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Germans in Michigan

Author : Jeremy W. Kilar

Publisher : MSU Press

Page : 86 pages

File Size : 37,76 MB

Release : 2002-02-28

Category : History

ISBN : 1628954329

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Book Description

Germans are the largest ancestral group in Michigan, representing over 2.6 million descendants or 22% of the state’s population. Yet, unlike other immigrant groups, Germans have not retained their linguistic and cultural traditions as part of a distinct ethnic identity. The Bavarian villages of Frankenmuth and Gaylord stand as testaments to the once proud and vigorous German communities that dotted both rural and urban Michigan landscapes. Jeremy W. Kilar explores the social forces that transformed Germans from inward-looking immigrants to citizens in the cultural mainstream. Germans in Michigan is a story of assimilation and renewal and as such reveals the complexities of Americanization and immigration as social forces.





Michigan Genealogy

Author : Carol McGinnis

Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com

Page : 518 pages

File Size : 22,75 MB

Release : 2005

Category : History

ISBN : 9780806317557

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Book Description

This is one of the finest statewide sourcebooks ever published, a remarkable compilation of sources and resources that are available to help researchers find their Michigan ancestors. It identifies records on the state and regional level and then the county level, providing details of vital records, court and land records, military records, newspapers, and census records, as well as the holdings of the various societies and institutions whose resources and facilities support the special needs of the genealogist. County-by-county, it lists the names, addresses, websites, e-mail addresses, and hours of business of libraries, archives, genealogical and historical societies, courthouses, and other record repositories; describes their manuscripts and record collections; highlights their special holdings; and provides details regarding queries, searches, and restrictions on the use of their records.





Michigan's German Heritage

Author : John Andrew Russell

Publisher :

Page : 415 pages

File Size : 18,72 MB

Release : 2013-07-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9780788401534

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Book Description

Provides lists of the German-American officers in the Civil War, and the German-Americans who died in the first World War. Also contains extensive biographical and bibliographical information.



The German Church on the American Frontier

Author : Carl E. Schneider

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 653 pages

File Size : 20,42 MB

Release : 2009-03-02

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1606082183

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Book Description

Since its original release in 1939, Carl Schneider's The German Church on the American Frontier has been the premier published resource on the unique "Evangelischer Kirchenverein des Westens" (Evangelical Church Society of the West), 1840-66, which later assumed a wider denominational identity as the German Evangelical Synod of North America, the church of the Niebuhr family. Known eventually as the Evangelical Synod of North America, the group's ecumenical and irenic heritage contributed to mergers that resulted in the Evangelical and Reformed Church, 1934-1957, and thereafter in the United Church of Christ.



Michigan

Author : Willis F. Dunbar

Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Page : 788 pages

File Size : 22,4 MB

Release : 1995-09-05

Category : History

ISBN : 1467435171

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Book Description

This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record -- from when humankind first arrived in the area around 9,000 B.C. up to 1995. This third revised edition of Michigan also examines events since 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics. Includes photographs, maps, and charts.