"German and Luxembourg Heritage"

Recently, while on sabbatical, I taught two classes on German and Luxembourger immigration at Iowa State University as part of its "ISU for Seniors" Program.  Below are several of the online resources that I recommended to the sixty-five individuals enrolled.  Perhaps these URLs will be useful to you:

LISTSERVS FOR ANCESTRAL SEARCHES:  Click on term at left.

Genealogy  Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet

GenWeb   Germany GenWeb Project

Listservs Germany-Prussia Listservs

Trier Roots   Trier Roots (in Germany and in Luxembourg) Listserv

Reflections   "Reflections of Luxembourg in the Midwestern United States": Essay by Suzanne Bunkers

Luxembourgers in the Midwestern U.S.   Suzanne's photos of Luxembourg settlements

Luxembourg Resources    Suzanne's Favorite Links on the WWW

LOC Chronology   Library of Congress: Chronology of Germans in America

German-Americans    The German-Americans: an Ethnic Experience by Adams et al

E-Museum     German Immigration MSU E-museum at Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

Max Kade  The Max Kade German-American Center

German Americana   German Americana on the Web

German Corner German-American Homeport

Immigrant Culture   German Immigrant Culture in America: Dr. Peter Merrill's 1994 course at Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

 Family Migration    Roll Family: German Migration to the U.S.

Cyndi's List  Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
 

SHIPS AND PASSENGER LISTS:

Suggestions    "Finding Passenger Lists & Immigration Records 1820-1940s: Arrivals at US ports from Europe" by Joe Beine

Excerpt from Joe Beine's Introduction: This is a listing of indexes to passenger arrival records (also called immigration records or ship manifests) in the United States from 1820 to the 1940s, including microfilm, CD-Roms, books and online indexes. If you find your ancestor(s) listed in any of these sources you should then always consult the original passenger lists. Microfilm copies of the passenger lists themselves and the microfilmed indexes listed here are available from the National Archives (NARA) and some of its branches. They can also be ordered for viewing (for a small fee) at a Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- the links marked "FHL" will take you to webpages with Family History Library microfilm roll numbers. Some public libraries (especially genealogy libraries) may also carry these items.

LANGUAGES:

Surname origins   German surnames and their origins

Low Saxon      Plautdietsch: A Mennonite Low German Dictionary by Herman Rempel

Low German origins  A Few Words about Low Saxon (Low German)

Low German  Wikipedia's Low German Language Site

Dialects   Low German Dialects

Plattmaster  Plattmaster's Low German Site

Letsebuergesch defined  Letzebuergesch  (Luxembourgish)

Luxembourgish Today   Luxembourgish: the Language as it is Today

"Silent Night"   The Song in Letzebuergesch