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We have benefited from a great many resources in learning about our family and the times in which it has lived. We can't begin to acknowledge everything we have made use of, but perhaps you will find this list helpful as a starting place for your own research.

If you have done any genealogical work on the internet, you have probably already assembled your own impressive collection of favorite links. There is no point in trying to re-invent the wheel here...well, not all of it, at least. We can't help but throw in our own 2 cents.

Don't overlook the Books and Articles, listed last but definitely not least.

General Genealogy

Ancestry.com
This is a commercial site. You must pay for a subscription in order to access most of the information at this site.
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites
This is an extensive list of internet links. Make sure you have food and water within reach if you plan to explore this resource. Or, take these short cuts: Germany  Illinois  Missouri
FamilySearch.org - Family History and Genealogy Records
This site is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly known as the Mormons), who have long had an interest in genealogy. Some of the data here should be used with caution. Source citations are often missing and some of the information has been submitted by researchers who might not have worked to the high standards you uphold.
Genealogy.com
This is a commercial site. You must pay for a subscription in order to access most of the genealogical data here, although a fair number of articles and other general information about genealogy is available for free at the Learning Center.
Genealogy Home Page
There are a wide variety of links here. Even access to old software (if you are still running DOS or Windows 3.1).
National Genealogical Society: Genealogy Links
RootsWeb.com
The oldest and largest site devoted to the free distribution of genealogical information.
WorldGenWeb Project
"The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer based organization dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access!"

Europe

Baden-Württemberg GenWeb
Bayern-Bavaria GenWeb
FEEFHS - Federation of East European Family History Societies
Genealogy.net    in German    in English
Resources for genealogists conducting research in German-speaking areas of Europe.
Germany GenWeb Project
Dorfgeschichte Kleinern (Waldeck)
Some history of Kleinern, home of the Jungermann family
Internetportal "Westfälische Geschichte"
Ladbergen Genealogy Database
Bill Roege's transcription of the church records from Ladbergen, Germany available as a GEDCOM file.
Ladbergen, Germany's official web site
Ladbergen - encyclopedia article
Ladbergen in the German version of Wikipedia
Naturwissenschaftlicher und Historischer Verein für das Land Lippe e.V.
Genealogical research in Lippe.
Niedersachsen GenWeb
Nordrhein-Westfalen GenWeb
Navigation is a bit of a challenge, but this site has much information connected with the present-day state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) in Germany. Note that most of the political boundaries used at this site are post World War II and may not accurately reflect the state of affairs at the time your ancestors lived here.
Prussia GenWeb

North America

U.S. Biographies Project
Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas
Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska
Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Wisconsin
USGenWeb Project
This organization is run by a group of volunteers "working to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone." At this site you will find general information and links to all of the sites connected with the USGenWeb Project. Check it out.
Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas
Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska
Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Wisconsin
Missouri
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South America

Brazil GenWeb - Genealogia no Brasil
CAPEF: Centro de Apoio a Pesquisas e Encontros Familiares (Brasil)
The Center of Support to Researches and Family Encounters is located in Teutônia, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. The web site is largely in Portuguese, but there are some pages in English. CAPEF has information about the family of Ernesto Frederico Guilherme Fiegenbaum and his wife Sophia Berlemann, who emigrated from Germany to Brazil in 1869.
German migration to Brazil

