German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 9: Iowa Southeast Protestant

German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 9: Iowa Southeast Protestant; Roger Minert; First Printed 2010, Reprint 2025; 547 pp; Hard Cover; Every-name index; Acid-Free Paper; ISBN: 978-1-62859-319-8; Item #: FR0589

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 17,093 entries which includes information on 21,000 immigrants from Germany.

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A typical entry in this compilation reads as follows:

Caroline Horstmann b. Stidhemmern, Minden, Westfalen 5 Aug 1849; d. Burlington, IA 13 April 1891; bur. Burlington 15 April 1891; m. Burlington, IA 4 March 1875, Friedrich Linnemann. Ref: pp. 1:5, 1:18, 1:29, 1:41, 1:54, 2:216, 2:242, 2:278, 2:310, 4:marriages 1875, 5:2.

The full narrative text of the entry would read:

Carolina Horstmann was born in Stidhemmern, Minden, Westfalen on August 5, 1849. She married immigrant Friedrich Linnemann in Burlington, IA on March 4, 1875. She died in Burlington, IA on April 13, 1891 and was buried there on April 15. References are found on pages 1:5, 1:18, 1:29, 1:41, 1:54, 2:216, 2:242, 2:278, 2:310, 4:marriage 1875 and 5:2.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map of Iowa

Map of Southeastern Iowa: Churches included in this volume

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Sample Entries from Southeastern Iowa Protestant Church Records

German Immigrants in Southeastern Iowa Protestant Churches

1 Burlington: First United Church of Christ

2 Burlington: Oak Street Baptist Church

3 Burlington: St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church

4 Burlington: Zion's United Church of Christ

5 Center Point: Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church

6 Dallas: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

7 Donnellson: St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

8 Dutch Creek Twp., Washington Co.: St. Paul's Evangelical Church

9 Franklin: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

10 Hedrick: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

11 Holbrook: St. Michael's Catholic Church

12 Hom: St. John's Evangelical Church

13 Iowa City: First German Lutheran Church

14 Keokuk: St. Paul's Evangelical Church

15 Keystone: St. John's Lutheran Church

16 Lincoln Twp., Iowa Co.: St. John's Lutheran Church

17 Luzerne: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

18 Malcom Twp., Poweshiek Co.: Trinity Lutheran Church

19 Marengo: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

20 Montpelier Twp., Muscatine Co.: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

21 Muscatine: Zion's Lutheran Church

22 Ottumwa: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

23 Plumer Settlement: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church

24 Primrose: Zion's German Evangelical Church

25 Sharon Center: St. John's Lutheran Church

26 Plank Twp., Keokuk Co.: Evangelical Church

27 Van Home: St. Andrew's Lutheran Church

28 West Burlington: St. Paul's Evangelical Church

29 Wilton: Salem Lutheran Church

Index of Personal Names