German Immigrants In American Church Records, Volume 21: Missouri (St. Louis II)

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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.

Please note that there is a 5,016 surname index to this book at the end of this entry. Typical entries from Carondelet German Evangelical Lutheran Church, of St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri are as follows:

• Richard Henry Stickfort b. Gehrde, Hannover 26 July 1859; d. St. Louis, MO 28 Nov 1932; bur. St. Louis 1 Dec 1932; m. Marie Dierkerr. He immigrated in 1875. Ref: p. 146.
• August Voigt b. Stettin, Pommern 8 July 1853; d. St. Louis, MO 23 Jan 1933; bur. St. Louis 25 Jan 1933; m. Annie Bohne. Ref: p. 147.
• David Adler b. Breslau, Schlesien 17 April 1868; d. St. Louis, MO 27 Jan 1933; bur. St. Louis 30 Jan 1933; m. Bertha Huster. Ref: p. 147.
• Fred Rohlfing b. Rahden, Westfalen 21 Jan 1864; d. St. Louis, MO 12 Feb 1933; bur. St. Louis 16 Feb 1933; m. Elizabeth Walter. Ref: p. 147.

This volume includes church vital records from the following St. Louis, Missouri churches:

• Carondelet German Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Louis, St. Louis Co.
• St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, St. Louis, St. Louis Co.

Roger P. Minert

2017, hard cover, every-name index, 612 pp.

ISBN: 9781628591750

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