Migration

American Emigration from the Southern part of Oldenburg
A lecture by Franz-Josef Tegenkamp at the Oldenburg Genealogical Society, 1997
Amerikanetz: Network for Westphalian Emigration to America since the 19th Century
The introductory page here is in English; the rest of the site is in German.
Auswanderung Lippe-USA
A database and reports on emigration from Lippe (often called Lippe-Detmold) based on the research of the Naturwissenschaftlicher und Historischer Verein für das Land Lippe e.V. Upper level pages are in German and English; data is in German only.
Emslanders to the American Mid-West
This well-organized site concentrates on Emsland, a portion of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). It also has good general information on emigration from Germany.
The Immigration Story of Ernst Bohning, 1843
The Bohning family of Barkhausen, Kingdom of Hanover, departed from Bremen and landed in Baltimore, Maryland, before settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Ernst Bohning was 10 years old at the time. Some many years later, he wrote down his recollections of the family's journey.
Emigrants from Kreis Meschede and Kreis Olpe (Westfalen) to the USA
Information about emigration from later in the 19th century, including some letters.
Emigration from Oldenburg, 1830-1880
An article available in both German and English: Ostendorf, Johannes. "A History of Emigration from old Amt Damme (Oldenburg), in Particular to North America, in the Years 1830-1880," Oldenburger Jahrbuch des Landesvereins für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, 46/47 (1942-1943), pages 164-297.
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild (ITSG)
Immigration Diary of Friedrich Nohl, 1849
The Immigration Diary of Michael Friedrich Radke, 1848
Michael Friedrich Radke's memoir of the conditions of his life near Berlin, his desire for more favorable circumstances for himself and his family, their sea voyage from Bremen to Baltimore and the struggle to find a fruitful home in the USA is a compelling, but too-short document.
TheShipsList: Passengers, Ships, Shipwrecks
This site is a little dis-organized, but among all these links is some very helpful information (some of it off-site). Don't give up too soon.

Libraries, Archives, and Databases

Andersonville Prison Lookup
Search the on-line database of Civil War prisoners held at Andersonville, Georgia.
Bureau of Land Management / General Land Office Records
"We provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States.... This site offers researchers a source of information on the initial transfer of land titles from the Federal government to individuals."
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)
The National Park Service is in the process of assembling electronic databases of records of veterans of the Civil War.
Historical United States Census Data Browser
With this interactive database, you can analyze national census data from 1790 to 1970, by state, county, race, age, sex and occupation. If you want to know how many free white males aged 30-39 living in Warren County, Missouri where engaged in agriculture in 1840, this is the place to find the answer (1,192 individuals in a county-wide population of 4,253 engaged in agriculture; 215 were free white males 30-39 and 188 were free white females of the same age).
Illinois State Archives
The State of Illinois is doing a great job putting the resources of the state archives online - births, marriages, deaths, military records, land sales, etc. You will find this site easy to navigate and searching is very straight-forward, with clear instructions close at hand. Material is being added on a regular basis; check back from time to time.
Illinois State Library
Mid-Continent Public Library
The metropolitan Kansas City library system has a branch located in Independence, Missouri that is devoted to local and state history and genealogy. Among other resources at your disposal are the National Archives' microfilm series on the federal census for Missouri, Civil War military records, and immigration and ships passenger lists indices. The web site will give you access to catalogues of the library's holdings, some of which are available through inter-library loan. There is a nice list of links of interest to genealogists and historians. The library and the web site are well worth a visit.
Missouri State Archives
You should definitely check out the Online Resources and Databases available at the Missouri State Archives web site. The Office of the Secretary of State for Missouri is making an effort to place sections of the State Archives online. You will find a wealth of information here. Many of these projects are on-going; you should check back regularly to monitor the progress. Some things to try:
Missouri State Library
NARA - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
This agency is the nation's attic, basement and back closet when it comes to saving paperwork. Be sure to check out the section on Genealogy. The agency's holdings are not on-line at this site, but you will find helpful articles about what is available elsewhere and advice about how to focus your research.
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
The National Archives and Records Administration maintains two personnel records centers, both located in St. Louis, Missouri. The Military Personnel Records (MPR) facility houses the service and medical records for discharged and deceased military personnel who served in the 20th century. Records for federal civilian employees (1900-present) are maintained at the Civilian Record Facility. To obtain military records for service before World War I, contact the ational Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC.
Social Security Death Index at: RootsWeb. Family Tree Maker.
Each web site handles the search differently. Be sure to read the explanations about which Social Security numbers are included and which are not included in the database.
St. Charles City-County Library District - Local History Collection
Serving St. Charles County, Missouri. You'll find a useful list of links here. Be sure to visit the Digital Library Collection
University of Missouri Digital Library
Western Historical Manuscript Collection
A collection of primary source material at the University of Missouri.
Western States Marriage Record Index
This is an online database created and maintained by the McKay Library, Family History Center at BYU-Idaho
Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles Collection

