German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volume 4: Wisconsin Southwest 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.

This volume has 23,683 entries which includes information on 30,000 immigrants from Germany.

Churches:

1. Beaver Dam: First St. John's Lutheran Church

2. Beloit: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

3. Center: Center Mission

4. Clinton: Christ Lutheran Church

5. Clinton: Methodist Episcopal Church

6. Fennimore: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

7. Fort Atkinson: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church

8. Harrisburg: Zion's Lutheran Church

9. Herman Twp.: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

10. Herman Twp.: Zurn Kripplein Christ Lutheran Church

11. Hurricane: Hurricane Church

12. Johnson Creek: St. John's Lutheran Church

13. La Crosse: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church

14. Lancaster: First German Presbyterian Church

15. Leland: St. John's Lutheran Church

16. Mayville: Hochheim Lutheran Church

17. Mazomanie: St. John's Lutheran Church

18. Monroe: Immanuel Evangelical Church

19. Mount Horeb: Immanuel Lutheran Church

20. New Glarus: Dutch Hollow German Zion Church

21. Platteville: Peace Lutheran Church

22. Platteville: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

23. Prairie Du Chien: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

24. Reedsburg: St. John's Lutheran Church

25. Rock Springs: Zion's Lutheran Church

26. Roxbury: St. John's Lutheran Church

27. Sullivan Twp.: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

28. Theresa: Immanuel Lutheran Church

29. Watertown: German Methodist Episcopal Church

30. Watertown: Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

31. Watertown: Christ United Methodist Church

Roger Minert

(2007), 2025, Hard Cover, Every-name index, 667 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593143

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