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Internet Resources
Research Sites
- AltaVista/SYSTRAN Internet Translation
- instantly translates any text or web page (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish).
- German-English On-Line Dictionary
- a searchable translator with over 130,000 entries.
- Repositories of Primary Sources (U. of Idaho)
- lists over 2,000 websites concerning archival, rare, and historical materials. The list is arranged by geographic region, then by the title of the institution.
- Scholar's Guide to the World Wide Web
- an extensive list of links to useful websites for researchers & historians.
Documents and Resources Online
- Arthur Carl Piepkorn Center for
Evangelical Catholicity
- This site includes biographical material and copies of the writings of
Arthur Carl Piepkorn. The center "is a
religious non-profit organization established to make the personal and
professional written works of Arthur Carl Piepkorn (1907-1973+), Pastor,
U.S. Army Chaplain, Professor of Lutheran Symbolics, and Confessor of the
Faith available on the Internet and on digital media at little or no cost to
users." The center's address is:
- The Arthur Carl Piepkorn Center for Evangelical Catholicity
76 Willowbrook Road
Storrs, CT 06268-2205
Director, Philip J. Secker, Th.D.
www.Piepkorn.info
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Project Wittenberg
- This site contains electronic text of the works of Martin Luther and other Lutheran resources, including LCMS documents.
- The Writings of Edward
H. Schroeder
- This site contains copies of the writings of Edward H. Schroeder.
- The Writings of
Robert W. Bertram
- This site contains copies of the writings of Robert W. Bertram.
Lutheran History Online
- Archivaria
- A web site devoted to the history of Germans in and around Buffalo,
New York, including translations of documents related to J. A. A.
Grabau and the Buffalo Synod.
- George Wenner,
The Lutherans of New York: Their Story and Their Problems
- A Project Gutenberg Ebook
Genealogy Sites
- Acadian Genealogy Homepage
- An Acadian-Cajun resource site, providing visitors information of
available "specific family" genealogy CD-ROMs, a graphic image of your
own Family Crest and tons of Acadian-Cajun historical text information.
- Ancestry.com
- offers a variety of information, including the opportunity to search for your family name and to add your family tree to its database.
- Eden
Theological Seminary Archives
- One of the archives of the United Church of Christ, particularly of the
Evangelical Synod of North America and its churches in the Midwest,
especially in the Saint Louis area - see its
Research Guides web page.
- Everton's Genealogical Helper
- a subscription-based site with online resources.
- Family Tree Maker Online
- an excellent kick-off point, the site offers surname searches and more.
- Family Tree Searcher: Find Family Trees
Easily
- Enter your ancestor information just once to search for family trees at multiple online genealogy databases.
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GenBookSource.com
- An online genealogical and historical resource offering rare books in a
digital format that makes them much more affordable. The books include
in-depth histories, biographies, photographs and maps that will add more
than just names and dates to a family history.
- Genealogy: Advice for Effective
Searches
- Answer a series of simple questions and get free, customized advice on the most effective next steps in your genealogy search.
- Genealogy Home Page
- an enormous clearinghouse of links to genealogical sites, software, mailing lists, and more.
- Genealogy Online
- a collection of chat rooms, databases, and other genealogical resources.
GenWiki- GenWiki is designed to become the main source for genealogy in the
German-speaking areas of the world. The pages will be maintained by the
Society for Computergenealogy e. V..
- Guide
to Lutheran Church Records (St. Louis County Library)
- Lutheran Church History and Records Online
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church
(Saint Louis, Missouri)
Baptisms (1850-1865)
Baptisms (1866-1869)
Confirmands (1851-1866)
Confirmands (1870-1897)
Marriages (1850-1874)
Deaths (1851-1885)
Old Bethlehem Cemetery Burials
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church
(Sylvan Grove, Kans.) History
- Drammen
Lutheran Church (Eau Claire Co., Wis.) Birth Records
Holy Cross Lutheran
Church (Wartburg, Monroe County, Illinois) Data extracted from records;
includes all deaths, births before 1 Jan 1931 and marriages before 1950
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Immanuel Lutheran Church (Saint Louis, Missouri) Baptisms (1848-1909)
St.
John Lutheran Church (Monticello, Iowa) Church Records
- St. John Lutheran Church
(Lincoln, Kans.) History
- St. Matthew Lutheran Church (Penn Township, York County, Pennsylvania),
1743-1799
- St. Paul Lutheran Church (Columbia,
Illinois), Family Register
- St. Paul Lutheran Church (Preble) (Decatur, Indiana)
- Cemetery Records
- Trinity Lutheran Church (Millstadt,
Illinois), Confirmation Records, 1850-1921
- Trinity Union Lutheran and Reformed Church (Bucks County, Pa.), 1751-1800
- "Lutheran Roots" Genealogy Exchange
- two sections: the Family Registry, where you can post and look up Lutheran surnames; and the Message Board, where you can post questions about genealogy to other researchers.
- Lutheriden Homepage
- a site for information on descendants of Martin Luther
- National Genealogical Society
- the home site of the Arlington, Virginia-based NGS.
- Online Genealogical Database Index
- links to "all known genealogical databases".
