{"title":"Germany","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eGerman emigration to America spans three centuries and represents one of the largest single-origin immigrant groups in American history. Heritage Books carries titles addressing German genealogical research strategies, regional German records, emigration lists, and compiled genealogies of German families in America. The collection includes works addressing the specific challenges of German church record research, the variety of German states and record-keeping systems, and the German communities that settled in Pennsylvania, the Midwest, and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"101-t0792","title":"German Allied Troops in the American Revolution: J. R. Rosengarten's Survey of German Archives and Sources","description":"\u003cp\u003eRosengarten provides a narrative description and critique of numerous sources on Germans fighting during the American Revolution. More than half of these soldiers, literally sold into service by the princes of various German states, came from Hesse-Cassel and were generally referred to as Hessians. Also includes general information on German soldiers in the French service, American history from German sources, Benjamin Franklin in Germany, German universities, and Achenwall's observations on North America in 1767.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1904, 1993), 2009, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 146 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556137921\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T0792\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39329270038646,"sku":"101-T0792","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t0792.png?v=1758819457"},{"product_id":"101-m0626","title":"Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German Reformed Church, 1830-1839","description":"\u003cp\u003eLively and replete with names, this book is a must for everyone, not only those with German-speaking ancestors. Founded in 1827 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to support missionaries in the Indian Territory, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, \"The Weekly Messenger of the German Reformed Church\" soon became a huge success. Pastors began sending in, together with their subscription money, notices of deaths and marriages and other interesting bits of information, not only about members of their church but about anybody they knew. The newspaper gave fascinating details on marriages, deaths, parsons taking up new posts, appointments complete with lists of references, reports of accidents, murders (\"the fiendish influence of Intemperance\"), arrests, convictions, hangings, and even good news, of the founding of scholarships and acts of human kindness ($30,000 returned by honest hack driver). As far as locale is concerned, entries are not limited to happenings in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, but stretch as far as Florida, Missouri, Michigan (more than twenty-two states in all) and even Europe and Asia. However, the true value of the newspaper lies not in its scope but in the detailed information given in its columns. Death notices, for instance, give not only full names but often also the precise cause of death (sometimes quite graphically), occupation and the names of survivors, attending physicians and other regular visitors. Rosters of people who gave to collections and who paid their subscriptions, lists of those who attended schools or were elected to sit on boards, and a full-name index add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Manning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1992), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 336 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556136269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-M0626\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42443227472,"sku":"101-M0626","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-m0626.png?v=1727796924"},{"product_id":"101-m0177","title":"Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German Reformed Church, 1840-1843","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the early nineteenth century, the powerful Reformed Church movement had established itself among German-speaking settlers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas. Seeking to launch churches in other communities, missionaries were sent into the surrounding states and territories. In 1827, the church began a newspaper, printed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and later named The Weekly Messenger of the German Reformed Church, to support its missionary activities and to provide a connection and communication between church members across the country. This book contains abstracts of more than 200 issues of that newspaper, published from 1840 to 1843, which cover happenings in more than twenty-two states and territories (primarily Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, New York, Virginia, and North Carolina), and twelve countries. All sorts of events, not limited to those church-related, were covered by the newspaper and are contained in these abstracts. \"Ministers sending subscriptions and payments to the editor included marriage and death notices about people in the communities that they served and were not limited to members of their church. Lists of victims of train and boat accidents, and natural disasters, were printed, as well as acknowledgments of subscriptions and charitable contributions.