Pennsylvania German Pioneers 3 volume set
- Author: Strassburger and Hinke
- SKU: 1345
- ISBN: 0929539982
- Our Price:
$199.50
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Description:
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS: The Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of
Philadelphia 1727 to 1808. By c. Three vol; 864, 928 and 768 pages. Printed
endsheets in all 3 vol; 25 maps, portraits, documents, and paintings. 503
pages of indexes, including a complete index of the names of the 29,902
signers; indexes of captains, of ships, of officials & merchants, and list
of Christian names (both male & female). Smythe sewn and hard cover. 1992 (1934).
"Strassburger and Hinke are an essential source for German immigration
researchers and Picton Press presents it in the durable format such a
resource deserves." - Der Kurier, publication of the Mid-Atlantic Germanic
Society.
"As always, Picton Press published this series with heavy acid-free paper,
sewn bindings, hard covers in quality linen, and full standard size; these
books are larger than their counterparts by other publishers. Libraries
will want the full set and individuals will want, at the least, the new
Volume 2 containing the signatures." - The Detroit Society for Genealogical
Research Magazine.
"In completeness and accuracy these lists easily surpass all those that
have gone before. In order to enable the genealogist to settle disputed
spellings for himself, the entire second volume of the publication has been
given over to the reproduction in facsimile of all available signatures. It
is a model in method, in the accomplishment of its aim, in setting a
standard for future works of this kind." - The Pennsylvania Magazine of
History and Biography (1935)
Since its publication in 1934 almost two generations ago Strassburger and
Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers has been the cornerstone, virtually
the bible, of all Pennsylvania German genealogical research. Its three
volumes contain the verbatim passenger lists, including the original
signatures, of virtually all of the 30,000 heads of German-speaking
families who arrived in the port of Philadelphia during the fifty years
prior to the American Revolution. The total of 65,000 passengers covered in
these lists represent roughly two-thirds of all German-speaking immigrants
who arrived in American during the almost one hundred years 1683-1775!
Owning a set of Pennsylvania German Pioneers is absolutely essential to any
research on German-speaking immigrants prior to the American
Revolution!
This is the first complete reprint of Pennsylvania German Pioneers. Also,
our reprint includes a new Introduction by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, CG;
corrections of the few lists incorrectly identified; and reference to the
two lists not found in 1934. If you purchased the incomplete 2 volume
reprint done in 1966 and reprinted in 1980, you will want to purchase the
missing middle volume (Volume II above) to complete your set. Similarly,
libraries whose sets are incomplete for any reason can purchase the missing
volumes separately, as shown above.
