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3 Basic Information: What do you know? Event in his native Country: Birth, Death, Marriage Place of Origin: Village, Town, City, Country Relatives in United States: Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Siblings, Friends

4 Keepsakes: Family stories, Traditions, Heirlooms, Letters, Photographs, Diaries, Journals, etc Religion: Protestant Germans Northern Germany Catholic Germans Southern Germany Ethnicity: Immigrants tended to settle in enclaves of cities where the same language and customs were common Name Changes: Many immigrants Americanized names

5 Looking for More: Mesa Regional Family History Center Internet: familysearch.org Ancestral File: 36 million names Pedigree Resource File: 105+ CD s IGI International Genealogy Index: 600 million names LDS Temple Work Extracted records from films

6 LDS Film Library: MRFHL: 80,000+ Films FHLC: 2,500,000+ Films Fiche: 60,000+ Public Vital Records: Films available but not until late 1800 s Census: available on Ancestry.com at MFHC Social Security Death Index: Records of people who received Social Security Military Death Index: Korea and Vietnam

7 Census 1870 Find one go forward and back in time

8 Citizenship & Declaration of Intent Citizenship Certificates: Most Give only Country Place where Issued Court of Record Prior to 1906 Records found at County Court House After 1906 Records found in US National Archives -- Regional Depositories

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10 Declaration of Intent First Papers: Usually 2 years prior to Citizenship Renounced allegiance to foreign gov t Final Papers: Usually 5 year residency requirements Prior to 1906: Country of Birth, date of application After 1906: Name, age, occupation, description date and place of birth, port of embarkation and arrival, marital status, children, residence

11 Felix Zoller, Brighten, New York, 1837 New York Monroe County Sinzheim State Baden (Wuerttemberg) 41 years old Arrival 4 July, Aug 1837

12 Ludwig Bechleter, South Bend, Washington, 1907 Pacific co, Washington Kempton, Bavaria 35 years old 8 June 1872 Arrival 24 April 1907 New York, New York

13 Germans to America (P. William Filby) List of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports Series I: : 67 volumes : Must have 80% German names Many recording errors found in this work Series II: Presently 7 new volumes up to 1850

14 Information: Name Name of Ship Departure Port Arrival Port Arrival Date Age Sex Occupation Village (sometimes) Destination

15 Wuerttemberg Emigration List Information: Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Place where application was made Application date Destination Film number (sources of data)

16 Hamburg Passenger Lists Hamburg Passenger Lists: Eastern and Central Europe 30 % came through Hamburg Fifteen Year Index: Listed on Cards 10 Films all at MRFHC Regular Index: Indirect Passenger Lists Stopped at another port in Europe

17 Heinrich Lang Hamburg Passenger Index Information: Ship Name Date Name Ship s Capt. Destination Page on 344 (passenger list) 4 Apr 1858

18 Ship s Passenger List Heinrich Lang Family

19 Vital Records Birth Certificates Christening documents Death Certificates Marriage Certificates

20 Birth Certificate: Gerda Friderike Lang 17 Mar 1939 Munchen Johann Georg Lang Franziska Kalchschmid

21 Birth Certificate: Robert Leon Call 21 July 1937 Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico Parents: Velan D. Call Myrl Allred Grandparents: Anson B. Call Mary T. de Call Clifford Allred Lola Myrl Sevey

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23 Obituary Elizabeth Schramm Marriage 8 week voyage to US New York Ontonagon Herder Butcher Meat Market Burned out Home (Location) Living Children Church Cemetery

24 Finding Your German City, Town, Village Muller s Ort Gazetteer Lists all German cities, towns, villages, in 1905 Indicates Location: State, Kreis, Railroad Stations, Post Office for the City, Town, or Village German Maps: Older Germany Modern Germany

25 Muller s Ort: Population Post Office Railroad Station Nearest towns Kreis County State Modern Print: Gothic Print:

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29 German Records Earliest Records are Church Records 1650 is the beginning of most records The 30 years War Vital records begin in late 1800 s ~ 1870 Official state records Military Records Census Records

30 Latin Before 1800

31 Columns Courtesy of Napoleon

32 Ethnic Church Records Jan Vojvoda Maria Fuzak Velky Cepoin, Czecho, Slovakia

33 Records with Headings

34 Alphabetical Marriage Index

35 Family Book -- Munderkingen

36 Materials Available German Research Research Outline Germany German Genealogical Word List Latin Genealogical Word List Research Outline Tracing Immigrant Origins Resource Guide The Hamburg Passenger Lists A good German Map or access to a good map Resource Guide - Handwriting Guide: German Gothic

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