\" These abstracts paint a truly fascinating picture of mid-nineteenth century life, and of the German Reformed Church and its influences. An every-name index is a great aid to researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Manning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1995), 2015, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 344 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788401770\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-M0177\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":621932183568,"sku":"101-M0177","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-m0177.png?v=1727796925"},{"product_id":"101-h0193","title":"Distinguished German-Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work brings together, in a condensed format, a broad selection of over 2,300 prominent Americans whose ancestors were of German-speaking origin. For the benefit of the reader, each of these distinguished citizens has been categorized according to his or her contributions and placed into thirteen user-friendly directories, namely: Artistic Talents; Sporting Personalities and Brewers; Clergy; Educators, Scholars and Historians; Engineers, Inventors, Bridge-Builders and Tinkerers; Entertainment World; High Finance and Big Business; Government; Medical Sciences; World of Music; Printing and Publishing World; Natural Sciences; and, Men and Women at War. A typical entry includes, when available, the full name, birth and death dates, and which generation of the family in America that individual represented. Oftentimes the entries will include the stage-name or the original spelling of the surname if the name had been changed in America. Each table is preceded by text which attempts to place each occupational category into an historic context. Selective profiles of representative individuals citing specific achievements in their respective fields are included as well. In the introduction, entitled \"Broadly Speaking, Just Who Were the German-Americans,\" the author examines the data from the thirteen directories in great detail. For example, there are tables dividing the immigrants into areas of origin, and tables exploring dates of immigration. The introduction also attempts to help the reader bridge the linguistic barriers created when reverting American names back to the original German. To this end he has created seven basic rules of name recognition, and has also provided a table listing the twenty-five most common German names and their American English equivalents. The appendices include an abridged glossary of European localities, an every-name index, and three separate bibliographies. Also included is an abridged list of contemporary German-American organizations operating both here and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles R. Haller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1995), 2014, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 316 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788401930\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-H0193\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":621826768912,"sku":"101-H0193","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-h0193.png?v=1727796933"},{"product_id":"101-g0624","title":"The German Element in the War of American Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book will be welcomed by those interested in the Revolutionary War, particularly the part played by Germans, as it provides insight into the German contribution to not only the American effort, but the British effort as well. The book is divided into three parts, entitled: \"Baron Von Steuben,\" General John Kalb,\" and \"German Mercenaries.\" In the first section we learn about Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von Steuben, who has been called \"the creator of our regular army.\" He began his military career at age fourteen in the bloody siege of Prague in 1744. In 1777, he was forty-six when he discussed with Benjamin Franklin the possibility of leading American troops. He joined Washington's forces at Valley Forge as a lieutenant general. In a departure from the custom of recruits being drilled by sergeants, Steuben drilled the men personally, and soon wrought a dramatic improvement in skill and morale which may have been the decisive factor in subsequent successes at places such as Monmouth, New Jersey. With the rank of Inspector-General, he authored the \"Blue Book\" of military regulations, and invented the light infantry. He served valuably in Virginia in the winter of 1780-81, and during the memorable siege of Yorktown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Kalb, born a German peasant in 1721, by age twenty-two had convinced his regiment that he was a nobleman named de Kalb, and became a lieutenant in the German infantry in the service of France. In 1768 he arrived at Philadelphia, charged with the mission of keeping France informed of the colonies' efforts toward separation from England. In 1776 he was offered the rank of major general in the colonial forces. Like von Steuben, de Kalb shared in the bleak winter in Valley Forge. The American alliance with France transformed his rank to that of a general in the French army, and from then until 1780 be was constantly with the colonial army, sharing its hardships, finally fighting with General Gates at the American town of Camden against Cornwallis. Three days later, Major General Baron de Kalb died from wounds he had received in the battle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third section is an explanation and history of mercenary soldiering, especially as practiced by Germany, where able-bodied young men had much to fear from Prussian recruiters, whose technique of recruiting mercenaries differed little from kidnapping. This part of the book is a fine supplement to the study of the Hessians who fought on the English side, and will be of particular interest to readers of Bruce Burgoyne's works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Washington Greene\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1876, 1997), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 218 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788406249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-G0624\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":690013503504,"sku":"101-G0624","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-g0624.png?v=1728590543"},{"product_id":"101-r1684","title":"Index to the Deaths Found in the \"New Yorker Volks-Zeitung\", 1878-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker Volks-Zeitung\u003c\/em\u003e was a German-language daily (1878-1932), then a weekly (1932-1949) with a minor title change to \u003cem\u003eNeue Volks-Zeitung\u003c\/em\u003e. It was the voice of the local German socialists, centered then in the Lower East Side and in Yorkville. This Index contains approximately 27,000 abstracted