German Immigrants in Church Records in the State of Kentucky

Authors

Deborah Mocke, Brigham Young University
Roger P. Minert, PhD, Brigham Young University

Keywords

German genealogical research, German Protestant church records, immigration

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

History

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to assist in the furthering of German genealogical research, by making German Protestant church records in America more accessible to people with German ancestry. In the 2000 U.S. Census, nearly one in six people reported their ancestry as German. “42.8 million people (15 percent of the population) considered themselves to be of German (or part-German) ancestry,” making Germans the largest ancestral group in America. 1 Since the eighteenth century about seven million Germans immigrated to North America. The most challenging task in Germanic family history in the United States is the identification of the hometown in Germany, without which no family tree can be compiled.

Recommended Citation

Mocke, Deborah and Minert, PhD, Roger P. (2019) "German Immigrants in Church Records in the State of Kentucky," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2019: Iss. 2019, Article 27.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2019/iss2019/27