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Showing posts with label German Emigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label German Emigration. Show all posts
October 4, 2011
Emigration via Hamburg Presentation
Rebekka Geitner a historian at the Ballinstadt Emigration Museum in Hamburg, Germany will be in the Twin Cities area giving three presentations at three locations during the period of 22, 23, 24 October 2011. She will then travel to St. Louis, Missouri to be a presenter at the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International's - Genealogical / Cultural Conference to be held from 26-29 October 2011. This is an outstanding opportunity to meet and learn from this International Historian. Plan now to attend any or all of these important events.
Date / Time: Wednesday - Saturday, 26 - 29 October 2011
Presentation Title:
Friday 28 October 2011 Breakout 2 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Hamburg Emigration Museum
Saturday 29 October 2011 Breakout 4 2:00 - 3:15 pm Eastern European Emigration Via Hamburg
Location: Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel, St. Louis, MO.
Host: Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI)
More Information: Full details on the CGSI's 13th Genealogical/Cultural Conference, 26-29 October 2011 are posted on the website, www.cgsi.org
September 30, 2011
Emigration Presentation: The View From Hamburg
Rebekka Geitner a historian at the Ballinstadt Emigration Museum in Hamburg, Germany will be in the Twin Cities area giving three presentations at three locations during the period of 22, 23, 24 October 2011. She will then travel to St. Louis, Missouri to be a presenter at the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International's - Genealogical / Cultural Conference to be held from 26-29 October 2011. This is an outstanding opportunity to meet and learn from this International Historian. Plan now to attend any or all of these important events.
Date / Time: Monday, 24 October 2011, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Presentation Title: Emigration and Public History: The View from Hamburg
Location: Room 308 / 311 Elmer L. Anderson Library Univ of Mn. 222 - 21st Ave South, Minneapolis, MN
Parking: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/EALib/
Host: Immigration History Research Center - University of Minnesota
More Information: https://events.umn.edu/015062
Cost: Free
September 22, 2011
Germanic Emigration via Hamburg Presentation
Rebekka Geitner a historian at the Ballinstadt Emigration Museum in Hamburg, Germany will be in the Twin Cities area giving three presentations at three locations during the period of 22, 23, 24 October 2011. She will then travel to St. Louis, Missouri to be a presenter at the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International's - Genealogical / Cultural Conference to be held from 26-29 October 2011.
This is an outstanding opportunity to meet and learn from this International Historian. Plan now to attend any or all of these important events.
Date / Time: Sunday, 23 October 2011 12:30 pm - 5 pm (includes a break and ends with a social hour).
Presentation Title: Germanic Emigration via Hamburg
Location: Buenger Education Center - Concordia University, 200 Syndicate St. North (near Hamline Ave and Concordia Ave), St Paul, MN (Free parking on the north-west and west sides of the building on weekends)
Host: Germanic Genealogy Society
More Information: http://www.ggsmn.org/Meetings.htm or call Tamara 612-729-6357.
Pre-registration deadline: 15 October 2011 Cost: $25 (those who pre-register will be entered to win some special door-prizes).
This is an outstanding opportunity to meet and learn from this International Historian. Plan now to attend any or all of these important events.
Date / Time: Sunday, 23 October 2011 12:30 pm - 5 pm (includes a break and ends with a social hour).
Presentation Title: Germanic Emigration via Hamburg
Location: Buenger Education Center - Concordia University, 200 Syndicate St. North (near Hamline Ave and Concordia Ave), St Paul, MN (Free parking on the north-west and west sides of the building on weekends)
Host: Germanic Genealogy Society
More Information: http://www.ggsmn.org/Meetings.htm or call Tamara 612-729-6357.
Pre-registration deadline: 15 October 2011 Cost: $25 (those who pre-register will be entered to win some special door-prizes).
September 13, 2011
Hamburg, Germany Emigration Museum Historian to Speak in Twin Cities Area
Hamburg, Germany Emigration Museum Historian to Speak in Twin Cities Area
(New Ulm, St. Paul, Minneapolis), and then St. Louis, Mo.
Rebekka Geitner a historian at the Ballinstadt Emigration Museum in Hamburg, Germany will be in the Twin Cities area giving three presentations at three locations during the period of 22, 23, 24 October 2011. She will then travel to St. Louis, Missouri to be a presenter at the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International's - Genealogical / Cultural Conference to be held from 26-29 October 2011. This is an outstanding opportunity to meet and learn from this International Historian. Plan now to attend any or all of these important events.
Date / Time: Saturday, 22 October 2011 5:00 pm - Social Hour, 6:00 pm - Dinner, 7:00 pm - Presentation
Presentation Title: Via Hamburg to the world: Emigration from the Bohemian Forest to the USA
Location: Turner Hall, 102 S. State Street, New Ulm, MN.
Host: German-Bohemian Heritage Society
More Information: please contact Jenny Eckstein jieckstein@comcast.net
Other event dates to follow
May 17, 2008
Return of Emigrants Landed at the Port of Kingston, Ontario Canada 1861-1882
Today OliveTreeGenealogy.com updated the Return of Emigrants Landed at the Port of Kingston, Ontario Canada 1861-1882 with the addition of the following years:
June 1863 | June 1863-Aug. 1863 | Aug 1863-Sept. 1863 | Oct 1863-Jan. 1864 | Jan 1864
To date we have Oct. 1861-Jan. 1864 online for this Project. Many immigrants are shown as coming in from American ports such as New York. Many came in via Quebec. You won't want to miss this if you are hunting for ancestors arriving in Canada before 1865!