obituaries, death notices, reported deaths and other biographical material. Entries include the deaths of workers—mainly ethnic Germans (but not exclusively) from the Greater New York area, associates of the German labor community, and socialist militants from the entire U.S. and the world. Local murder victims, without regard to their background; executions in the Northeast, or nationwide if a German-American was involved; and Southern lynchings, which this paper consistently condemned, are also covered. Not all local people whose deaths were recorded by the paper were members of the labor movement, some were simply people known to the neighborhood—including a few mobsters and ladies of the night! Occasionally, the \u003cem\u003eNYVZ\u003c\/em\u003e noted the deaths of militants from Europe, especially from the German and Austrian labor movement, with which the paper's editors and readers retained close ties. The \u003cem\u003eNYVZ\u003c\/em\u003e also reported the deaths of public figures in the United States and abroad, like any other daily, although these obituaries often had a distinctive slant. \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker Volks-Zeitung\u003c\/em\u003e abstracts will be useful not only for genealogists researching German-Americans from the New York City area, and New York City local historians, but also for labor historians generally. The Index is arranged alphabetically by surname, and gives full name, place of residence\/death, date and page\/column of the notice, and if given, date of death and of the funeral. It also notes occupation, union membership, maiden name and city\/area of birth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Reimer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2000), 2011, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 720 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788416842\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-R1684\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":693474852880,"sku":"101-R1684","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-r1684.png?v=1727801360"},{"product_id":"101-t0151","title":"Americana Germanica: Paul Ben Baginsky's Bibliography of German Works Relating to America, 1493-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, Paul Ben Baginsky, a member of the German Department faculty of Brooklyn College, was working on a book then called \"The Development of the Notion of America in Germany\" when it was stopped by the lack of bibliographic data to work from. It became clear that no more progress could be made without more adequate bibliographical foundations, and that's exactly what Baginsky set out to do. Based on, but not limited to, the extensive holdings of the New York Public Library, this book aims at being a comprehensive bibliography of the German publications dealing with any aspect of America which were published before 1800. This includes not only books, but articles, essays, and book reviews. Each entry is arranged chronologically according to the publication date. These listings are made highly accessible by the addition of extensive and detailed subject, author, and title indexes. A new introduction and a selective bibliography have been added by Dr. Don H. Tolzmann, one of the foremost German-American scholars today. Anyone seeking information on Germans in American history before 1800 should examine this work, not only for topics pertaining to German immigration and settlement, but any possible historical topic, including esoteric subjects, such as forestry, science and medicine. This book is an essential reference for colonial German-American history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1942, 1994), 2013, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 244 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788401510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T0151\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32200272969846,"sku":"101-T0151","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t0151.png?v=1727801378"},{"product_id":"101-t3979","title":"Louisiana's German Heritage: Louis Voss' Introductory History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn old Creole expression in New Orleans is: \"It takes German people to do that!\" This reflects the important role that German-Americans have had in the history of Louisiana. From the days of their first arrival in the early 1700s to the present time, German-Americans, who now number twelve percent of the state's population, have played an important role in the social, cultural, economic, and political life of Louisiana, especially in New Orleans. This volume traces the history of the German society and provides an interesting chronicle of the German element in Louisiana, which is placed in the context of German-American history in general. Originally published in 1927 for the 80th anniversary of the German Society of New Orleans, Dr. Tolzmann provides a historical introduction covering recent history, including the new German Interpretive Center in New Orleans and the re-establishment of the annual German Day in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1927, 1994), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 144 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556139796\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T3979\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39298116485238,"sku":"101-T3979","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t3979.png?v=1727801386"},{"product_id":"101-t1782","title":"Early German-American Newspapers: Daniel Miller's History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of this work is to make Daniel Miller's history of the German-American press, from its beginnings in the early eighteenth century to 1830, accessible to those interested in German-American history. As Miller provides a basic introductory survey of the press of this period, this work is essential for those seeking information on German-American history in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This work provides a chronological survey covering the German-American press in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, the South, and the West. In each city and