German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volume 2: Wisconsin Northwest 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 21,424 entries which includes information on 30,000 immigrants from Germany.

Sample Entries from Wisconsin Northwest Protestant

Church Records

German Immigrants in Northwest Wisconsin Protestant Churches

1. Alma: St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church

2. Augusta: Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

3. Beargrass Creek: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

4. Bloomer: St. John's Lutheran Church

5. Chippewa Falls: Zion's Evangelical Church

6. Chippewa Falls: St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

7. Chippewa Falls: Zion's Lutheran Church

8. Clear Creek Twp.: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

9. Clear Creek Twp.: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

10. Comstock: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church

11. Cross Twp.: Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church

12. Curtiss: Peace Reformed Church

13. Dallas: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

14. Deer Park: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

15. Deer Park: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

16. Dorchester: Peace Evangelical Church

17. Dorchester: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

18. Downsville: St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church

19. Dunn County: Trinity Evangelical Church

20. Eau Claire: Epiphany Lutheran Church

21. Eau Claire: Second Methodist Episcopal Church

22. Eau Claire: St. John's Lutheran Church

23. Eau Claire: First Methodist Episcopal Church

24. Ellsworth: St. Paul's German Evangelical Church

25. Fall Creek: St. James Lutheran Church

26. Fall Creek: St. John's Lutheran Church

27. Fall Creek: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

28. Farmington: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church

29. Forest: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

30. Fountain City: St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church

31. Fountain City: St. Michael's Lutheran Church

32 Glenwood City: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

33. Glenwood City: Trinity Lutheran Church

34. Greenwood: Zion's Evangelical and Reformed Church

35. Hixon Twp.: Peace German Church

36. Hudson: Trinity Lutheran Church

37. Iron Creek: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

38. Ladysmith: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

39. Lincoln Twp.: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church

40. Longwood and Warner Twps.: Salem German Lutheran Church

41. Loyal: Trinity Lutheran Church

42. Ludington Twp.: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

43. Menomonie: Peace American Lutheran Church

44. Neillsville: St. John's Lutheran Church

45. Neillsville: Zion's Reformed Church

46. New Richmond: Evangelical Church

47. Nye: Mercy Evangelical Lutheran Church

48. Oak Grove: St. John's and Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Churches

49. Osceola: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church

50. Pepin: Bishop's Methodist Church

51. Pleasantville: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

52. Prairie Farm: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

53. Tell: St. Luke's Evangelical and Reformed Church

54. Warner Twp.: Immanuel German Reformed Church

55. Waumandee Twp.: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Roger Minert

(2007), 2025, Hard Cover, Every-name index, 554 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593129

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