German Immigrants In American Church Records, Volume 25: Missouri (St. Louis VI)

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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.

Please note that there is a 4,732-surname index to this book at the end of this entry.

Typical entries from the Holy Ghost Church, of St. Louis, Missouri are as follows:

Wilhelmine Schallenberg b. Lienen, Warensdorf, Westfalen; m. St. Louis, MO 17 Oct 1857, Hermann Heinrich Krome. Ref: p. 4:62.

Johann Helms b. Tramm, Crivitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; m. St. Louis, MO 17 Oct 1857, Dorothea Krueger. Ref: p. 4:62.

Dorothea Krueger b. Langenheide, Wittenburg, Mecklenburg- Schwerin; m. St. Louis, MO 17 Oct 1857, Johann Helms. Ref: p. 4:62.

Heinrich Ernst Carl Bang b. Hattorf, Fallersleben, Hannover; m. St. Louis, MO 25 Oct 1857, Therese Marie Boesewetter. Ref: p. 4:63.

Therese Marie Boesewetter b. Zwickau, Sachsen (kingdom); m. St. Louis, MO 25 Oct 1857, Heinrich Ernst Carl Bang. Ref: p. 4:63.

Conrad Broeg b. Marburg, Hessen-Nassau; m. St. Louis, MO 27 Oct 1857, Louise Lange. Ref: p. 4:63.

Louise Lange b. Remscheid, Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz; m. St. Louis, MO 27 Oct 1857, Conrad Broeg. Ref: p. 4:63.

Christian Carl Gerling b. Minden, Westfalen; m. St. Louis, MO 12 Nov 1857, Anna Maria Johanning. Ref: p. 4:64.

This volume includes church vital records from the following St. Louis, Missouri church:

Holy Ghost Church, St. Louis, MO.

Roger P. Minert

2018, Hard Cover, Every-name index, 513 pp.

ISBN: 9781628592139

121-FR0659