The General Remarks are interesting, although small and difficult to read. Most are quite lengthy, some simply state that a ticket was given for a loaf of bread.
For example Peter McLaren from Scotland to Quebec has the following notation "being destitute and deserving of joining friends at Thorold I gave him a pass to [Lacroix?]"
John Mill from Ireland had this note "His wife was confined on [unreadable] coming out and is now very poorly.. They are out of money...."
Mr. Leibke [?] of Germany is noted as "going to join his son in Sombra".
One of the saddest notations is for James Reich and family on 23 Jan. 1863 "the daughter Jane died near Prescott of diptheria, the family passed up to Guelph, the St. Andrews Society took charge of the body of girl and promised to see her decently interrred"
The column headings for each individual which are transcribed and online are Date of Landing; Name of Emigrant or Head of Family; From what Country; Via what Seaport Town; Destination; Condition, general appearance, health; No. of male adults; No. of Female adults; No. under 6 years; No. over 6 years and under 12
The column headings in the original ledgers which are not transcribed are in what Township Employed as Servants; In what Township settled, or bought land; Amount of passage tickets issued; Amount of provisions; Amount of Medical aid; amount of Capital brought by them; General Remarks.
June 1863 | June 1863-Aug. 1863 | Aug 1863-Sept. 1863 | Oct 1863-Jan. 1864 | Jan 1864
To date we have Oct. 1861-Jan. 1864 online for this Project. Many immigrants are shown as coming in from American ports such as New York. Many came in via Quebec. You won't want to miss this if you are hunting for ancestors arriving in Canada before 1865!
The General Remarks are interesting, although small and difficult to read. Most are quite lengthy, some simply state that a ticket was given for a loaf of bread.
For example Peter McLaren from Scotland to Quebec has the following notation "being destitute and deserving of joining friends at Thorold I gave him a pass to [Lacroix?]"
John Mill from Ireland had this note "His wife was confined on [unreadable] coming out and is now very poorly.. They are out of money...."
Mr. Leibke [?] of Germany is noted as "going to join his son in Sombra".
One of the saddest notations is for James Reich and family on 23 Jan. 1863 "the daughter Jane died near Prescott of diptheria, the family passed up to Guelph, the St. Andrews Society took charge of the body of girl and promised to see her decently interrred"
The column headings for each individual which are transcribed and online are Date of Landing; Name of Emigrant or Head of Family; From what Country; Via what Seaport Town; Destination; Condition, general appearance, health; No. of male adults; No. of Female adults; No. under 6 years; No. over 6 years and under 12
The column headings in the original ledgers which are not transcribed are in what Township Employed as Servants; In what Township settled, or bought land; Amount of passage tickets issued; Amount of provisions; Amount of Medical aid; amount of Capital brought by them; General Remarks.
August 20, 2007
Palatine (German Palatinate) History
PALATINE HISTORY
by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
Copyright © 1996
Excerpt:
"The Palatinate or German PFALZ, was, in German history, the land of the Count Palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Geographically, the Palatinate was divided between two small territorial clusters: the Rhenish, or Lower Palatinate, and the Upper Palatinate.
While the land of the Palatinate was good for its inhabitants, many of whom were farmers, vineyard operators etc., its location was unfortunately subject to invasion by the armies of Britain, France, and Germany. Mother Nature also played a role in what happened, for the winter of 1708 was particularly severe and many of the vineyards perished. So, as well as the devastating effects of war, the Palatines were subjected to the winter of 1708-09, the harshest in 100 years.
The scene was set for a mass migration. At the invitation of Queen Anne in the spring of 1709, about 7 000 harassed Palatines sailed down the Rhine to Rotterdam. From there, about 3000 were dispatched to America, either directly or via England, under the auspices of William Penn. The remaining 4 000 were sent via England to Ireland to strengthen the protestant interest....."
Read the complete article History of the Palatines or start your search for Palatine ancestors in
Palatine Ships' Lists to PA
Palatine Ships' Lists to NY
Palatine Child Apprentices 1710-1714
Family Names
Palatine Denizations (Naturalizations) 1708
[The full article has been published, with my permission as Irish Palatine Story on the Internet in Irish Palatine Association Journal, No. 7 December 1996]
by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
Copyright © 1996
Excerpt:
"The Palatinate or German PFALZ, was, in German history, the land of the Count Palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Geographically, the Palatinate was divided between two small territorial clusters: the Rhenish, or Lower Palatinate, and the Upper Palatinate.
While the land of the Palatinate was good for its inhabitants, many of whom were farmers, vineyard operators etc., its location was unfortunately subject to invasion by the armies of Britain, France, and Germany. Mother Nature also played a role in what happened, for the winter of 1708 was particularly severe and many of the vineyards perished. So, as well as the devastating effects of war, the Palatines were subjected to the winter of 1708-09, the harshest in 100 years.
The scene was set for a mass migration. At the invitation of Queen Anne in the spring of 1709, about 7 000 harassed Palatines sailed down the Rhine to Rotterdam. From there, about 3000 were dispatched to America, either directly or via England, under the auspices of William Penn. The remaining 4 000 were sent via England to Ireland to strengthen the protestant interest....."
Read the complete article History of the Palatines or start your search for Palatine ancestors in
Palatine Ships' Lists to PA
Palatine Ships' Lists to NY
Palatine Child Apprentices 1710-1714
Family Names
Palatine Denizations (Naturalizations) 1708
[The full article has been published, with my permission as Irish Palatine Story on the Internet in Irish Palatine Association Journal, No. 7 December 1996]
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