Museums & Historical Sites

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Maps and Photos

American Memory
A project of the U. S. Library of Congress, this is a gateway to a public digital collection of primary source material from the nation's history.
Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems (CARES)
This site at the University of Missouri, Columbia is an excellent source for GIS data and interactive maps of the state of Missouri. Configure a map to fit your needs and download it.
Baden-Württemberg GenWeb
There are two pages indexing the maps on this site. Page One shows thumbnail images of a number of historical maps for the German speaking areas of Europe, from Roman times to after WW II. Page Two gives a number of thumbnail images of the Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Württemberg, and of Central Europe (from 1648-1866). Clicking on a thumbnail image will open a large, high-quality image of each map (download times may be rather long, depending on the quality of your connection).
Geodatenatlas Kreis Steinfurt
An interactive map of contemporary Kries Steinfurt based on GIS data. Ladbergen is located in this administrative district of Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen, BRD.
Geographic Names Information System
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey. Search for place names and geographic features. I have found the search engine a little suspect; it is not aware of two mountains I can see from my home. Also, I believe that the database does not include information on historical features. There are links to maps.
GOV - the Genealogical Gazeteer
A database of geographical place-names for genealogical research in Germany; a project from the Verein für Computergenealogie. In English and German. Try the ExpertView to see a place's geopolitical setting through history.
Historical Atlas - Germany
Thomas Höckmann provides maps, essays and historical data on the geopolitical development of Germany.
IEG-MAPS
A digital, historical atlas of Europe offered free for personal use by the Institute of European History, Mainz.
Library of Congress-American Memory-Map Collections
An effort by the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress to make a portion of its more than 4.5 million items available to the public in digital form.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
"The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names." Here, the term "foreign" means "non-USA" geographical place names. The database is updated monthly.
National Atlas of Canada
Search, view and download maps of Canada.
Perry-Castañeda Historical Map Collection
A large collection of online maps at the University of Texas.
Tiger Mapping Service
Maintained by the US Census Bureau, this site will allow you to search for locations in the USA based on the 1990 US census and return maps of the successful queries.
U. S. Gazetteer - U. S. Census Bureau
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Software

RootsMagic Genealogy Software
This is a replacement program for the earlier Family Origins software. I am very pleased with it features and have found it indispensable in helping me keep track of our family genealogy. I recommend this product highly.
The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding
"TNG" is a powerful way to manage and display your genealogy data. All information is stored in MySQL database tables and is dynamically displayed with PHP. This software controls the database section of our web site, but you can certainly use it for your entire web site. Installation and maintenance is within the skill level of most intermediate computer users. Take a look at the many sample sites using this program.

Miscellaneous

Citing Your Sources
Documenting your genealogical work properly is essential. This article will help you get a handle on this matter:
Family Relationships
Have you ever wondered whether that pesky "2nd cousin, twice removed" is a close enough relative that you have to be nice to him at the next family reunion? These resources might help you figure out who should be in the family and who is definitely out.
Handwriting and Printed German Script
Speak like a native
Plautdietsch - Mennonite Low German Dictionary
  • This is an on-line, interactive version of Herman Rempel's Kjenn Jie Noch Plautdietsch (1984)..