- Resource
Page for the Windheim Kirchspiel
- a resource site for the German Evangelical parish of Windheim in
Nordrhein-Westfalen, from which many immigrants to Fort Wayne, Indiana, came
in the period 1835-1900; includes transcriptions of parish records from
microfilm provided to the LDS church by the German State Archives at
Bielefeld covering the years 1669-1800; primary focus is sociology of
Windheim villages with genealogical benefits from supporting materials
- Saint Louis Genealogical Society
- Founded in 1967, the SLGS is the largest local genealogical society in
the U.S. Its volunteers provide education and research opportunities and
collect, preserve and publish genealogical and historical records. The
society holds free monthly programs at the Saint Louis County Library
Headquarters at 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., and sponsors a fair, the largest
one-day genealogical event in the Midwest, every spring. The society's web
site includes pages listing
Lutheran churches and
Lutheran clergy
in the Saint Louis area.
- Saint Louis Probate
Records, 1804-1865
- Scheimann Family Web
Page
- ancestors of Richard William Scheimann Sr. from Adams and Allen Counties
in Indiana. Some of them moved on to Seward County in Nebraska. Many of my
ancestors emigrated from villages in the Weser River Valley in Westphalia,
Germany, most of them between 1835 and 1855. Principal surnames include
Boese, Buuck, Blomenberg, Bieberich, Bultemeier, Gallmeyer, Kleinschmidt,
Koeble, Linnemeier, Prange, Scheimann, Scheiman, Scheumann, Stoppenhagen,
Weller, Werfelmann, Wiebke, Woebbeking, and Wyneken.
- Society for German Genealogy in
Eastern Europe
- University
of South Florida Tampa Campus Library
- a few online collections with a large collection of links to other genealogical resources.
- Wisconsin Name Index
- an online database that leads to more than 100,000 obituaries, personal
sketches and other short biographies of Wisconsin people; fees apply for
copies; for other genealogical resources on the Wisconsin Historical Society
web site, click here
- Wyneken
Genealogy Page
- page created and maintained by Matthew Wyneken, Freiburg, Germany
Lutheran Sites
- Book of Concord (The Lutheran Confessions)
- Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
ELS Historical Society
- Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (German)
- Folkekirken, the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark (Danish)(also in English)
Historic Trinity Lutheran
Church (Detroit, Michigan)
- Luther Academy
- Luther Academy is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of genuine confessional Lutheran theology and research. It sponsors publications and conferences which serve to promote genuine unity, on the basis of the Lutheran Confessions, of Lutherans in the United States and throughout the world.
- Lutheran Historical Society
- The Lutheran Historical Society, located at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
awards the Abdel Ross Wentz Prize in American Lutheran History annually to
one or more outstanding essays by students enrolled in a master's degree
program at a seminary, divinity school or department of religious studies.
Qualifying essays must combine original research with interpretive analysis
of any aspect of American Lutheran history or provide an interpretive
critique of other published literature in the field. For details visit the
Lutheran Historical Society website at www.abs.net/~lhs/prize.html.
The amount of the prize is $1,000.00.
- Lutherans.net
- Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche (German)
(also in English)
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Reformation Sites
- Civilization and the Protestant Reformation
- a straightforward text explaining the history, circumstances, and results of the Protestant Reformation.
- Crawford Reformation Guide
- " intended to provide easy access to the wealth of Internet information available on the reformation period".
- Department of Germanic Studies at Boston College
- an electronically accessible Index Verborum, drawn from a critical decade (1516-1525) of Dr. Martin Luther's writings.
- 500 Jahre Philipp Melanchthon (German)
(also in English)
- the official site of the celebration in honor of the 500th anniversary of Philipp Melanchthon's birth.
- Germany HQ
- Everything Germany, from A Map Of Germany to Wurzburg Germany.
- The Hall of Church History: The Reformers
- text and links from "Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys".
- The History of
Protestantism
- from the Bible Presbyterian Church, sections from Rev. J.A. Wylie's book available
in either text or Adobe Acrobat format.
- Luther Images
Online
- The Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has prepared a collection of
“Images of Luther” on its web site. The collection includes many examples of
portraits of the Reformer, as well as images illustrating events from his life and work.
- Reformation Ink
- includes recommended readings, along with a link to Amazon.com, where the works can be purchased and online resources detailing the history and theology of the Reformation.
- Sachsen-Anhalt (German)
(also in English)
- the official site of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, birth place of the Reformation.
- Treasures of the Saxon State Library: The Reformation in Germany
- the Library of Congress' exhibit on the birthplace of the Reformation.
Discussion Groups
- CHI News List
- The CHI News list is a moderated discussion list sponsored by Concordia
Historical Institute as a means of distributing information about the work
of the Institute and as a discussion forum for its members. Questions and
comments about the work of the Institute and about the history of
Lutheranism in America are welcome.
Click here to
subscribe. List members may use this means to ask questions or discuss
topics on American Lutheran history. The list is moderated, but
contributions by members are welcome.
- Wittenberg List
- an e-mail discussion group dealing with the history of the Lutheran Church.
Click here to join
this list.
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