German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volume 5: Wisconsin 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 21,704 entries which includes information on 31,000 immigrants from Germany.

Sample Entries from Southeast Wisconsin Protestant Church Records

German Immigrants in Southeast Wisconsin Protestant Churches

1. Brookfield: German Evangelical Lutheran Church

2. Burlington: Cross Lutheran Church

3. Cedarburg: Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent

4. Colgate: St. Paul's United Evangelical Protestant Church

5. Durham: Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church

6. East Troy: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

7. Elkhorn: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

8. Farmington: Fillmore Reformed Church

9. Fillmore: St. Martin's Evangelical and Reformed Church

10 Fox Point: St. John's Lutheran Church

11. Franklin: St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

12. Freistadt: Trinity Lutheran Church

13. Grafton: St. John's Lutheran Church

14. Granville: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

15. Greenfield: St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Church

16. Hales Comers: Emanuel Evangelical Church

17. Hartford: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church

18. Hartford: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church

19. Kirchhayn-Jackson: David Star Evangelical Lutheran Church

20. Lake Geneva: First Evangelical Lutheran Church

21. Lannon: St. Johannis Evangelical Lutheran Church

22. Lisbon Twp.: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church

23. Menomonee Falls: St. Paul's United Church of Christ

24. Merton: St. John's United Church of Christ

25. Mequon: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

26. Muskego Twp.: St. Paulus Evangelical Lutheran Church

27. New Berlin: German Evangelical and Reformed Church

28. North Prairie: St. John's Lutheran Church

29. Oak Creek: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

30. Oconomowoc: Zion's Episcopal Church

31. Paris Twp.: Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

32. Pewaukee: Salem Reformed Church

33. Polk Twp.: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

34. Saukville: St. Peter's Evangelical Church

35. Slades Corner: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

36. Slinger: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

37 Slinger: St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church

38 South Milwaukee: St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church

39 South Milwaukee and Cudahy: Methodist Episcopal Church

40 Wales: Bethlehem Lutheran Church

41 Waubeka: St. Paul's Community Church

42 Waukesha: First German Reformed Church

43 Waukesha: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church

44 Waukesha: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

45 Wauwatosa: St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church

46 Wauwatosa: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church

47 West Bend: German Methodist Episcopal Church

48 West Bend: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Roger Minert

(2007), 2025, Hard Cover, Every-name index, 631 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593150

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