Dive into the world of German and Swiss settlers in America during the 1700s-1800s. Explore immigration records, historical essays, and lists of emigrants to understand their experiences.
In order to receive this they were willing to uproot their lives in Germany and start their lives over in a strange place. It is this brave move that has made my family the hard working individuals they are. German immigration to America in the 1800’s typically Premium United States ...
Many Germans who immigrated in the 1850s did so as a result of the failed democratic revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in Vienna, Berlin and much of southwest Germany. They carried their political aspirations to America, where they formed a significant voting bloc, and introduced political ideologies...
A few years ago I visited the Bremerhaven Auswandererhaus (Emigration Museum), this year I paid a visit to Ellis Island, where many of the immigrants landed on the other side of the Atlantic. The museum houses the other half of the immigration story. I went, unsure of how much German ...
Protestants discontented with the Church of England formed the earliest religious settlements in North America. Soon, the colonies became a focal point for religious immigration as separatist Puritans and others established themselves in what were to become the 13 colonies. The non-separatist Anglicans...
Emigration, Giessen Emigration Society, Immigration, Utopia Emigrants hope for a better future One cannot go back. America is a melting pot for so many, as nearly all of our families were immigrants once. Once our own ancestors came here with their own dreams pinned with hope for a better ...
Push Factors Starvation Poverty Lack of political freedom Push-Pull Factors of Immigration Pull Factors Jobs Greater freedom and equality Abundant land Irish Immigrants Fled Ireland because of potato famine in 1840s Most were very poor. Settled in cities in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Penns...
Tame Blacks and Wild Blacks. The Tame blacks have picked up all the worst characteristics of the white man, and lost some of their own. They learn to drink grog and smoke; and become weak and lazy, content to live on the white man’s scraps, rather than exert themselves to get their...
Among Ute’s research interests are German immigration to the Midwest, research in the former Eastern Provinces of Prussia, and Jewish family history. Recently, Ute has been highly successful in using DNA to solve some of the most challenging cases of unknown origin of German immigrants. Ute is...