Pennsylvania German Pioneers Vol. 2
- Author: Strassburger and Hinke
- SKU: 1343
- ISBN: 0929539966
- Our Price: $89.50
-
Description:
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS: The Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia 1727 to 1808. By Ralph Beaver Strassburger; ed. by William John Hinke. Vol II (original lists, with signatures and marks) 928p, printed endsheets. Smythe sewn and hard cover.
"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!