Family Genealogies

Block Home Page
John L. Block has collected much information on the Block family. He has an extensive genealogical database of German emigrants from Hannover and Westphalia to Gasconade and Warren Counties, Missouri.
Dr. Richard Cochran's Web Site
Dr. Cochran's interests are not limited to genealogy, but, on the opening page, if click on the ANCESTRAL LINEAGES link he will give you a glimpse of the Aufderhaar family history.
Carol Lee (Winter) Comp's Web Site
Carol shares her research on the Winter family and related surnames, of which Fiegenbaum is one.
Fiegenbaum Family Genealogy
Our genealogical database at the WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com
The Freese Family
Miller-Buddemeyer Family Tree
Genealogical research from Chandra A. (Miller) Hoffman.
Descendants of Jacob J. Kleopfer of Kansas
Kluckhohn Family in America
Born In Bavenhausen: Kluckhohns Worldwide
Dwayne Meyer
Mr. Meyer has posted his research on the Meier (or Meyer) family at the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project. From the opening page, search for a name (Fiegenbaum might be one place to start).
Patty Onek's Family Genealogy Site
This site (formerly at <www.osprey.net/~kspatty/> ) has disappeared from the internet. If you know where it now lives, please drop me a line.
Welcome to the Family of Tom and Delphia Phelan
This web site by Susan "Suzi" Marie (Dewsnap) Terrell has photos and personal remembrances of some members of the Sexauer and McDougall families.
Theodor Tempel Family
A site created by John A. Lefman devoted to the family of Theodor Tempel (1879-1959) and Emma Starkebaum (1880-1902).
Wietholter Family -- Ladbergen - New Knoxville
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Books and Articles

Anderson, Timothy Gene. Immigrants in the World-system: Domestic industry and industrialization in northwest Germany and the migration to Osage County, Missouri, 1835-1900. Ph.D. dissertation. Texas A & M University, 1994. Digital xerographic reprint. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI, 2004.

Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your German Roots. A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe. 3rd edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994.

Beggs, S. R. Pages from the Early History of the West and North-west: Embracing Reminiscences and Incidents of Settlement and Growth, and Sketches of the Material and Religious Progress of the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri: with Especial Reference to the History of Methodism. Cincinnati: Printed at the Methodist Book Concern, R. P. Thompson, printer, 1868.

Bek, William G. The German Settlement Society of Philadelphia and its colony, Hermann, Missouri. Philadelphia: Americana Germanica Press, 1907.

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska, Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Number of Biographies of Distinguished Citizens of the Same, a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties Mentioned, and Numerous Biographical Sketches of the Citizens of such Counties.... Chicago: Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1890.

Block, John, compiler. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bay, MO (Gasconade) Church Records from 1856 to 1963. S.l.: s.n., [1970].

Boone-Duden Historical Society. 1993 Cemetery Update for Femme Osage Township in St. Charles County, MO. New Melle, Missouri: Boone-Duden Historical Society, 1995.

Boone-Duden Historical Society. 45 Warren County, Missouri Cemeteries. Volume 1. New Melle, Missouri: Boone-Duden Historical Society, 1995.

Bremer, Bertha G., James M. Kirk, Joe E. Gunnerson. Centennial History of Hamilton County. Aurora, Nebraska: Hamilton County Centennial Association, 1967.

Burnett, Robyn & Ken Luebbering. German Settlement in Missouri. New Land, Old Ways. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1996.

Conard, Howard Louis, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. 6 volumes. New York; Louisville; St. Louis: The Southern History Company, 1901.

Butterfield, Consul Willshire. History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources: an Extensive and Minute Sketch of its Cities, Towns and Villages - Their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies: its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers: the whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881.
The German Methodist Church is covered on pages 569-570, where Rev. H. J. [sic] Fiegenbaum and Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum are mentioned.

Dobbs, Hugh Jackson. History of Gage County, Nebraska: a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religious, and Civic Development from the Early Days to the Present Time. Lincoln, Nebraska: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1918.

Douglass, Paul F. Story of German Methodism: Biography of an Immigrant Soul. New York: Methodist Book Concern, 1939.

Duden, Gottfried. Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America and a Stay of Several Years Along the Missouri (During the Years 1824, '25, '26, and 1827). James W. Goodrich, editor. Columbia, Missouri: State Historical Society of Missouri and University of Missouri Press, 1980.

Dunn, David, Paul N. Crusius, Josias Friedli, et al. A History of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Philadelphia: Christian Education Press, 1961.

