LITERATURE AND RESEARCH RESOURCES
Bibliography
1985 - Our People One Century after the arrival of Friedrich and Katharina Meidinger. Published by the Friedrich and Katharina (Thurn) Meidinger Book Committee, William E. Meidinger, Chairman, Wishek, North Dakota
Biewer, Ludwig 1997. Kleine Geschichte Pommerns (Taschenbuch). Bund der Vertriebenen - Vereinigte Landsmannschaften und Landesverbände e.V. [An English translation titled "Short History of Pomerania" appears on Heinz Radde's site at: http://radde1.tripod.com/HistoryPomerania.html
Bitz, Luella and Halverson, Carol 1978. Just Heritage 1838-1978. 141 p. Published by Luella Bitz and Carol Halvorson, Lodi, CA
Blum, Jerome 1982. The village and the family. p. 9-32. In Our Forgotten Past. Jerome Blum (ed.) Thames and Hudson, England
Borcke, Rüdiger von 1970. Heimatbuch Kreis Regenwalde.
Carsten, F.L 1954. The Origins of Prussia. 309 p. fold. map. Oxford Univ. Press, London.
Carsten, F.L 1989. A History of the Prussian Junkers. Scolar Press, Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Gower Pub. Co., viii, 215 p.
Engel, Dr. 1874. Die Gemeinden und Gutsberzirke der Provinz Pommern und ihre Bevölkerung. Nach den Urmaterialien allgemeinen Volkszählung vom 1 December 1871. bearbeitet und zusammengestellt vom Königlichen Statistischen Bureau. Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Bureaus Berlin.
Gädtke, Horst 1997. Pommersche Reminiszenzen. Teil II - Pommersche Dorfgeschichte - Lassehne, Timmenhagen, Strippow-Herst.: Druckerei Heinen, 53902 Bad Münstereifel. ISBN 3-924383-07-3 - Brosch.. 218 Seiten.
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1985. Two Worlds for our Children. 36+ p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1987. Pomeranians - The Persistent Pioneers. 99+ p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Holt, Nellie Beardsley 1951. Beardsley Genealogy - The Family of William Beardsley - One of the first settlers of Stratford, Connecticut.
Koch, H.W. 1978. A History of Prussia. Longman. London. 326 p.
Maas, Gene and Norma (eds.) 1989. Descendants of Carl, Julius, and Johanna Maass. 272+ p. CompuType Business Services, Riverside, CA
Maas, Gene and Norma 1997. Descendants of Carl, Julius, and Johanna Maass - Addendum. 56+ p. CompuType Business Services, Riverside, CA
Maaß, Carl 1963. Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Band 134: 381-478. Fünfter Ostfriesenband Genealogisches Handbuch bürgerlicher Familien. Herausgeber: Regierungs-Vizepräsident a. D. Dr. jur. Edmund Sturtz. Verlag von C.A. Starke /Limburg an der Lahn.
Neuschäffer, Hubertus c1994. Schlösser und Herrenhäuser in Hinterpommern : ein Handbuch über Häuser und Güter mit Bildern / Hubertus Neuschäffer. Leer [Germany] : G. Rautenberg.
Saysse-Tobiczyk, Kazimierz . 1963. In Western Pomerania. Polonia Publishing House. Warsaw. 168 p.
Sieber, Helmut. Schlösser und Herrensitze in Pommern. Nach alten Stichen und Vorlagen. Frankfurt am Main, W. Weidlich, 1959
Smith, Eugene W. 1978. Passenger Ships of the World - Past and Present. George H. Dean Co. Boston, Mass.
St. Andrews Lutheran Church 1893-1993. Published by the Book Committee of St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Zeeland, ND for the centennial celebration June 12-13, 1993.
Sternberg, Paul; Savage, Janice and Savage, Jerry 2007. Pomeranian Genealogy, Culture and History. 263+ p. Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota, Golden Valley, MN.
Vollack, Manfred 1999 Das Kolberger Land. Seine Städte und Dörfer. Ein pommersches Heimatbuch. Bearb. u. hrsg. im Auftr. d. Heimatkreises Kolberg-Körlin.
Williams, Deward C. 1969. The Blackwelder Family of Germany and America 1556-1969. Mt. Carmel, IL
Other references to historical and genealogical literature
Blum, Jerome (ed.) 1982. Our Forgotten Past. 240+ p. Thames and Hudson, London, England
Bonsor, N.R.P. 1975- . North Atlantic Seaway : an illustrated history of the passenger services linking the Old World with the New in four volumes. Newton Abbot [Eng.] : David & Charles
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1985. One Cubit of Stature. 79+ p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1985. Bridge to Another World. 44+ p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1986. By the Content of their Character. 77+ p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1987. Odin's Inheritors - The Pomeranians and Other Teutons. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1987. The Essays: Odin's Inheritors - The Pomeranians and Other Teutons. 88+ p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1988. Baltic Teutons: Pioneers of America's Frontier. 89+ p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Gruenwald, Myron E. 1994. Don't Get Me Confused with That Other Person. 97 p. Die Pommerschen Leute, Oshkosh, WI
Heaps, Willard A. 1967. The Story of Ellis Island. Seabury Press, New York.
Lloyd's Register. Steamers 1897-1898.
Smith, Clifford N. and Smith, A. P. 1976. Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research. R. R. Bowker Co. New York. 273 p.
References to aids and guides for genealogical research
Bentz, Edna M. 1982 (rev. 1987) . If I Can, You Can Decipher Germanic Records. 78 pp. Edna M. Bentz, San Diego, CA [A useful handbook of Germanic script; Latin, English, German and Danish terminology; and glossaries of occupations and illnesses]
Brandt, E.R., Bellingham, M., Cutkomp, K., Frye, K., and Lowe, P.A. 1995. Germanic Genealogy - A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns. 370 pp. Germanic Genealogy Society, St. Paul, MN [An invaluable guide for beginning and advanced genealogists who are searching for their Germanic ancestors.]
Eakle, Arlene and Cerny, Johni. 1984. The Source - A Guidebook of American Genealogy. Ancestry Publishing Co. Salt Lake City, Utah. 786 pp. [The most complete reference book available today for genealogical research]
Thode, Ernest 1992. German - English Genealogical Dictionary. 286+ pp. Genealogical Pub. Co. Inc. Baltimore, MD [An invaluable dictionary for word-by-word translations of Germanic genealogical terms and documents. Contains at least 30,000 entries and is an excellent supplement to a standard German - English dictionary]
Maps and Gazeteers
Historischer Atlas von Pommern, Karte 3, Karte der Historischen Dorfformen, 18 Jahrh, Vol. 3, 1963. Published by Franz Engel [An 18th century map of Western Pomerania]
Karte des Deutschen Reiches, Reichsamt fur Landesaufnahme, Berlin. [This collection of historic 1:100,000 scale topographic maps of Germany (674 sheets) is available on microfiche from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. These 19th century maps are so detailed that churches, windmills, guts, and other buildings are depicted.]
Strassen - 1999 Auto-Atlas - Deutschland + Europa. 252 pp. Ravenstein Verlag GMBH, Bad Soden/TS Germany. [Maps of Germany and Switzerland (1:250,000), Austria (1:400,000), and Europe (1:4,000,000)]
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