German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 5: Wisconsin Southeast Protestant
German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 5: Wisconsin Southeast Protestant; Roger Minert; First Printed 2007, Reprint 2025; 631pp; Hard Cover; Every-name index; Acid-Free Paper; ISBN: 978-1-62859-315-0; Item #: FR0585
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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 21,704 entries which includes information on 31,000 immigrants from Germany.
German immigrants in Protestant church records in Southeast Wisconsin:
• 47 parishes on microfilm from the Family History Library
• one parish on microfilm from the archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Thus a total of 48 Southeast Wisconsin churches could be involved in the study. Those churches yielded 7,910 entries.
Typical entries from one of these Wisconsin churches is as follows:
Christlieb August Ferdinand Eulrich b. Krossin, Pommern 22 May 1817; d. Oshkosh, Wl 7 Sept 1881; bur. Oshkosh 9 Sept 1881; m. Germany Dec 1845, Ernstine Wilhelmine Radtke. He immigrated in 1862. Ref- p. 1:468.
How to Use This Book
The full narrative text of the entry would read:
Christlieb August Ferdinand Eulrich was born in Krossin, Pommem 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 1845 to Emstine Wilhelmine Radtke. He immigrated in 1862. The data were found on page 468 o f item 1 [of the microfilm].
(Source: Peace Lutheran Church of Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin)
Table of Contents
Map of Wisconsin
Map of Southeast Wisconsin: Churches included in this volume
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Sample Entries from Southeast Wisconsin Protestant Church Records
German Immigrants in Southeast Wisconsin Protestant Churches
1. Brookfield: German Evangelical Lutheran Church
2. Burlington: Cross Lutheran Church
3. Cedarburg: Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Advent
4. Colgate: St. Paul's United Evangelical Protestant Church
5. Durham: Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
6. East Troy: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
7. Elkhorn: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
8. Farmington: Fillmore Reformed Church
9. Fillmore: St. Martin's Evangelical and Reformed Church
10 Fox Point: St. John's Lutheran Church
11. Franklin: St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church
12. Freistadt: Trinity Lutheran Church
13. Grafton: St. John's Lutheran Church
14. Granville: St. Peter's Lutheran Church
15. Greenfield: St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Church
16. Hales Comers: Emanuel Evangelical Church
17. Hartford: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church
18. Hartford: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church
19. Kirchhayn-Jackson: David Star Evangelical Lutheran Church
20. Lake Geneva: First Evangelical Lutheran Church
21. Lannon: St. Johannis Evangelical Lutheran Church
22. Lisbon Twp.: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church
23. Menomonee Falls: St. Paul's United Church of Christ
24. Merton: St. John's United Church of Christ
25. Mequon: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
26. Muskego Twp.: St. Paulus Evangelical Lutheran Church
27. New Berlin: German Evangelical and Reformed Church
28. North Prairie: St. John's Lutheran Church
29. Oak Creek: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
30. Oconomowoc: Zion's Episcopal Church
31. Paris Twp.: Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
32. Pewaukee: Salem Reformed Church
33. Polk Twp.: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
34. Saukville: St. Peter's Evangelical Church
35. Slades Corner: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
36. Slinger: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
37 Slinger: St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
38 South Milwaukee: St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
39 South Milwaukee and Cudahy: Methodist Episcopal Church
40 Wales: Bethlehem Lutheran Church
41 Waubeka: St. Paul's Community Church
42 Waukesha: First German Reformed Church
43 Waukesha: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church
44 Waukesha: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
45 Wauwatosa: St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
46 Wauwatosa: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church
47 West Bend: German Methodist Episcopal Church
48 West Bend: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Every Name Index