GIACR Project

Update: The local FamilySeach Centers have been required to eliminate their on-the-shelf books – either send them to the main library in Salt Lake or donate them locally. The Sacramento FamilySearch Center donated a lot of German books including this collection to us. The books are in 30 boxes and will be re-donated to other local libraries. Watch the websites home page for updates.

"This series is one of the most important, most professional, immigrant identification databases published in the last 100 years."

Publisher Lewis Bunker Rohrbach

Since 2005, Dr. Roger Minert and his group at Brigham Young University have been transcribing, indexing and publishing German-American church records in a series of volumes called German Immigrants in American Church Records [GIACR]. A current list is presented below. All are Protestant records.

List

Vol. 1: Indiana
Vol. 2: Wisconsin Northwest
Vol. 3: Wisconsin Northeast
Vol. 4: Wisconsin Southwest
Vol. 5: Wisconsin Southeast
Vol. 6: Nebraska
Vol. 7: Iowa West
Vol. 8: Iowa Northeast

Vol. 9: Iowa Southeast
Vol. 10: Illinois North
Vol. 11: Illinois, Cook County and Chicago

Vol. 12: Illinois Central
Vol. 13: Illinois South
Vol. 14: Illinois St. Clair County

Vol. 15: Michigan, excluding Detroit

Vol. 16: Detroit, Part I
Vol. 17: Detroit, Part II

Vol. 18: Minnesota, North & South Dakota

Vol. 19: Missouri (excluding St. Louis city & county)

Vol. 20: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City I

Vol. 21: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City II

Vol. 22: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City III

Vol. 23: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City IV

Vol. 24: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City V

Vol. 25: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City VI

Vol. 26: Northwest Ohio

Vol. 27: Ohio (Toledo)

Vol. 28: Northeast OhioVol. 29: Dayton Ohio, Protestant

Vol. 30: West Central Ohio, Protestant

Vol. 31: Southern Ohio Protestant

Vol. 32: Ohio - Cincinnati, Protestant I

Vol. 33: Ohio - Cincinnati, Protestant II

Vol. 34: Louisville, Kentucky Protestant I

Vol. 35: Louisville, Kentucky Protestant II

Vol. 36: Louisville, Kentucky Protestant III

Vol. 37: Kentucky excluding Loisville City

Vol. 38: Central Southern States

Vol. 39: Texis I

Vol. 40: Texas II

Vol. 41: Texas, Indiana, Nebraska and Wisonsin (continued)

Shelf at the Sacramento FamilySearch Library.

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As volumes became available, SGGS has been purchasing one of each for the Sacramento FamilySearch Library (on Eastern Ave).

These books are sold mail order by the Family Roots Publishing Co.

Donating to Make More Volumes Available

Dr. Roger P. Minert (2023)

German Immigration Research has been established as an entity under IRS regulations 501(c)(3) to allow for tax deductable donations. Go to www.germanresearch.org.
The primary use of the funds will be wages paid to researchs (currently only students).
All proceed from the sale of Dr. Minert's books and collected works go to thise project (www.rogerpminert.com).