German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 4: Wisconsin Southwest Protestant

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German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 4: Wisconsin Southwest Protestant; Roger Minert; First Printed 2007, Reprint 2025; 667pp; Hard Cover; Every-name index; Acid-Free Paper; ISBN: 978-1-62859-314-3; Item #: FR0584

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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.

This volume has 23,683 entries which includes information on 30,000 immigrants from Germany.

Typical entries from one of these Wisconsin churches is as follows:

Christlieb August Ferdinand Eulrich b. Krossin, Pommern 22 May 1817; d. Oshkosh, WI 7 Sept 1881; bur. Oshkosh 9 Sept 1881; m. Germany Dec 1845, Ernstine Wilhelmine Radtke. He immigrated in 1862. Ref- p. 1:468.

The full narrative text of the entry would read:

Christlieb August Ferdinand Eulrich was born in Krossin, Pommern on 22 May 1817; he died in Oshkosh, WI on 7 September 1881 and was buried in Oshkosh on 9 September 1881; he was married in Germany in Dec I 845 to Emstine Wilhelmine Radtke. He immigrated in 1862. The data were found on page 468 of item 1 [of the microfilm]. (Source: Peace Lutheran Church of Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map of Wisconsin

Map of Southwest Wisconsin: Churches included in this volume

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Sample Entries from Southwest Wisconsin Protestant Church Records

German Immigrants in Southwest Wisconsin Protestant Churches

1. Beaver Dam: First St. John's Lutheran Church

2. Beloit: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

3. Center: Center Mission

4. Clinton: Christ Lutheran Church ... ;

5. Clinton: Methodist Episcopal Church

6. Fennimore: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

7. Fort Atkinson: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church

8. Harrisburg: Zion's Lutheran Church

9. Herman Twp.: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

10. Herman Twp.: Zurn Kripplein Christ Lutheran Church

11. Hurricane: Hurricane Church

12. Johnson Creek: St. John's Lutheran Church

13. La Crosse: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church

14. Lancaster: First German Presbyterian Church

15. Leland: St. John's Lutheran Church

16. Mayville: Hochheim Lutheran Church

17. Mazomanie: St. John's Lutheran Church

18. Monroe: Immanuel Evangelical Church

19. Mount Horeb: Immanuel Lutheran Church

20. New Glarus: Dutch Hollow German Zion Church

21. Platteville: Peace Lutheran Church

22. Platteville: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

23. Prairie Du Chien: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

24. Reedsburg: St. John's Lutheran Church

25. Rock Springs: Zion's Lutheran Church

26. Roxbury: St. John's Lutheran Church

27. Sullivan Twp.: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

28. Theresa: Immanuel Lutheran Church

29. Watertown: German Methodist Episcopal Church

30. Watertown: Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

31. Watertown: Christ United Methodist Church

Index of Personal Names