History of the Palatines to America
History of the German and Swiss Palatines to America written in 1876 by Daniel Rupp. Includes the fascinating stories of their failed and successful settlements, the agents who recruited them, and dangers faced from the Indians. Many surnames are mentioned
Why Pennsylvania?
Why did so many German speaking immigrants come to Pennsylvania? Read what Peter Kalm, an author in the late 1700s, said.
Ship Passenger Lists to Pennsylvania
German-Speaking German, Swiss, Dutch & French (Palatine) immigrants
Quassick Creek Settlers, N.Y.
Names, Age and Occupation of those who accompanied Rev. Joshua Kocherthal, who settled on lands on Quassick Creek, then Dutchess County, N. Y., in the spring of 1709.
Livingston Manor, New York
Names of male Palatines (Germans) above twenty-one years old
in Livingston Manor, N. Y. in the winter of 1710 and summer 1711.
Pennsylvania German PioneersFree and Complete by Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Pennsylvania German Pioneers. Vol. I-II. 1934. at Ancestry.com.
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Try multiple spelling variations for each surname
Some of the original German handwriting was difficult to read.
Some of the original German names were written by English speaking clerks as they heard the name pronounced.
Surnames may be spelled differently today.
Some first names are abbreviated
**Rupp records the ship Robert and Alice incorrectly as Robert and Oliver.
***Rupp records the ship Friendship incorrectly as Nancy and Friendship
****Rupp records the ship Phoebe incorrectly as Pheba
*****Rupp records the brig Morning Star incorrectly as Morton Star
******Rupp records the ship Patience and Margaret incorrectly as Paliena and Margaret
Source: A Collection of upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776; Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Second Revised Edition, 1876, Philadelphia.
