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Jan 1, 2005 · German Americans settled across America. This page highlights resources for a handful of specific states that contain useful state specific resources. Also make sure to visit the U.S. State and Territory Guide from the local history and genealogy section.
3 days ago · The earliest German settlement in America was Germantown, Pennsylvania, which was settled in 1683 by a group of Mennonites from Krefeld, Germany. The next large-scale migration landed in New York in 1709 and 1710, but many of these immigrants moved to Pennsylvania. German Baptist immigrants arrived between 1719 and 1729.
We are an organization that was established in early 1996 by a group of knowledgeable and dedicated genealogists interested in providing support to all those researching their Germanic ancestors. We have grown to a membership of over 1000 which includes members not only from all across the United States, but several foreign countries as well.
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Project participants need to be members of WikiTree. If you are not yet a WikiTree member, see Help: How to Use WikiTreeto get started. To join us in this project, answer our G2G welcome post to join the Palatine Migration project and get a badge or ask Dave or Ellen for the Palatine Migration Projectbadge. 1. Add palatine_migration to your followe...
Here are some of the tasks that we think need to be done. We could use your help. 1. Establish the parameters of the project. I would recommend that we start by only adding immigrants, although consideration could be given to adding their descendants as well. 2. Identify the WikiTree profiles of the Palatine immigrants who settled in America as wel...
Apply the project template to profiles for Palatine Migrants:{{Palatine Migration}} will produce this display and will place the profile in Category: Palatine Migrants:
WikiTree Links
1. Germanna Descendants 2. Irish Palatines 3. Baschi Meyer Project 4. Berks County, Pennsylvania 5. Space:Schoharie_County,_New_York_Historical_Society_-_The_Old_Stone_Fort
Arriving Ships
1. Britannia, Arrived 21 September 1731 2. Pennsylvania Merchant, Arrived 10 September 1731 3. Plaisance, arrived at Philadelphia 21 September 1732 4. Passengers on the Ship Rowand, arriving 1753 5. Passenger Lists for Thistle, Arrived at Philadelphia 19 September 1738
Palatine Settlements
1. (East Camp) Livingston Manor 2. West Camp, New York 3. German New River Settlement of Virginia 4. Earliest Settlers in the Tulpehocken/Swatara Creek Region of Pennsylvania (1720-1740) 5. C.I. Lindenmuth's list of Tulpehocken Pioneer Homesteads 6. The Simmendinger Register
United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897 Data files relating to the immigration of Germans to the United States for arrivals 1850-1897. Created by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Center for Immigration Research.
Based in Minnesota, we help people research their German Heritage in all the Germanic areas in Europe and around the world. We are here to guide you in finding that data with books and links to online
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May 26, 2022 · Compiled by subject specialists at the Library of Congress, this guide provides print and online resources for researching the genealogy of German families in the U.S., along with key national, state and local histories.
