Title: Nineteenth-Century Emigration of "Old Lutherans" from Eastern Germany (Mainly Pomerania and Lower Silesia) to Australia, Canada, and the United States ... Genealogical Research Monograph Number 7)
First published: June 2004
Description: This monograph summarizes most of the material of genealogical importance in Wilhelm Iwan's 1943 two-volume study, titled "Die altlutherische Auswanderung um die Mitte des 19 Jahrhundertz (The Old Lutheran Emigration Around the Middle of the Nineteenth Century.) Iwan's work contains large amounts of material of genealogical interest from the state archives in eastern Germany and western Poland. The voyages include the names and sometimes ages of passengers on ships bound for the U.S., Canada and Australia. About half are to Australia and the last voyage included in the monograph is about 1854.