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German Immigrants in American Church Records

December 28, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 6 Comments

If your family tree has German immigrants, include American church records in your genealogy research efforts.  Do you have German ancestors who lived in the Midwest? Were they Protestants? If you answered yes to those questions, then you need to know about the German Immigrants in American Church Records (GIACR) series. Compiled by Dr. Roger P. Minert of Brigham Young University, the first volume of the series was published in 2005 and has since expanded to include 18 volumes, the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Records, Europe, Germany, Immigration, United States Tagged With: church, family history, family history library, genealogy, German, Germany, immigrant, immigration, library, record, records, United States

Tracking Your Irish Ancestor Across the Ocean

November 12, 2013 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Researching your immigrant genealogy can be daunting, especially when you're tracking your Irish ancestor across the ocean. Here's some advice! Finding an Irish immigrant’s area of origin can be challenging, but there are several Irish, U.S., and Canadian records that may give you this information. This article will discuss civil registration, immigration, church, vital, and cemetery records and how these records can assist you in finding your ancestor’s place of origin. Civil … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Immigration, Irish Ancestors Tagged With: advice, Ancestor, cemetery, church, civil, Documents, family history, genealogy, immigrant, Ireland, Irish, professional, records, research

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