German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 8: Iowa Northeast Protestant

German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 8: Iowa Northeast Protestant; Roger Minert; First Printed 2009, Reprint 2025; 443pp; Hard Cover; Every-name index; Acid-Free Paper; ISBN: 978-1-62859-318-1; Item #: FR0588

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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 13,280 entries which includes information on 19,000 immigrants from Germany.

A typical entry in this compilation reads as follows:

Bertha W. Maria C. Gipp b. Drewelow, Pommern 11 March 1869; bp. Drewelow 29 March 1869; dau o f Johann Gipp and Carolina Vollbrecht; d. 4 March 1893; bur. Monona, IA 6 March 1893; m. Monona, IA 11 March 1891, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Rubenow. Ref- pp. 252, 278.

The full narrative text of the entry would read:

Bertha W. Maria C. Gipp was born in Drewelow, Pomerania on 11 March 1869 and baptized in Drewelow on 29 March 1869. She is the daughter o f Johann Gipp and Carolina Vollbrecht. She died on 4 March 1893 and was buried in Monona, IA on 6 March 1893. She married Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Rubenow in Monona, IA on 11 March 1891. The information can be found on pages 252 and 278.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map of Iowa

Map of Northeastern Iowa: Churches included in this volume:

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Sample Entries from Northeastern Iowa Protestant Church Records

German Immigrants in Northeastern Iowa Protestant Churches

1. Anamosa: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

2. Andrew: Salem Lutheran Church

3. Castle Grove Twp., Jones Co.: St. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church

4. Ceres: St. Peter's German United Evangelical Lutheran Church

5. Clayton: Peace Lutheran Church

6. Clinton: Zion's Lutheran Church

7. Davenport: Zion's Lutheran Church

8. Dubuque: St. John's Lutheran Church

9. Dubuque: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

10. Earlville: Immanuel Lutheran Church

11. Elkader: Peace United Church of Christ

12. Elkport: Immanuel Lutheran Church

13. Elvira: Elvira Zion Lutheran Church

14. Farmersburg: St. John's Lutheran Church

15. Fort Atkinson: St. James Lutheran Church

16. Garnavillo: Lutheran Church

17. Guttenberg: St. John's Lutheran Church

18. Guttenberg: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

19. Hopkinton: St. John's Lutheran Church

20. Littleport: Hope German Lutheran Church

21. Lost Nation: Bethlehem Lutheran Church

22. Luana: St. John's Lutheran Church

23. Maquoketa: First Lutheran Church

24. Monona: Evangelical Church

25. Monona: Monona Mission, Wisconsin Conference

26. Monona: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

27. Monticello/Wayne Twp., Jones Co.: Wayne Zion Lutheran Church

28. Nashville: Zion's Lutheran Church

29. National: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

30. Postville: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

31. Preston: St. John's Lutheran Church

32. Ridgeway: St. John's Lutheran Church

33. Ryan: Peace Lutheran Church

34. Saint Donatus: St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

35. Sherrill: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church

36. Spragueville: Salem Lutheran Church

37. Strawberry Point: Imanuel Lutheran Church

38. Strawberry Point: St. Sebald Lutheran Church

39. Wyoming: Zion's Lutheran Church

Index of Personal Names