Filby, P. William, and Mary K. Meyer, eds. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Publishing Co., 1981- .

Frizzell, Robert W. "Migration Chains to Illinois: Evidence from German-American Church Records," Journal of American Ethnic History, 7:1 (1987), pp. 59-73.

Frizzell, Robert W. Independent Immigrants: A Settlement of Hanoverian Germans in Western Missouri. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2007.

Fischbach, Deloris, ed. Our Times: New Knoxville Sesquicentennial, 1836-1986. New Knoxville, Ohio: New Knoxville Historical Society, 1986.

Forster, Walter O. Zion on the Mississippi: the Settlement of the Saxon Lutherans in Missouri, 1839-1841. St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 1953.

Frazier, Ian. Family. New York, New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Originally published in 1994 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Gasconade County Historical Society. Gasconade County Cemetery Survey. [Owensville, Missouri]: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1985.

Gasconade County Historical Society. Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri. Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004. (Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company).

Gerlach, Russel L. Immigrants in the Ozarks: a Study in Ethic Geography. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1976.

Good, James I. History of the Reformed Church in the U. S. in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Church in America, 1911.

"Great Churches of America: II: Evangelical and Reformed, New Knoxville, Ohio," Christian Century (22 February 1950), pp. 323-328.

Helbich, Wolfgang, and Walter D. Kamphoefner, editors. German-American Immigration and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective. Madison, Wisconsin: Max-Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin, 2004.

Henke, E. W., W. H. Rolfing, Friedrich Schaub, L. J. Brenner, and J. F. Hartke. Die Nordwest Deutsche Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche: Geschichtlich, Sachlich und Biographisch Geschildert. Charles City, Iowa: Methodist Episcopal Church, Northwest German Conference, 1913.

History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties, Missouri: From the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with Sundry Personal, Business and Professional Sketches and Numerous Family Records: Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, etc. 1888. Cape Girardeau, Missouri: Ramfre Press, 1958. Originally published in Chicago, Illinois by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888.

History of Madison County, Illinois: Illustrated: with Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent Men and Pioneers. Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882.

Hunsche, Friedrich Ernst. 250 Jahre Landkreis Tecklenburg, 1707-1957. Lengerich: Kleins Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Gmbh., 1957.

Hunt, Herbert, and Floyd C. Kaylor. Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern. 3 volumes. Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.
Biographical sketch of Charles Herman Fiegenbaum, volume 2, pp. 399-400.

Immanuels United Church of Christ. Anniversary Book Committee. The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years. Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989.

Jordan, Terry G. German Seed in Texas Soil: Immigrant Farmers in Nineteenth-Century Texas. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1966.

Kamphoefner, Walter D. The Westfalians: From Germany to Missouri. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987.

Kamphoefner, Walter D., and Wolfgang Helbich, editors. Germans in the Civil War: the Letters They Wrote Home. Translated by Susan Carter Vogel. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.

Kamphoefner, Walter D., Wolfgang Helbich, & Ulrike Sommer, editors. News From the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1991.

Klindworth, Edward C. The Beginnings of Connell. Portland, Oregon: E. C. Klindworth, 1966.
Available at the Town of Connell, Washington web site. The page on The Settlers mentions Rev. Rudolph Fiegenbaum.

Kluck, Patricia Ann. Decision-making Among Descendants of German Immigrant Farmers in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1975.

Klueting, Harm. Geschichte Westfalens: Das Land zwischen Rhein und Weser vom 8. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert. Paderborn: Bonifatius, 1998.

Korspeter, Gustav. Der Kreis Tecklenburg. Kreis- und Stadthandbücher des Westfälischen Heimatbundes, Bänchen 6. Münster: Regensberg, 1949.

Kriege, Otto, Gustav Becker, Matthäus Herrmann, and C. L. Körner, editors. Souvenir der West Deutschen Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche. S.l.: s.n., 1906.

Lafayette County Historical Society. Continuing the History of Lafayette County. 2 volumes. Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002.

