German Resources from the Brigham Young University Family History Department

If you have done any research in German language genealogy at the Brigham Young University Family History Library or at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. You probably became acquainted with the writings of Professor Roger P. Minert, a professor of family history at BYU.

Professor Minert has listed 116 books about genealogy and family history on WorldCat.org. I attended the Foundation for Eastern European Family History Studies Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended a number of classes on German research. Professor Minert's name was frequently mentioned. I looked up his publications on WorldCat.org and decided to write about these resources in order to start writing about German genealogical research.

Here is the list to get started. This is the first in a series of posts about German records. These are just the books written by Professor Minert or co-authored. I think you might be interested in some of the books from just one BYU professor if you have German ancestors and this is not a complete list.

Minert, Roger P. Against the Wall: Johann Huber and the First Mormons in Austria, 2015.

———. Alsace-Lorraine place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Alte Kirchenbücher richtig lesen.: Hand- und Übungsbuch für Familiengeschichtsforscher. Wuppertal: Brockhaus, 2008.

———. Baden place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Bavaria place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Brandenburg place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Braunschweig, Oldenburg, and Thuringia place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Consolidated Index to German Immigrants in American Church Records, Volumes 1 through 14, 2015.

———. Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents: Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Historical Manuscripts, 2013.

———. Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents: Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Vital Records Written in Germany. Woods Cross, Utah: GRT Publications, 2001.

———. East Prussia place names index: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Gerhard Henrich Meinert: His Ancestors and His Descendants. Woods Cross, Utah: GRT Publications, 2000.

———. German census records, 1816-1916: the when, where, and how of a valuable genealogical resource, 2016.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. Volume 9, Volume 9,. Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 2010.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. Volume 15, Volume 15, 2014.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. Volume 16, Part 1 Volume 16, Part 1, 2014.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. Volume 17, Volume 17, 2015.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. Volume 19, Volume 19, 2016.

———. Hanover place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Hesse-Nassau place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Hesse place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. In Harm’s Way: East German Latter-Day Saints in World War II. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.

———. Kingdom of Saxony (with Anhalt) place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Mecklenburg place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Palatinate place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Pomerania place names index: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Posen Place Name Indexes: Identifying Place Names Using Alphabetical and Reverse Alphabetical Indexes, 2015.

———. Province of Saxony place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Rhineland place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Schleswig-Holstein (with Bremen, Hamburg, and Lübeck) place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Silesia place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Spelling Variations in German Names: Solving Family History Problems through Applications of German and English Phonetics. Woods Cross, Utah: GRT Publications, 2009.

———. “The Influence of Student-Identified Factors on Enrollment in Foreign Language Courses in Public High Schools in the United States,” 1991.

———. The Rauth Family: From Bavaria to Galicia to the United States. Woods Cross, Utah: GRT Publications, 2000.

———. Under the Gun: West German and Austrian Latter-Day Saints in World War II. Provo, Utah: The Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.

———. Westphalia (with Hohenzollern, Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe, & Waldeck) place names indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. West Prussia place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

———. Württemberg Place Name Indexes:Identifying Place Names Using Alphabetical and Reverse Alphabetical Index. Woods Cross, Utah: GRT Publications, 2000.

———. Württemberg place name indexes: identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes, 2015.

Minert, Roger P, and Casidy A Andersen. German Immigrants in American Church Records. Vol. 6, Vol. 6,. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2008.

Minert, Roger P, and Jennifer A Anderson. German Immigrants in American Church Records. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2005.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. v. 1, v. 1,. Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2005.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. v. 2, v. 2,. Rockland], Me.: Picton Press, 2007.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. v. 3, v. 3,. Rockland], Me.: Picton Press, 2007.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. v. 4, v. 4,. Rockland, Me.: Picton Press, 2007.

———. German Immigrants in American Church Records. v. 5, v. 5,. Rockland, Me.: Picton Press, 2007.

Minert, Roger P, Kathryn Boeckel, and Caren Winters. Germans to America and the Hamburg Passenger Lists: Coordinated Schedules. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2007.

Minert, Roger P, Shirley J Riemer, and Susan E Sirrine. Researching in Germany: A Handbook for Your Visit to the Homeland of Your Ancestors. Sacramento, CA: Lorelei Press, 2013.

Riemer, Shirley J, Roger P Minert, and Jennifer A Anderson. The German Research Companion. Sacramento, CA: Lorelei Press, 2010.

Roger P. Minert. “UP Quiz: ‘Was Soll Man Denn Sagen?’” Unteteacgerm Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German 24, no. 1 (1991): 61–63.