German Immigrants in American Church Records Vol. 27 – Toledo, Ohio – Now Available.

Family Roots Publishing now has the first two of a number of Ohio-related volumes of German Immigrants in American Church Records available for purchase at the FRPC website. Following are the details on Volume 27, which covers Toledo, Ohio. A separate post was done for Volume 26 – Northwest Ohio.

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German Immigrants in American Church Records – Vol. 27: Toledo Ohio Protestant; Edited by Roger P. Minert; Ph.D., A.G.; 2019; 524 pp; Hard Cover; Every-name index; Acid Free Paper; ISBN 978-1-62859-257-3; Item #FR0663.

Dr. Minert and a team of researchers at BYU are currently involved in a project wherein they read and extract Americans’ German vital records from historic local church vital records. These church records often pinpoint German origins in the “old country.” Places and dates of birth, marriage, and previous residence in Germany are commonly found in these records. Dr. Minert estimates that 65-76 percent of historic local church records give an immigrant’s exact place of birth. Entries found in the volumes include people born in Switzerland.

Please note that there is a 3,968-surname index to this book at the web page for this book.

German Immigrants in American Church Records, Vol. 27.

Typical marriage entries from the St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio are as follows:

Sophia Lebbind b. Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; m. Toledo, OH 10 Aug 1872, Georg Seeland. Ref: p. 2:352.
Friedrich Wolf b. Holle (county), Nienburg, Hannover; m. Toledo, OH 8 Aug 1872, Minna Gottschalk. Ref: p. 2:353.
Minna Gottschalk b. Gratzow [?], Demmin, Pommern; m. Toledo, OH 8 Aug 1872, Friedrich Wolf. Ref: p. 2:353.
C. Friedrich Imoberstag b. Zweisimmen, Bern, Switzerland 1847; m. Toledo, OH 11 Aug 1872, Eleonore Knauss. Ref: p. 2:353.
Johann Heinrich Rosswieker b. Heinberg, Osnabrück, Hannover; m. Toledo, OH 22 Aug 1872, Maria Kieken. Ref: p. 2:353.
Maria Kieken b. Bissendorf, Osnabrück, Hannover; m. Toledo, OH 22 Aug 1872, Johann Heinrich Rosswieker. Ref: p. 2:353.
August Johann Friedrichs b. Waren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; m. Toledo, OH 30 Aug 1872, Maria Langhof. Ref: p. 2:353.
Maria Langhof b. Goldberg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; m. Toledo, OH 30 Aug 1872, August Johann Friedrichs. Ref: p. 2:353.
Charles Riegert b. Lauffen/Neckar, Württemberg; m. Toledo, OH 17 Sept 1872, Chatharina Maerk. Ref: p. 2:353.
Chatharina Maerk b. Emmelhofen, Württemberg; m. Toledo, OH 17 Sept 1872, Charles Riegert. Ref: p. 2:353.

p>The first 18 volumes of this ongoing series were published by Lewis Rohrbach of Picton Press. Following his death, Family Roots Publishing contracted with Dr. Minert to continue publication of the series – starting with volume 19, which also deals with Missouri church vital records. Volume 20 (St. Louis County and City I) was the first of a series dealing with St. Louis, Missouri church records. Volumes 21 through 25 are all St. Louis City entries. Volume 26 covers 15 of 16 Northwest Ohio Counties. Volume 27 covers Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio Protestant Churches.

This volume includes church vital records from Toledo Ohio Protestant Churches. The following eight churches have been extracted.