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Databases at RootsWeb WorldConnect with Emslanders in MO or IL

Adair, Charles Steven - database: adair9 Adair
Some Emslanders in Cole County, MO:
BORGMANN, HAKE, KEMPKER

Adams, David - database :952968 David Adams Family
Some Emslanders who went from St. Louis to IA to NE
SAND, SCHULTE

Brengle, Britt - database: brengle The Brengle Family Tree
Some Emslanders in Clinton County, IL:
ALBERS, FANGMEYER, HILMES, MAUE, NIEBUR

Brown, Lynn D - database: mattb5 Our Family Tree
Some Emslanders in St. Clair County, IL, moved to KS
BUNNING, EILERS

Chestnut, Don - database chestnut Our Ancestors
Some Emslanders in Edwardsville, IL
BANGE, BRUEGGEN, LAMMERS

Crespo, Elenore - database mandaley From Buchal to Younger and Inbetween
Some Emslanders in Cole County, MO
RACKERS, TELLMANN

Easley DeMarce, Virginia - database: ved St. Louis
Some Emslanders in St. Louis, MO
ALBERS, BUSEN, BUETER/BETER

Edith S - database lykit Laux & Rakers, Peinemann & Gerlach; etc
Some Emslanders in Cole County, MO
KROEGER, MOELLER, PRENGER, RAKERS, ROLFES, ROLING, RUCKERS, SANNING, SCHNIEDERS, TALKEN, TELLMAN, WALKIN

Elliott, Joseph - database jtelliott Elliott/Setter
Emslanders in Cole County, MO
KERPERIN, WOLKEN

Gaj, Russell - database russgaj: German Settlers, Florissant, MO
Many names of Emslanders in Florissant, MO

Halm, David - database: haverhill iowa Haverhill, Marshall County, IA
Emslanders primarily in IA but also in Menominee, IL & vicinity:
ALBERS, BUDDEN, FLEEGE, FREESE, HARDE (HARODE), IMHOLT, KLAAS, KNOLL, KOBBE, KOPEL, LEMKER, RICKE, SCHUELTING, WAGEMESTER, WELP, WILKEN, WUEBBEN and more

Harris, T Wayne - database 1224494 Harris Family Tree
Emslanders in Germantown, IL
ESS, KUNNEKE

Huppe de LaGroya, J Philippe - database :1827221 huppe 2
An Emsland family in Cole County, MO
TELLMANN

Inman, Sharon - database grandprix22 The Linkeman Family Genealogy
Some Emslanders in Edwardsville, IL
BANGE, BRUEGEN, LAMMERS

Jackson, Michael Stephen - database bescheinenmsj Bescheinen, Whalen...to MO
LAMMERS, RAKERS, SANNING

Koehler, Jean Zacha - database "jeanzk" Christopher's Ancestors
Unfortunately, this database no longer contains useful information.

Knutson, Wendy - database ranchwj My family: Gutzman and Post Family
Some Emslanders in St. Louis, MO
BOOK, TOEBBEN

Kuelker, Rebecca - database :1083642 Rebecca Kuelker
Some Emslanders in St. Louis, MO
HAAR, HARDEBECK

Lager, Fred - database: Fred_lager The Lager Rausch . . . Genealogy Page
Some Emslanders in Clinton County, IL and Nodaway County, MO
LAGER, WOEBBEN

Lowry, Ann - database: ann-lowry My family Sitzer, Bornhoft, Cox etc
Some Emslanders in Cole County, MO
THALKEN, WEEKAMP

Moravian Connection moravianconnect
Emslanders in Clinton County, IL
BERNSEN, HAAR, HEIMAN, SCHURMAN, WILKEN

Mullen, Kelly - database :380485 Boss and Mullen Family Tree
one Emslander in Alton, Madison County, IL
THELKEN

Richards, Deborah - database :1685745 Seitz/Richards Family
Emslanders in Clinton County, IL
HILMES, RICHTER, UHLEN

Sexton, Gus - database sexton Wolken, Lickteig, Schneider etc.
Many Emslanders in Cole County, MO, and in KS including:
HAKE, JANSEN, KERPERIN, MOELLER, OTTEN, POETKER, PRENGER, RAKERS, ROBBEN, ROCKERS, ROLLING, SANDT, SCHNIEDERS, TEIPEN, THESSEN, TOEBBEN, WOLKEN and more

Wessling, Rick - database rickawess Rick's Ancestors
HOELSCHER, LAMMERS

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Personal Genealogy Homepages

Bernsen, Olivia A: FTM webpage Family Trails to Texas
Emslanders in Clinton County, IL, and Texas
BERNSEN, BRUEMMER, HEIMAN, SCHUERMANN, WILKENS

Brumbaug, Kay: FTM webpage Descendants of Joseph Engelken
Enslanders (mostly Engelken) in St. Louis, MO, Jo Daviess County, IL, Alamakee County, IA, and Nemeha, KS
ENGELKEN, KUPER, SCHULTE

Budden, John: Budde-Budden-Kefing Descendants
Emslanders in Menominee, IL
BUDDE, BUDDEN, HOPPMAN

Elliott, Jim: FTM site Descendants of Franciscus Bernardus Athmer
ATHMER, HILMES, WILKEN

Gorrell, George: FTM site The Gorrell's of Penn., Ohio, and Indiana: Descendants of Frank Tepe
One Emslander in Quincy, IL
LINNEMAN

Labath, Cathy Joynt and Jo Banks: Our Families - Descendants of Heinrich Westendorf
Emslander Westendorf in Davenport, IA
WESTENDORF

The Moravian Connection (http://www.gendex.com/users/heinrich)
Emslanders in Clinton County, MO
BERNSEN, HAAR, HEIMAN, SCHURMAN, WILKEN

Rausch, Rodney and Marjie: Marjie's Ancestors - Bernard Wolken page
Emslanders in south St. Louis, MO
WESTER, WOLKEN

Tappel, Bernard Descendants of Joannes Tappel
http://home.earthlink.net/~tappel/famhist/descendan/index.htm
Emslanders in central MO
TAPPEL

Weber, Joseph Brian: FTM sites The Joseph Weber Family Info Depot; Descendants of Henry George Menken and Descendants of John Menken (Menke)
Emslanders in Clinton County, IL, and neighboring counties
HOFF

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Books - misc.

