German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volume 9: Iowa Southeast 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 17,093 entries which includes information on 21,000 immigrants from Germany.

Entries from Southeastern Iowa Protestant Churches:

1. Burlington: First United Church of Christ

2. Burlington: Oak Street Baptist Church

3. Burlington: St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church

4. Burlington: Zion's United Church of Christ

5. Center Point: Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church

6. Dallas: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

7. Donnellson: St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

8. Dutch Creek Twp., Washington Co.: St. Paul's Evangelical Church

9. Franklin: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

10. Hedrick: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

11. Holbrook: St. Michael's Catholic Church

12. Hom: St. John's Evangelical Church

13. Iowa City: First German Lutheran Church

14. Keokuk: St. Paul's Evangelical Church

15. Keystone: St. John's Lutheran Church

16. Lincoln Twp., Iowa Co.: St. John's Lutheran Church

17. Luzerne: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

18. Malcom Twp., Poweshiek Co.: Trinity Lutheran Church

19. Marengo: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

20. Montpelier Twp., Muscatine Co.: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

21. Muscatine: Zion's Lutheran Church

22. Ottumwa: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

23. Plumer Settlement: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church

24. Primrose: Zion's German Evangelical Church

25. Sharon Center: St. John's Lutheran Church

26. Plank Twp., Keokuk Co.: Evangelical Church

27. Van Home: St. Andrew's Lutheran Church

28. West Burlington: St. Paul's Evangelical Church

29. Wilton: Salem Lutheran Church

Roger Minert

(2010), 2025, Hard Cover, Every-name index, 547 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593198

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