Lafayette County Historical Society. History of the Lafayette County Missouri Rural Schools. Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 1996.

Luebke, Frederick C. Germans in Brazil: A Comparative History of Cultural Conflict During World War I. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1987.

Luebke, Frederick C. Germans in the New World. Essays in the History of Immigration. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1990.

Mallinckrodt, Anita M. From Knights to Pioneers: One German Family in Westphalia and Missouri. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994.

Mallinckrodt, Anita M. How They Came : German Immigration from Prussia to Missouri. Augusta, Missouri: Mallinckrodt Communications Research, 1988.

Marshall, Howard W., and James W. Goodrich. The German-American Experience in Missouri: Essays in Commemoration of the Tricentennial of German Immigration to America, 1683-1983. Columbia, Missouri: Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia, 1986.

Mayhew, Alan. Rural Settlement and Farming in Germany. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.

Meinershagen, Fred H. The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen: a Genealogy of Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen, January 1, 1785-May 22, 1870. Columbia, Missouri: Fred H. Meinershagen, 1973.

Meinershagen, Fred H. The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen Revisited. Columbia, Missouri: Fred H. Meinershagen, 1998.

Methodism in La Crosse from 1849 to 1904. (La Crosse, Wis.? : s.n.), 1904.
Available online at the La Crosse Public Library, Digital Library Collections at <http://lacrosselibrary.org/digital/methodism/>.
Read mention of the First German Methodist Episcopal Church (later known as Salzer then Asbury United Methodist) and Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum.

Miller, W. H., ed. Wegweiser der Nördlichen Deutschen Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche. Faribault, Minnesota: Hanson Brothers, 1903.

Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

Müller, Friedrich. "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, I. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur Westfälischen Familienforschung 22-24 (1964-1966): 7-484.

Nagel, Paul C. The German Migration to Missouri: My Family's Story. Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Star Books, for the Jackson County Historical Society, 2002.

New Knoxville Historical Society. Sesquicentennial Committee. Our Times: New Knoxville Sesquicentennial, 1836-1986. New Knoxville, Ohio: New Knoxville Historical Society, 1986.

Norton, William T., Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner. Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912. 2 volumes. 1912. Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1970.
This is a reprint of work originally published in 1912 by the Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois.

Ostendorf, Johannes. "A History of Emigration from old Amt Damme (Oldenburg), in Particular to North America, in the Years 1830-1880," Oldenburger Jahrbuch des Landesvereins für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, 46/47 (1942-1943), pages 164-297.

Ottmann, Hugo. Das Bauertum im Kreise Tecklenburg. Münster: Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1938

Perrin, William Henry. History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois. Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Co., 1882.

Pickle, Linda Schelbitzki. Contented Among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth Century Midwest. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1996.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Buchanan and Clinton Counties, Missouri: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1893.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1893.

Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1895.

Rice, James M. Peoria, City and County, Illinois: a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress, and Achievement. 2 volumes. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.

Roche, Jean. La Colonisation Allemande et le Rio Grande do Sul. Paris: Institut des Hautes Études de L'Amerique Latine, 1959.

Rowan, Steven, ed. Germans for a Free Missouri: Translations from the St. Louis Radical Press, 1857-1862. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1983.

Saatkamp, Friedrich. Ladbergen: Out of the History and the Present of the 1000-year Westphalian Village. Edited and translated by Dean R. Hoge. New Knoxville, Ohio: New Knoxville Historical Society, 1985. This is a translated and revised version of Saatkamp, Friedrich. Ladbergen: Aus Geschichte und Gegenwart des 1000-jährigen westfälischen Dorfes. 2. Auflage. Ladbergen: Heimatverein Ladbergen, 1975.

Saatkamp, Friedrich. Ladbergen: Unsere Kirche - Unsere Pfarrer: Festschrift zum 100-jährigen Bestehen der ev.-ref. Kirche in Ladbergen. Ladbergen: Heimatverein Ladbergen, 1956.

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