county where there was a German-American news press, the newspaper publications are discussed, including such details as titles, names of founders, dates of publication, and information on editorial policy. Especially valuable are the numerous facsimiles of mastheads, as well as a selection of pages from the German-American press of the period. The rich illustrations in this work cannot be found in any other publication dealing with the German-American press. Also of special value, Miller provides geographical coverage to the topic, rather than dealing thematically with the German-American press, so that one can focus on a particular locale that might be of interest. A new full-name index has been compiled by Dr. Tolzmann and appended to the original work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2001), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 122 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788417825\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T1782\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39302925713526,"sku":"101-T1782","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t1782.png?v=1727801398"},{"product_id":"101-t0416","title":"The German-American Soldier in the Wars of the U.S.: J. G. 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Dr. Tolzmann has made many helpful additions in this new version, including a table of contents, an appendix about General Washington's German bodyguard, and new chapters covering the Spanish-American War, both World Wars, the space age, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Gulf War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1996), 2014, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 352 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788404160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T0416\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32215425351798,"sku":"101-T0416","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t0416.png?v=1758819457"},{"product_id":"101-t0167","title":"German Achievements in America: Rudolf Cronau's Survey History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by eminent German-American historian Rudolf Cronau, this book is a concise survey of German-American achievements in America based on his previous work, a comprehensive German-language history. Drei Jahrhunderte deutschen Lebens in Amerika (1909). German Achievements in America, originally published in 1916, is a richly illustrated English-language compendium intended to illuminate the basic dates, facts, and events in German-American history. Then, as now, it provides a convenient introduction to German-American history, from the beginnings to the First World War. There are many chapters discussing in detail the German-American contributions to politics, agriculture, industry, commerce, physical education, science, publishing, literature, music and arts. Given the author's education at the art academy in Düsseldorf, this work is especially good in the insight it brings to the arts, music and literature of German-Americans. This book also contains one of the first chapters on the topic of German-American women. Of special interest, given the time when the book was written (World War I), is the final chapter entitled \"The Future Mission of the German Element in America.\" This basic history has been edited and provided with a new introduction and a selective bibliography by Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, an internationally recognized scholar in the field of German-American Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1995), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 240 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788401671\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T0167\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32200294596726,"sku":"101-T0167","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t0167.png?v=1727801453"},{"product_id":"101-t0674","title":"German-Americana in Europe: Two Guides to Materials Relating to American History in the German, Austrian, and Swiss Archives","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you are one of the sixty million Americans who trace their heritage to German-speaking lands, you are probably already familiar with Don Heinrich Tolzmann's prolific dissemination of books on German-American history and genealogy. In this two-for-one reprint, Dr. Tolzmann has combined related books originally published by the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The original works are Marion Dexter Learned's Guide to the Manuscript Materials Relating to American History in the German State Archives (1912) and Albert B. Faust's Guide to the Materials for American History in Swiss and Austrian Archives (1916). According to Dr. Tolzmann's introduction, these octogenarian books are still of value because of their specific focus on the German-Americana materials within the archives. Genealogists may discover many new avenues of research through the cited sources that deal with emigration from the German-speaking lands to settlements in the U.S. This publication also stands out among guides to German archives for covering Austria and Switzerland as well as Germany. The extensive name and subject indices from each of the original books are included in this reprint. These indices will guide the researcher through the plethora of mostly 18th and 19th century citations of political papers, passenger lists, personal diaries, diplomatic letters and other materials. These materials are arranged in descending order from cantonal to municipal institutions, so items may also be looked up by region using the table of contents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(?, 1997), 2015, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 684 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788406744\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T0674\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308635373686,"sku":"101-T0674","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t0674.png?v=1727801459"},{"product_id":"101-t3539","title":"Germany and America, 1450-1700: Julius Friedrich Sachse's History of the German Role in the Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement of the New World","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America, this work vividly describes the German role in the discovery, exploration, and early settlement of America. Legend says that Tyrker accompanied Leif Ericson to the New World and thus, was the first German in North America. The first Germans to land in what would become the United States, arrived at Port Royal, South Carolina, in 1562. Group immigrations began in the 1600s. This work also describes the conditions in Germany prior to 1700 which contributed to the German immigrations to America and includes several facsimile title-pages of books published in Europe in the 17th century which encouraged immigration. Part One includes the Introduction; The Life and Work of Julius Friedrich Sachse; and, German-American Studies, 1492-1992, and Beyond. Part Two includes a Historical Introduction, At the Close of the Medieval Era, Dawn of the Modern Period, Effect of the Great Discoveries, The Earliest Attempt at German Colonization, The Store of Welserland, The Grants to Anton and Hieronymus Fugger, Religious Causes Inducive to German Emigration, The Thirty Years War, Dutch and Swedish Attempts at Colonization, The French Wars of Conquest, German Emigration to America, Literature Used to Induce German Emigration, and an Appendix. Part Three offers the editor's conclusion and sources for further study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1991), 2015, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 318 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556135392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T3539\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308633768054,"sku":"101-T3539","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t3539.png?v=1727801468"},{"product_id":"101-t3679","title":"German Pioneer Life: A Social History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first section of this two-part collection is a facsimile reprint of Benjamin Rush's article \"An Account of the Manners of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania\" (1910), which includes extensive notes by I. Daniel Rupp. Chapters include: early settlement of Pennsylvania by the Germans, farmers, mechanics and merchants, general characteristics, religious bodies, and culture and prosperity. This section contains a surname index. The second section is a facsimile reprint of F. J. P. Schantz's \"The Domestic Life and Characteristics of the Pennsylvania-German Pioneer: A narrative and critical history…\" (1900), which supplements and complements Rush's work. Topics covered in this work include: early settlement in Pennsylvania, domestic economy, agriculture, wearing apparel, religion, care of children (including Christopher Dock's rules for children!), servants, hospitality, and the elderly. This section has no index. Both sections are lavishly illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1992), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 286 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556136795\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T3679\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39300275896438,"sku":"101-T3679","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t3679.png?v=1727801475"},{"product_id":"101-b5283","title":"Der Praktische Deutsche","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe aim of this book is to \"provide the material necessary to enable the learner to converse with Germans in their language, and to arrange it in such an order that the study will be pleasurable as well as profitable. The book does not claim to contain a complete grammatical treatise, nor is it intended for self-instruction.\" It is \"intended mainly as a guide to the spoken language.\" Paul Bercy's well-regarded Le Français Pratique, popular with both teachers and students of French, was commended for achieving \"excellent results\" in the classroom. This German textbook is \"constructed on the same plan,\" modified to fit the needs of students of the German language. This book's particular merits include \"a greater variety of practical terms and phraseology used in German conversation than any other book of the same size;\" \"new orthography;\" and exercises which \"are printed in a type already familiar to the beginner.\" The majority of this volume is printed in German; however, it opens with a preface written in English, and ends with a brief, alphabetically arranged German-to-English translation of frequently-used words. \"The first exercises in this book have been printed in both the English and the so-called German type.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU. Jos. 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This book lists the German immigrants in Quincy, who came from the Emsland, Oldenburger Münsterland and Osnabrücker Land. Quincy's German immigrants came from many different areas in Germany, including Baden, Westphalia, Hanover, Oldenburg, East Frisia, Hesse, Bavaria, Thuringia and Wuertemberg. The majority of Quincy's German immigrants were Niederdeutsch (from northwestern Germany): 1,100 are covered in this work and 1,500 from the author's previous work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author's preliminary research has identified an additional 2,200 persons who are known to have immigrated to Quincy from the Westphalian regions of Paderborn, Arnsberg and especially Herford\/Bielefeld. Hundreds more came here from East Frisia. Biographical entries include: date and place of birth, surname, given name, date of marriage, emigration, town in Germany, death in Quincy, occupation, residence, migration, and sources. This work contains an addendum (additions and corrections) to \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-b5047\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Quincy, Illinois, Immigrants from Munsterland, Westphalia, Germany: Volume II\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eQuincy, Illinois, Immigrants from Münsterland, Westphalia, Germany, Vol. II\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Corrected and expanded entries used the same number as in the original. Maps and a surname index add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael K. 