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...

The Engelmann-Hilgard family circle includes members of the Engelmann and Hilgard families who migrated to the United States beginning in the 1830s and their relatives who remained behind in the German...

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...

This collection of letters, largely dating from 1882 to 1902, centers on immigrant Christian Conz and his siblings. Christian Conz emigrated from Güglingen, Württemberg, and eventually settled in Reading,...