bear Creek: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Blue Creek: St. Jakobus Evangelical Church
  • Brooksville: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Brookville: St. Thomas Lutheran Church
  • Brown Twp., Ripley Co.: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Columbus: St. John’s Lutheran Church, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
  • Columbus Township: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Corydon: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
  • Crothersville: Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
  • Darmstadt: Salem United Church of Christ, Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Dillsboro: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Dubois: St. Emanuel (Hill) Lutheran Church
  • Dudleytown: Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Evanston: St. John’s Lutheran Church
  • Evansville: Bethlehem United Church of Christ, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Zoar United Church of Christ
  • Farmers Retreat: St. John’s Lutheran Church
  • Haubstadt: Tabor Evangelical Church
  • Highland Twp., Franklin Co.: St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Huntersville: St. John’s Lutheran Church
  • Huntingburg: Salem United Church of Christ
  • Indianapolis: First German Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Jeffersonville: St. Luke Evangelical Reformed Church
  • Jonesville: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Kellerville: St. John Lutheran Church
  • Kelso: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Lamar: St. John’s United Church of Christ
  • Lawrenceburg: Emanuel Lutheran Church, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Madison, Jefferson Co.: St. John’s United Church of Christ
  • Manchester: Zion Lutheran Church
  • Marrs Twp., Posey Co.: Immanuel United Church of Christ
  • Mt. Vernon: Trinity United Church of Christ
  • Newburgh: Zion’s United Church of Christ
  • Olean: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Osgood: St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
  • Otwell: St. John’s Lutheran Church
  • Peppertown: St. Nicholas Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Pershing: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Posey County: St. James German United Evangelical Church
  • Richmond: St. John’s Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Rising Sun: First Evangelical Church
  • St. Leon: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Santa Claus: St. Paulus Evangelical Church
  • Seymour: Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. John’s Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
  • Smyrna: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Southgate, Franklin Co.: St. John’s Evangelical Church
  • Stumpke’s Corner: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Waymansville: St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Weisburg: St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church

Roger Minert

(2015), 2021, cloth, 658 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593112

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