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Palatine Migration Research Resources
- German Palatines German Palatines are present on Wikipedia
- "KB in der Pfalz" ....This is a link to a file that might be a big help to this group if you don't already have it. It is an alphabetic list of every parish "in der Pfalz" and it tells everything about each one, i.e. when established, which towns were included in which years, and much more. The file is not online, but is in the OneDrive folder on my computer. Download it and enjoy! https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkKDTEdYnrJmkz-gosSaVTwZQl6x?e=3dLMwp
- Institute for Palatinate History and Ethnology (IPGV) Digital Migration Database. Very user friendly, searchable database. Records arenc9ntinually being digitized, so check the resource frequently! https://migration.pfalzgeschichte.de/
Censuses
- Palatine Children Apprenticed by Gov. Hunter in New York, Olive Tree Genealogy.
- The Simmendinger Register
- "Compendium of The Early Mohawk Valley Families" by Maryly Penrose Naturalized citizen, 11 Oct 1715, in Albany, New York. " Simmendinger Register", by Ulrich Simmendinger,
- The Book of Names, Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First …”, by Lou D. MacWethy, 1933. Available on Family Search. Also see the version from the Three Rivers website archived here.
Ship lists / Immigration lists
- Nova Scotia Palatine Ship Lists. The links to all ship lists work (or are archived) except for 1742's Lydia. But the Lydia's list can be found in the Old Broad Bay Bund und Blatt, Vol. 5, #4 starting on page 5 of the PDF.
- Professor I. Daniel Rupp. 1898. A collection of upwards of Thirty-thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 – 1776.
- Strassburger, Ralph Beaver; edited by William John Hinke. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 (Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA, 1934). These lists are also available at the Power Library which may include a few entries missed in the other editions.
- Palatines Arriving on Ships to America, RootsWeb.
- To search an alphabetical list of ship passengers see the index at Gallia County Genealogy.
- Davis, Richard Warren. Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners ( An Aid to Mennonite Family Research) Vol. 1 Self Published. Provo, Utah. 1995.] Davis has compiled lists of Mennonites who left Switzerland for Germany and Holland, some of whom arrived in Pennsylvania in 1709/1710 and lists those who arrived in larger numbers aboard three ships in 1717. Information taken from a range of sources; tax lists, naturalization, indentured, land warrants. This work fills in the gaps for the Mennonite settlers of early Chester (now Lancaster and Berks) Counties. Included with a series of micro filmed documents. Begins at Image 740 of 1808.
Maps
Church Records
- Kocherthal Records, A Translation of the Early Records of St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of West Camp, 1705-1719
- Baptismal Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, 1683-1724, by Robert L. Billard. Some of these records predate the Palatine migration, but many Palatine families can be found here.
- "Old Palatine Church", p 33; " Genealogy of the Mohawk Valley" Bellinger and Allied Families.
Local Histories
- History of Schoharie County, 1882, William E Roscoe, Syracuse, N.Y.
- GERMAN SETTLERS IN THE DUTCH FORK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Compiled by CARL W. NICHOLS and HANNELORE ENDERLE.
Genealogies
- Brua/Bruaw/Brewer: The Brua family and Bruaw, Bruah, Brewer; Lynn Austin Brua, 1996, accessed on Family Search 17 Sep 2022.
- Koon/Coons: Coons, William S. Koon and Coons families of eastern New York. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Co. 1937.
- Mattice: Mattice Family History, Rex G Mattice, 1962, accessed on Family Search 11 Nov 2021. Also available through Hathi Trust.
- Quattlebaum: Quattlebaum, Paul. Quattlebaum: A Palatine family in South Carolina. In: The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Vols. XLVIII (1947) and XLIX (1948)
- Schram: Schram Genealogy, by John A Schram, 2016. Specifically pages 29-61are an excellent and detailed history of the Palatine Migration, from Germany to London and to the New World.
- Wagner: Nancy Wagoner Dixon. Palatine Roots: The 1710 German Settlement in New York as Experienced by Johann Peter Wagner. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1994. Lots of stories, detail, and references to other Palatines who made the same journey.
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: William Frederick Houseal Family
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: Family of John KInard, Sr.
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: Family of Martin KInard, Sr.
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: Lagrone Family
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: Rinehart Family
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: Setzler Family
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: John Adam Summer Family
- Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society: Swittenberg Family
Palatine Discussion / History
- Whispers on a landscape – Palatine migration to England, Ireland and beyond, History of Parliament blog.
- Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration by Walter Allen Knittle, Ph.D., Department of History, College of the City of New York, Published Philadelphia, 1937. Can also be found on Archive.org.
- The Palatines, UELAC Research Paper, 2006.
- Otterness, Philip. Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York, Cornell University Press, 2006. Google Books (includes previewable text)
- Otterness, Philip. "The 1709 Palatine Migration and the Formation of German Immigrant Identity in London and New York." Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 1999. Download PDF at https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/download/25606/25375
- Palatine Roots by Gordon A. Rampy, 1988; This book is of particular value for the genealogist as it lists the surnames and family structure of the emigrants. The author has used the lists compiled by Janie Revill from the original colonial records to develop the family structure, and analyzed copies of the original land plats to locate many of the Palatine land grants geographically. Special emphasis is given to the origin of the Rampy/Rampey family.
by Burgert, Annette K
- Master index to the emigrants documented in the published works of Annette K. Burgert, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P, Published in 1993.
- Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America. Vol. II: The Western Palatinate. Burgert, Annette K.; Pennsylvania German Society. Published in 1985.
- Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1992.
- Early marriage evidence from the court records of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (including Lebanon County), 1785-1810; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1986.
- Eighteenth-century emigrants from Pfungstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt to Pennsylvania; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1995.
- The Hochstadt origins of some of the early settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1983.
- Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Pennsylvania, Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1999.
- York County pioneers from Friedelsheim and Gönnheim in the Palatinate; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1984.
- Eighteenth century emigrants from Langenselbold in Hesse to America; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1997.
- Pennsylvania pioneers from Wolfersweiler Parish, Saarland, Germany; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1983.
- Early Pennsylvania pioneers from Mutterstadt in the Palatinate; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1983.
- Palatine origins of some Pennsylvania pioneers; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 2000.
- Brethren from Gimbsheim in the Palatinate to Ephrata and Bermudian in Pennsylvania; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1994.
- Emigrants from Eppingen to America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1987.
- Eighteenth and nineteenth century emigrants from Lachen-Speyerdorf in the Palatinate; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1989.
- Eighteenth century Pennsylvania emigrants from Hassloch and Böhl in the Palatinate; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1983.
- Colonial Pennsylvania immigrants from Freinsheim in the Palatinate; Burgert, Annette K., Published in 1989.
- Jones Jr., Henry Z., and Burgert, Annette K., Westerwald to America; 1989.
by Jones, Henry Z. Jr.
- All of Henry Jones' work is now available at Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62327/ The collection can be searched for individuals by name and DOB, or browsed by selecting the individual volume of interest. Links to volumes are posted below. All are at Ancestry.com, which requires a subscription, but can be viewed free at most public libraries.
- Each volume is listed here:
- Jones, Henry Z. Jr. The Palatine Families of Ireland. Picton Press. 2nd edition, 1990.
- Jones, Jr., Henry Z.,Some German Origins of The Irish Palatines. 2019
- Jones, Jr., Henry Z., The Palatine Families of New York - 1710, Universal City, California, 1985. 2 volumes. Volume 1 & Volume 2
- Jones, Jr.,Henry Z, The Palatine Families of New York -1710: A Supplement, 2020.
- Jones, Jr.,Henry Z.,More Palatine Families, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1991.
- Jones, Henry Z., Jr. and Lewis Bunker Rohrbach. Even More Palatine Families: 18th Century Immigrants to the American Colonies and Their German, Swiss, and Austrian Origins. Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 2002. 3 volumes. Volume 1 , Volume 2, Volume 3
- Jones Jr., Henry Z., and Burgert, Annette K., Westerwald to America. 1989.
Misc
- DNA Project: www.ftdna.com/public/palatinednaproject,
- Index to "The Palatine Immigrant": https://www.palam.org/palatine-journal
- Mohawk Valley: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Mohawk_Valley_Resources
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- Selig, Robert A. “Emigration, Fraud, Humanitarianism, and the Founding of Londonderry, South Carolina, 1763-1765.” Eighteenth-Century Studies 23, no. 1 (1989): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.2307/2738617 and https://www.jstor.org/stable/2738617 Dr. Selig has exhaustively researched and documented this fascinating article dealing in part with the subject of 18th century emigration in Europe, but more particularly, detailing the circumstances surrounding the sojourn of the Palatines in London in 1764. Biographical information concerning each of the relief committee members is included as well as numerous newspaper articles relating to the episode.
- Proceedings of the Committee Appointed for the Relief of the Poor Germans who were brought to London and there left destitute in the month of August 1764; This report of a committee of twenty-one gentlemen details the humanitarian efforts put forth for the benefit, relief and relocation to South Carolina of the approximately four hundred refugees left stranded in London by the recruiter, John Henry Christian de Stumpel.
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Defoe's Review. Reproduced from the original edition, with an introduction and bibliographical notes by Arthur Wellesley Secord. 9 vols. in 22 (Facsimile Text Soc., 44). New York, 1938-9. Archive.org
- Dickinson, Harry Thomas. 'The poor Palatines and the parties'. English Historical Review, 82 (1967), 464-85.
- Statt, Daniel. Foreigners and Englishmen : the controversy over immigration and population, 1660-1760. Newark (DE): University of Delaware Press, 1995.
- Olson, Alison. "The English reception of the Huguenots, Palatines and Salzburgers, 1680-1734 : a comparative analysis" in Randolph Vigne & Charles Littleton, (eds.), From strangers to citizens : the integration of immigrant communities in Britain, Ireland and colonial America, 1550-1750 (Brighton and Portland (OR): The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland and Sussex Academic Press, 2001).
- Conrad Richter "The Free Man". Fictional account of a Palatine who emigrated to the US in the early 1700s and lived through the Revolutionary War. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015059771025
- O'Reilly, William. "Strangers Come to Devour the Land: Changing Views of Foreign Migrants in Early Eighteenth-Century England," Journal of Early Modern History (2016), 1-35.
