German-American Genealogy
In 2014 the DAGV celebrates its 65th anniversary and because of that the member assembly has declared 2014 to be „year of genealogy (DAGV)“ in which we want to go new ways of genealogical research.
Today is the German-American Day remembering the first German settlers in the later USA on October 6, 1683. 300 years later in 1983 President Ronald Reagan declared this date to become the German-American Day in the U.S. Following the historical path and also in further development of the Declaration of Salt Lake City by the DAGV and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) in the US on March 22, 2013 we as German umbrella organisation present this site for intensify the contact not only between the our two but between all genealogical societies and researchers on genealogy in both of our countries dealing with people that are interested in that special topic.
We are supporting contacts to make researching more easy on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean: for the one who wants to find his ancestors coming from Germany mostly by leaving the ports of Hamburg or Bremerhaven, for the other one who wants to find offspring of former immigrants to America in today. Both could lead to a vivid connection in present families.
On our website you can get the addresses and websites of our 67 single member organisations under the umbrella of the DAGV. We also want to help you find literature, databases etc. After visting the RootsTech in Salt Lake City in 2013 and the FGS National Conference in San Antonio 2014 we think that on the field of German-American genealogy there is a big potential for all our genealogical socities and individuals. More personal contact means more understanding, more exchange brings bigger genealogical results. We are not only sharing a common history on our ancestry but we can also build up bridges in the common future. To say it in the words of Carl Schurz (1829-1906), former U.S. Secretary of State under President Abraham Lincoln, we should „adapt the best parts of the American spirit and meld these with the best parts of the German spirit.“
This site is to be actualized whenever there are news to report about. It is our aim as German genealogists to trace back the footsteps of sons and daughters of our historical families who went to other countries (Germans worldwide). To follow German-American roots is a first important step. We are willing and ready to build up more effective tools like databases etc. to follow our aims. We are searching for support and contacts in every single direction from wherever they might come. Please help us to present more information on this side!
May genealogy open more family ties and friendship between our people and peoples!
Dirk Weissleder,
national chairman of the DAGV
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Flyer:
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Help:
We may help you with your research. Please look at "Anfragestelle".
Your Guide to Finding German Ancestors
A special site form Barbara Snow: http://www.barbsnow.net/Germany.htm
This is a subsite from Bobbie's Genealogy Classroom http://www.barbsnow.net/classnotes.html
From Ancestry to Archives: How Libraries Are Revolutionizing Family Tree Research
Written by Sydney Smith
Literature
Emmerich, Alexander: Die Geschichte der Deutschen in Amerika. Von 1600 bis zur Gegenwart, Augsburg 2010.
Unser Amerika. Wie Deutsche die USA prägten. ZEIT-Geschichte 03/2011.
Goppe, Hans-Hermann/Wöst, Ursula: Über Hamburg in die Welt. Von den Auswandererhallen zur BallinStadt, Hamburg 2007
German Emigrants Databases
www.dad-recherche.de/hmb/index.html
www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de
http://www.die-maus-bremen.de/Datenbanken/auswanderer/index.php/?lang=de
Some regional emigrant databases
Lower-Saxony: https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de
Baden-Württemberg: www.auswanderer-bw.de
Lippe www.lippe-auswanderer.de
Oldenburg: www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de
Schleswig-Holstein: rootdigger.de
Mecklenburg: www.imar-mv.com
Bayern: www.hdbg.de/auswanderung
Pfälzer Auswanderer / Palatine emigrants:
http://www.auswanderung-rlp.de/auswanderung-nach-nordamerika/1718-jahrhundert/anfaenge-der-pfaelzischen-nordamerikaauswanderung.html
Hessische Truppen in Amerika / Hessian Troops in America:
http://vhrz259.hrz.uni-marburg.de/en/subjects/intro/sn/hetrina
Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS) --> Auswanderer
Rheinland: Auswanderer aus dem Rheinland (19. Jahrhundert) (Landesarchiv NRW, Abt. Rheinland; PDF-Dateien)
Thüringer Auswanderer-DB: Informationen; zur Datenbank
Institutions in Germany
www.dausa.de Deutsche Auswanderer in die USA (DAUSA), Oldenburg
Societies in the U.S.
http://ggsmn.org (Germanic Genealogical Society. Helping members research Germanic ancestors worldwide)
Blogs/Podcasts
www.schmidtgen.com - The German-American Genealogists Podcast
Genealogy Etc. - Genealogy on and off the Web from Barbara Snow
christinageorgegenealogy.com - Helpful Site "An Introduction to Genealogy for Kids & Teens" fron Christina George with interesting Tools, e.g. "GENEALOGICAL TERMINOLOGY IN 8 LANGUAGES"
Linklists
http://www.kracke.org/2013/11/a-lot-to-discover-in-genealogy-germany/