German Immigrants In American Church Records, Vol. 10: Illinois North 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 17,502 entries which includes information on 8,263 immigrants from Germany.

Typical entries from one of these Illinois churches is as follows:

Dorothea Elise Barthels b. Braunschweig (duchy) 1 Jan 1820; d. 28 Nov 1879; bur.

Ashton, IL 29 Nov 1879; m. Wilhelm Frees. Ref: p. 1:205.

Anna - - b. Delmenhorst, Oldenburg 6 Dec 1849; d. 13 Oct 1880; bur. Rochelle, Ogle Co., IL 15 Oct 1880; m. Johann Biederstedt. Ref: p. 1:206.

Katharina Elisabeth - - b. Heinebach, Hessen-Nassau 7 Oct 1838; d. 23 Oct 1880; bur. Ashton, IL 25 Oct 1880; m. Adam Beck. Ref: p. 1:206.

Hermann Grothe b. Quakenbrtick, Hannover 16 Feb 1810; d. 16 Sept 1881; bur. Ashton, IL 18 Sept 1881. Ref: p. 1:207.

Wilhelm Fries b. Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1 Jan 1822; d. 19 May 1882; bur. Ashton, IL 21 May 1882; m. Doris Elise Barthels; 2m. Margarethe Torey. Ref: p. 1:207.

Marie Elisabeth Beck b. Otmannshausen, Hessen-Nassau 1 Dec 1809; d. 28 June 1883; bur. Ashton, IL 1 July 1883; m. Engelhardt Fernau. Ref: p. 1:208.

Franz Ludwig Kohl b. Schonwerder, Pommern 6 July 1882; son of August Kohl and Karoline Bettin; d. 30 April 1884; bur. Ashton, IL 2 May 1884. Ref: p. 1:208.

Friedrich Neumann b. Hofgeismar, Hessen-Nassau ca. 1859; son of Karl Neumann; d.14 July 1887, age ca. 28; bur. Ashton, IL 15 July 1887. Ref: p. 1:209.

Karl Neumann b. Hofgeismar, Hessen-Nassau. Ref: p. 1:209.

E. August Bode b. Barnum, Braunschweig 1 Aug 1849; d. 16 July 1887; bur. Ashton, IL 18 July 1887; m. Martha Lotzel. Ref: p. 1:209.

Wilhelm Wendt b. Kallin, Pommern 3 June 1839; d. Ashton, IL 13 Aug 1887; bur. Ashton 15 Aug 1887; m. Louise Emilie Engel. Ref: p. 1:210.

Roger Minert

(2011), 2025, Hard cover, Every-name index, 571 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593204

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