- Seymour Smith Academy and Pine Plains Union Free School usgennet.org., Taken from the book "History of Little Nine Partners" of North East Precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess County. By Isaac Huntting, Pine Plains, N.Y. Copyright 1897, By Isaac Huntting. Vol. 1. Amenia, New York: Chas. Walsh & Co., Printers. 1897.
- madisoncountynewyork.com, Town of Lincoln Madison County State of New York Births, deaths and marriages in the Town of Lincoln since the formation of the Town in March 1896 to and including 1946. From the papers of William H. Tuttle.
- Bielinski, Stefan. "Robert Livingston", New York State Museum.
- Listings for Palatines at Hathi Trust.
- Some Hints for Researching German Palatines, by Katherine Parker
- Lists of Germans from the Palatinate Who Came to England in 1709 (most of whom continued on to America) by John Tribbeko & George Ruperti (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1998).
- The Dutch Fork Settlement. Has a list of last names of the first German settlers in the Dutch Fork.
- German Settlers in the Dutch Fork of South Carolina. Compiled by CARL W. NICHOLS and HANNELORE ENDERLE. (On Internet Archive)
- St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saugerties, New York List of Families from East and West Camp
- Bender Ancestors, archive.org. Primarily focused on the Bender/Binder family, but with lots of source references.
- First Families of Pennsylvania—Approved Ancestors - This list includes many Palatines although not everyone on the list is a Palatine.
- The Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland has published a number of relevant articles, now compiled online at http://loyolanotredamelib.org/php/report05/report06.htm
- Faust, Albert Bernhardt, and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies, 2 volumes, National Genealogical Society, Washington, DC., 1920-1925.
- Wayland, John Walter. The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA: The Michie Company Printers, 1907.
- Gilreath, Amelia C. Shenandoah County Virginia Abstract of Wills, 1772-1850. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books Inc, 2007.
- Burruss II, Daniel Warrick & Yelsey, Sandra Helsley. A Book of Records of Plots and Certificates of Surveys Made in the County of Shenandoah Commencing the 1st Day of July 1785-1794. Jacob Rinker, Chief Surveyor, Shenandoah County. Edinburg, VA: Shenandoah County Library, 1999 (Jacob filled 6 Survey Books with over 600 entries from 1785 – 1817. This is abstracts of Book I)
- Kercheval, Samuel. A History of the Valley of Virginia. Dayton, VA: CJ Carrier Company, 2013. (7th printing, 4th Ed., original 1833)
- Good, Rebecca H. & Ebert, Rebecca A. Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. A Genealogical Guide with maps. Alexandria, VA: Hearthside Press, 1988.
- Ancestry.com. Barker, William V.H. Early Families of Herkimer County, New York: Descendants of the Burnetsfield Patentees. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001.
- Immigrants to America before 1750; an alphabetical list of immigrants to the Colonies, before 1750, compiled from official and other records. Edited by Frederick A. Virkus.
- Beiler, Rosalind J. Immigrant and Entrepreneur: the Atlantic World of Caspar Wistar 1650-1750. Penn State University Press, 2008.
- Fretz, Abraham James. "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations". Harleysville, Pennsylvania: News Printing House, 1896. (Available online at Google Books.)
- Ancestor Tracks Land warrants, surveys, patents, tract name registers, etc. available, much of it for free.
- The Mohawk Valley: its legends and its history, W. Max Reid , G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 1901.
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Some of the same ship names appear several times in the Philadelphia records. When the same ship name appears two or more years in a row, Strassburger and Hinke thought they were likely to be the same ship, but it's also possible that the same name was applied to more than one ship -- particularly when there are gaps of more than a year or two between two arrivals of a particular ship name. Proof that there could be two ships with the same name is that two ships named "Neptune" carried migrants to Philadelphia in September 1751!
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https://migration.pfalzgeschichte.de/
A limited trial of searching was very straightforward. Also, love the English language version of their intro: "The Digitale Migrationskartei (Digital Migration Database) now makes this information digitally available to the public, enabling you to research and investigate genealogical connections to the Palatinate comfortably from your home. We wish you a lot of fun doing so!"
Germanna was a German settlement in the Colony of Virginia, settled in two waves, first in 1714 and then in 1717. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged the immigration by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia and establish a mining industry in the colony.
Cathi Clore Frost, a member of Wikitree, is also a Trustee of the Germanna Foundation and custodian of their genealogy database. She has authored several books of Germanna family genealogy.
The project does not have any group dedicated to the immigrants from Austria but I have added several Niess and Schmidt family members to the project. Please let me know if there are others that we can add. Perhaps if these folks are added to the project, we will find some researchers who are interested in discussing and collaborating on this group. You are also welcome to join us. Just let me know if you are interested and I'll add you to our project.
I have collected many data about Cörper/Coerper/Körper/Koerper families in Germany. Now I want to connect this data set with the American side. I am especially interested in Nicolas Körper/Cörper who came to America in 1732.