German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volume 38: Central Southern States

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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 and Austria.

Note that there is a 4,069 name surname index to this book at the end of this entry.

Typical entries from the St. St. Paul's Church, Gillett, Arkansas are as follows:

• Gottlieb Fuerstenberg b. Schleswig-Holstein 16 Feb 1850; d. Gillett 9 Mar 1923, age 73-0-23; bur. Gillett 10 Mar 1923. He immigrated in 1888. Ref: p. 200.
• Margarethe Bauer b. Bayern 14 May 1879; dau of - - Bauer and Margaretha Meyer; m. 20 Oct 1898, Adam Harker; d. Gillett 18 Mar 1923, age 43-10-4; bur. Gillett 20 Mar 1923. Ref: p. 200.
• John Michaelis b. Stotel, Lehe, Hannover 7 Feb 1865; m. 22 Nov 1887, Elisabeth Martin; d. Gillett 12 Apr 1923, age 58-2-5; bur. Gillett 13 Apr 1923. Ref: p. 200.
• Adolph Herman Richter b. Sachsen (kingdom or province) 19 Oct 1856; m. 17 Jul 1881, Emilie Bertha Lehmann; d. Gillett 13 Feb 1924, age 67-3-24; bur. Gillett 14 Feb 1924. Ref: p. 201.
• Margarete Magdalena - - b. Angln [?], Germany 15 Dec 1848; m. - - Fuerstenberg; d. Gillett 8 Apr 1925, age 76-3-23; bur. Gillett 10 Apr 1925. Ref: p. 201.
• Margarethe Bauer b. Germany 22 Feb 1844; m. - - Meyer; d. Gillett 16 Aug 1925, age 81 5-24; bur. Gillett 18 Aug 1925. She immigrated in 1893. Ref: p. 201.

Roger P. Minert

2023, hard cover, every-name index, 500 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593556

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