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The most complete collection of colonial passenger lists ever published, its two volumes contain all the original lists of persons who arrived in the port of philadelphia between 1727 and 1808. Pennsylvania german pioneers, 1934, volume iii,page 4. Guide to pennsylvania online genealogy records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. This twovolume set a reprint of the 1966 edition provides the names of the pennsylvania german pioneers, their signatures, and the names of. Consult the published volumes of pennsylvania german pioneers, using the name index found in volume iii.
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A publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 by ralph b. The state borders delaware and maryland to the south, west virginia to the southwest, ohio to the west, new york and ontario, canada, to the north, and new jersey to the east. Throughout the passenger lists there are primarily x and os inserted into their names at various locations, but usually in the middle. Volume iii contains indexes to the names of passengers, captains, and ships. Her book, eighteenth century emigrants from german sepaking lands to north america, vol. Pennsylvania german pioneers corrects many mistakes made in rupps book thirty thousand names of immigrants in pennsylvania, especially the names of the ships. Pennsylvania german pioneers best books online 22041z. Pennsylvania german pioneers online passenger lists.
Much credit is due to his skills as a researcher as he started long before the advent of the internet. Ralph beaver strassburger author of pennsylvania german. Publisher the society collection statelibrarypennsylvania. Pennsylvania german pioneers was originally published as a 3 volume set of books by the pennsylvania german society in 1934. For anyone interested in helping to preserve, advance, and disseminate knowledge of the culture of the pennsylvania germans, often known as the pennsylvania dutch, no investment can pay better dividends than membership in the pennsylvania german society. The story has been told and the pennsylvania german pioneers have come into their rightful place as builders of our nation. Pennsylvania german pioneers a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 by ralph beaver strassburger, strassburger, hinke. The commonwealth of pennsylvania is located in the midatlantic region of the united states. A publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, volume 44 pennsylvania german pioneers. The society works to preserve and promote the history, culture, religion, and dialect of the pennsylvania germans also commonly known as the pennsylvania. Pa german society publications annual volume series.
History of westmoreland county pennsylvania by george d. Relationship of the early troutman families in america. Pennsylvania german pioneers a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, vols. Albert was originally published in 1882, higginson book co. Peter shoenberger studied medicine in the office of dr. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions. The most important work on the mass immigration of germans is ralph b. Pennsylvania german pioneers by ralph beaver strassburger.
Topics pennsylvania german society, pennsylvania dutch congresses. Pennsylvania german society, 1934, by ralph beaver strassburger, ed. Some of the lists may have come from other sources such as the pennsylvania archives series or rupps a collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of german, swiss, dutch, french and other immigrants to pennsylvania from 1727. This index will give the volume and page number of the list on which individual is located. A publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of philadelphia from 17271808. I3 narratives of early pa, west nj, and delaware 16301707, myers, 1912. Best pennsylvania german pioneers, buy pennsylvania german pioneers, deal pennsylvania german pioneers, discount pennsylvania german pioneers, best buy pennsylvania german pioneers, pennsylvania german pioneers online, where to buy pennsylvania german pioneers,big save on pennsylvania german pioneers, find pennsylvania german pioneers, get pennsylvania german pioneers. Pennsylvania german pioneers 1934 edition open library. Our publication is a reprint of the work originally compiled for the pennsylvania german society. In this volume messrs strassburger and hinke went to considerable lengths to. These lists have been published in pennsylvania german pioneers. This website is a list of links to online transcriptions of some of the passenger lists in pennsylvania german pioneers by ralph b. The book lists names, often country of origin, occupation, occasionally age, and service, including country, and often rank. This book was a huge project for the team that put it together, especially in 1934.
In pennsylvania german pioneers, otto philip seidenstrickers name is shown as ott philipp seidensticker, which might lead one to conclude that seidensticker was his actual surname. Foreword pennsylvania german migration and its part in the settlement and development of america form an epic tale of faith and zeal, of sacrifice and achievement. Picton press, 1992, covering arrivals at philadelphia of thousands. Book by strassburger, ralph beaver, hinke, william john. The pennsylvania german society is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to studying the pennsylvania german people and their 330year history in the united states and canada.
Jun 01, 2019 pennsylvania german pioneers a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 by ralph beaver strassburger, strassburger, hinke. This will also clears up a potential problem resulting from the difficulty of deciphering the lists of names. Bernhard zentmeyer and his family sailed to philadelphia aboard a british merchantman called the phoenix. Inquiries were made regarding this vessel to maritime museums in england, holland, and nova scotia, as well as over a score of maritime sources here in the united states, but no information has emerged. Samuel fahnestock at lancaster and practiced medicine until 1824 62 ellis b. A publication of the original lists of arrivals of philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, vol. Published 1934 by pennsylvania german society in norristown, penn. The men on the list above were the ship list signers, the adult men who survived the trip to america. The lists included in this work attempt to identify german emigrants in their homeland as well as in pennsylvania. It contained the names of all the males of sixteen years and upwards, in the body of the book, the childrens names being given in an appendix. Displaying libraries 11 out of 1 for all 28 editions, show libraries holding just this d.
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