No attempt will be made here to include all books written about locations in Emsland or about locations in the American Mid-West where Emslanders settled. Mentioned below are only books which have been helpful for this project, especially those which were the source of some information about an emigrant listed on this website. Books which contain Missouri and Illinois records can be found under MO and IL records and other resources.

Emsland

Auswanderungsliste fuer die Fruehere Pfarrgemeinde Twist in den Jahren 1838 - 1910 nach Amerika, published by the Gemeinde Twist.

This book devotes one page to each emigrating family, supplying valuable birth information for each individual and names of parents, grandparents, and in some cases, great-grandparents.

Bechtluft, Horst H, 200 Jahre Moorkolonien Twist, 1786-1986, Ein Lesebuch and den Anfaengen, compiled by Horst H. Bechtluft, published by Gemeinde Twist, 1986.

The chapter entitled Twister Auswanderung nach USA - Neuanfang in der Neuen Welt by Horst H Bechtluft and Hermann Levelink has a list of families which emigrated from St. George parish in Twist to America and gives the names of both emigrating parents, how many children they had and the year of emigration.

Behnen, Elisabeth et al., Berssen - Ein Dorf im Emsland - Orts- und Kirchenchronik, published by the Gemeinden Gross Berssen and Klein Berssen, 2000.

This book contains a very useful list of emigrants from Gross and Klein Berssen. Those listed were born in one of those villages and they registered their intent to emigrate with the parish. Entries for the years 1842 to 1873 contain date and place of birth, parents' names and year of emigration. Earlier and later entries have less information.

Tandecki, Norbert and Reinhard Cloppenburg, Status Animarum, 1749 - see details under Emsland Church Records, Status Animarum.

Tenfelde, Walter, Auswanderungen und Auswanderer aus dem ehemaligen Kreise Lingen nach Nordamerika, publ: Heimatverein Lingen (Ems), Lingen 1998, ISBN: 3-9800064-6-8.

A book listing emigrants from the former Kreise Lingen - an excellent resource for this project!
See above section, Emsland - Civil Records, for more details.

Illinois - Clinton County

McDonough, Brink and Co, History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois; Philadelphia, Corresponding Office, Edwardsville, IL, 1881

Especially helpful were the tables at the end of this book which listed some residents of the various townships with their place of origin, year of arrival in Illinois and often the wife's name.

Aviston Centennial, Aviston, IL, 1964, 100 Years and Progress, the Aviston Centennial Historical Committee, Clinton County, IL, 1964

Brueggemann, Hilda, History of Germantown Township, self-published Clinton County, IL, no year.

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Illinois - St. Clair County

Marxkors, Dr. Heintz, compiler, Emigrants from the area of the former County of Lingen, part of the former Diocese of Osnabrueck, part of the Kingdom of Hannover, emigrated to St. Libory, St. Claire County, IL, USA, Bielefeld, 1999

Marxkors, Dr. Heintz, compiler, Emigrants from the area of the former County of Meppen, part of the former Dukedom of Arenberg-Meppen, part of the Kingdom of Hannover, emigrated to St. Libory, St. Claire County, IL, USA, Bielefeld, 2000

Marxkors, Dr. Heintz, compiler, Emigrants from the area of the former County of Hummling part of the former Dukedom of Arenberg-Meppen part of the former Kingdom of Hannover, emigrated to St. Libory, St. Clair County, IL, USA, Bielefeld, 2000

All 3 of Dr. Marxkors' books contain quite a bit of detail about the emigrants listed (always date and place of birth and parents' names, usually marriage information and children's information, sometimes death information and emigration information.) They are available at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters on Lindbergh Blvd in the St. Clair County section R977-389.

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Missouri - Cole and Osage Counties

Gentges, Margaret H., Births and Baptisms in Osage County, Missouri, prior to the 1880 Federal Census, of Children and Spouses of Immigrant Families, self-published, Osage County, MO, 1995

Gentges, Margaret H, Immigrants to Osage County, Missouri and their Immigrant Ships, self-published, Osage County, MO, 1995

Both books by Margaret H Gentges also contain information on some Emslanders who settled in adjacent Cole County. These books are on the shelves of the St. Louis County Library Headquarters on Lindbergh Blvd in the Osage County section R977.858.

History of St. Francis Xavier Church, Taos, Missouri, Illustrated 1838-1988, St. Francis Xavier Sesquicentennial Committee, Taos, Cole County, MO, Library of Congress No. 88-061208

Hoer, Cletus - books listing births, marriages and deaths in and around Westphalia, Osage County, IL - see Osage County, MO records.

Illustrated Sketch Book and Directory of Jefferson City and Cole County 1900, J W Johnston, Editor. (A photocopy of this book is on the shelfs at the MO State Archives.)

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Sources of Information