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The following books may be useful to anyone researching German ancestry: Researchers looking for German ancestors are familiar with the Atlantic Bridge to Germany series authored by Charles Hall. Origins is now publishing new editions of this popular series. Alsace-Lorraine was published first, Baden is the second volume and Pomerania is now available. Books in the new Atlantic Bridge to Germany begin with a brief history of the region as well as information on geography, books of interest, and more. Many large and small place names are listed in these volumes together with maps dating from the late 1800s. Names of counties (Kreis) and government districts (Bezirk) are given as well as what church records are available at the Family History Library. http://www.OriginsBooks.com German-American Research Set Clifford Neal Smith's Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research and George F. Jones's German-American Names. The Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research is often regarded as the best book for surveying "the material available to the genealogist seeking to link American lineages with their origins in German-speaking Europe." The emphasis of the work is on German genealogical research in America, with special focus on immigration records, German ethnic religious bodies in America, and manuscript and published source materials, both in America and Germany. http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.asp?afid=&ID=8485 German Immigration into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775, and the Redemptioners by Frank R. Diffenderffer. This important historical study deals with the background of German immigration, especially that of the Palatines, the causes, migration patterns, the leading figures in the movement, and the disposition of the immigrants. Much of the book deals with the redemptioners, those who bound themselves to service as payment for the trip to America. It covers the types of bond servants and evaluates their role in the development of the German settlements, with accounts of their rise, progress, and place in American Society. http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.asp?afid=&ID=1470 Encyclopedic coverage of a wide range of topics of interest to German researchers: historical German territories, emigraiton and immigration, vocabulary, German records, German archives, and other resources. NO ADVERTISING PLUG HERE!If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records, by Edna M. Bentz.
In Search of Your German Roots A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe by Angus Baxter. In Search of Your German Roots is designed to help you trace your German ancestry not only in Germany but in all the German-speaking areas of Europe. http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.asp?afid=&ID=396 System administrator's note: Please feel free to add more books to the above list. I suggest the list be kept in alphabetical order.
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