German Immigrants In American Church Records, Volume 23: Missouri (St. Louis IV)

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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 4,296-surname index to this book at the end of this entry. Typical entries from St. Marcus German Evangelical Church, of St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri are as follows:

• Elisabeth Lictold b. Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland; m. Switzerland 1848, Ulrich Abirscher. Ref: p. 1:60.
• Caspar Heinrich Flachmeier b. Neuenkirchen, Osnabrück, Hannover; m. Marie Elise Krigs. Ref: p. 1:60.
• Marie Elise Krigs b. Schiplage, Osnabrück, Hannover; m. Caspar Heinrich Flachmeier. Ref: p. 1:60.
• Johann Michael Gerhard b. Altenheim, Offenburg, Baden; m. Maria Anna Barthhalter. He immigrated in April 1849. Ref: p. 1:60.
• Anton Fleischbein b. Kleinweiler, Landau, Pfalz; m. Barbara Hirt. He immigrated in 1848. Ref: p. 1:60.
• Barbara Hirt b. Germersheim, Bayern; m. Anton Fleischbein. Ref: p. 1:60.
• Johann Peter Wetterroth b. Groß Bieberau, Hessen; m. Margarethe Schlottauer. He immigrated in 1838 (calculated). Ref: p. 1:61.

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

• St. Marcus German Evangelical Church, St. Louis, St. Louis Co.

Roger P. Minert

2018, hard cover, every-name index, 506 pp.

ISBN: 9781628591873

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