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It includes individuals who were either born in or immigrated from Munsterland to Quincy; a few individuals not born in the district of Munsterland; and a handful of immigrants who lived in nearby communities, such as LaGrange, Missouri, or Brown County, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEntries are numbered and arranged alphabetically by surname. Indices to names and places complete this volume. The first volume deals with the life of the emigrants in Germany, their voyage to America, and their life in Quincy, Illinois. It offers a detailed account of the history of Quincy from the unique perspective of a Munsterland immigrant. Numbers following names in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-b5046\" title=\"Quincy, Illinois, Immigrants from Munsterland, Westphalia, Germany: Volume I\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVolume I\u003c\/a\u003e refer to their enumeration in the biographical section of the work in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/101-b5047\" title=\"Quincy, Illinois, Immigrants from Munsterland, Westphalia, Germany: Volume II\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVolume II\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael K. 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The author begins with a description of the religious conditions in Germany which were a primary factor in inducing many of the Separatists sects to immigrate to the colonies, and then proceeds to discuss the arrival of the various Separatists groups such as the Mennonites, Amish, Dunkards, Brethren, etc. There then follow chapters on the emigration of the members of the Lutheran, Reformed, and the Moravian churches, an account of the strong interaction between the German churches and the Methodists, and a concluding chapter on the role of the German churches in the American Revolution. The text is documented and there are bibliographies at the end of each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucy F. 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The German role in the exploration of the \"New World.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe German Immigrant in America: F. W. Bogen's Guidebook\u003c\/em\u003e (1992). First published in 1851, this guidebook shows the concerns of immigrants in general and the value of sharing one's experience with those left behind. Written in German on one page and English on the facing page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGerman Pioneer Life: A Social History\u003c\/em\u003e (1992). Benjamin Rush's article \"An Account of the Manners of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania\" (1910) and F. J. P. 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Individuals in the indexes are arranged alphabetically by surname; the source is given with each name. More than 14,600 index entries are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Heinrich Tolzmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1999, CD-ROM, Searchable, Adobe Acrobat v6, PC or Mac, c300 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788411267\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e101-CD1126\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39284291928182,"sku":"101-CD1126","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-cd1126.png?v=1757606619"},{"product_id":"101-cd1272","title":"CD-Germans, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eContains 3 essential works of German ecclesiastical history:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGerman Religious Life in Colonial Times\u003c\/em\u003e - Lucy Forney Bittinger (1906). Opens with a description of the religious climate in Germany and discusses the arrival of the Mennonites, Amish, Dunkards, Brethren and other Separatist sects in America. Bibliographies end each chapter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHistory of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina, From the Earliest Period of the Colonization of the Dutch, German and Swiss Settlers to the Close of the First Half of the Present Century\u003c\/em\u003e  - G. D. Bernheim (1872). Extensive use of extracts from early journals, diaries, and documents. New name index.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Salzburg Lutheran Expulsion and Its Impact\u003c\/em\u003e  - Carl Mauelshagen (1962). Covers the expulsion of Salzburgers to Georgia (1733-1740). Starts in Antiquity and explores the events leading to the Lutheran exodus to Georgia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeritage Books Archives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2000, CD-ROM, Adobe Acrobat v6, PC or Mac, 895 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788412721\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e101-CD1272\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39302113263734,"sku":"101-CD1272","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-cd1272.png?v=1757946281"},{"product_id":"101-cd1473","title":"CD-Delaware and Pennsylvania","description":"\u003cp\u003eContains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCalendar of Sussex County, Delaware, Probate Records, 1680-1800\u003c\/em\u003e - Leon de Valinger, Jr. (1964). These abstracts, arranged in chronological order, generally contain name of the deceased, type of record, date of the record, heirs, officials such as executor and administrator, witnesses, and location of the complete record.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOriginal Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as The Duke of York Record\u003c\/em\u003e - General Assembly of Delaware (c1903). Records cover the Dutch grant of lands (1646-1657), and the Duke of York's grant of lands in Delaware (1657-1680).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSome of the First Settlers of \"The Forks of the Delaware\" and Their Descendants\u003c\/em\u003e - Rev. Henry Martyn Kieffer, D.D. (1902). The translation from the German of the record books of the First Reformed Church of Easton, PA, 1760-1852. 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