German-American Relations and German Culture in America


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This "work is organized by subject. Materials are grouped under twelve main sections in the body of the work, with appropriate subdivisions and subtopics within each main subject. Each section is assigned a two-letter designation, and entries are numbered consecutively within each section. This subject code system was designed to facilitate referals from the Index to the main body of the text, and to allow for cross-referencing between sections."--Introduction.




Bible Society Record


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Early Shanafelt Family


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John (d. 1756) and Elizabeth Poet (d. 1760) Shanafelt arrived at the port of Philadelphia 18 Sep. 1733, settling in Germantown. Their descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon and elsewhere in the United States.










A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America, 1584 to 1937


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Andrew (Andreas) Kauffman (d.1743) migrated from Switzerland to the Palatinate of Germany, and then immigrated via Rotterdam to Philadelphia in 1717. He married twice and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Includes " ... miscellaneous lines of Kauffmans scattered throughout the country ... "







Genealogy Bulletin


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