This collection of letters, dating from 1869 to 1932, includes letters exchanged by members of the extended Baur/Eichner family. Most of the letters were sent to Christian Baur, who immigrated to the United...

Individuals mentioned in the Baur-Eichner Family Letters

Individuals mentioned in the Ziegenhagen Family Letters. Franz (or Frank) Ziegenhagen, born in 1825, married Regina Riemer in 1848 in Damnitz, Kreis Schlochau, West Prussia. They had five children who...

Letters sent to John L. Schulz (1833–1907), born Johann Lorenz Schulz, of Sappington, Missouri. Born in the Oberfranken region of Bavaria, he was largely raised in the community of Issigau. In 1853,...

Franz (Frank) Ziegenhagen and Dorothea (Dora) Schmidt, his second wife, emigrated from Steinborn, Kreis Schlochau, West Prussia (now Słupia, Gmina Debrzno, Poland), a small farming community. Franz and...

The Hilgard family circle includes people who appear in three correspondences: 1) between the Engelmann siblings to their sister Margarethe Hilgard, née Engelmann 2) between Henry Villard alias Heinrich...