Sources

This Appendix is not intended as either a bibliography, or a complete list of sources of the material in this book.  A complete list of sources would be impossible to compile.  There does, however, appear to be enough interest in the sources of material to justify inclusion of some kind of listing.  We hope that this partial list will provide the reader with some appreciation of the types of sources used to write this book.  Except where noted, the author personally visited the listed facilities, and personally searched the listed records.


Correspondence

Correspondence with relatives, and other researchers, is an important source of information.  Two file cabinet drawers have been filled with the correspondence generated by this project.


Family documents

Important information, as well as valuable clues, were gleaned from old family documents: personal papers, letters, the Katie Wolff history, baptismal records, land records, etc.


Obituaries

Some obituaries provide valuable information that can not be found anywhere else.  Approximately two hundred obituaries were obtained from many newspapers, and from many sources.  A majority were provided by relatives.


Census Records

The Federal census records, enumerated every ten years, are one of the most valuable sources for the family historian.  The population schedules are of primary importance, but we also used mortality schedules and agricultural schedules.  Indexes to some of the census records are available, and were used when needed.  We searched and used the census records of 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, and 1900, as well as some special census records, such as the 1860 Census of the Kansas Territory.

• Franklin County, Missouri
• Warren County, Missouri
• Gasconade County, Missouri
• Montgomery County, Missouri
• Lafayette County, Missouri
• Cole County, Missouri
• Johnson County, Kansas
• Douglas County, Kansas
• Goodhue County, Minnesota

Court House Records

The records stored in our county court houses are an invaluable source of family information.  The following types of county records were used in preparation of this book:

• Marriage records
• Land records
• Probate records
• Circuit Court records
• Death records
• Naturalization records

The original records were searched during visits to the following court houses.

• Franklin County, Missouri
• Warren County, Missouri
• Gasconade County, Missouri
• Montgomery County, Missouri
• Johnson County, Kansas
• Douglas County, Kansas

Published Church Histories

• The United Methodist Church, Champion City, Missouri, 1970
• St. John's Evangelical Church, Casco, Missouri, 1936
• The German Methodist Episcopal Church, Lawrence, Kansas, 1974
• St. John's United Church of Christ, Berger, Missouri, 1975
• Ebenezer United Church of Christ, north of Gerald, Missouri, 1964
• St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Gerald, Missouri, 1984
• Julilaeumsbuch der St. Louis Deutschen Konferenz

Church Archives

• Zwingli F. Meyer Collection of German-American Methodism, United Methodist Archives, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
• Eden Archives, United Church of Christ, Webster Groves, Missouri
• Concordia Historical Institute, the Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Missouri (correspondence)

Church Records

The church registers kept by the early German Protestant churches contain family information that does not exist elsewhere.  The records of most value are:

• Baptismal records
• Confirmation records
• Marriage records
• Death records
• Membership records
• Officer listings

The original records of the following congregations were searched:

• Senate Grove Methodist Church, Senate Grove, Missouri
• Hermann Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including the Zion Congregation, the Berger Bottom Congregation, and the Immanuel Congregation, records at Hermann, Missouri
• Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, Leslie, Missouri
• Smith Creek Methodist Church, Pinckney, Missouri
• St. John's United Church of Christ, Berger, Missouri
• Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Boeuf Creek, Missouri
• Ebenezer Evangelical Church, north of Gerald, Missouri.
• St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Gerald, Missouri
• Salem United Church of Christ, Higginsville, Missouri (published records)

Cemeteries

• Leslie United Methodist Church Cemetery, Leslie, Missouri
• Etlah Cemetery, Etlah, Missouri
• Zion Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, south of Berger, Missouri.
• Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Boeuf Creek, Missouri
• Meyer's Church Methodist Cemetery, south of Berger, Missouri
• Bethany Evangelical Church Cemetery, south of Berger, Missouri
• Senate Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Senate Grove, Missouri
• St. John's Evangelical Cemetery, south of Berger, Missouri
• Gregory Cemetery, east of Gerald, Missouri
• St. Paul's Evangelical Cemetery, Gerald, Missouri
• Schmidt Cemetery, Strain, Missouri
• Champion City Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Champion City, Missouri
• Dutch Hill Cemetery, Spring Bluff, Missouri
• Ebenezer Lutheran Church Cemetery, Casco, Missouri
• Methodist Church Cemetery, Casco, Missouri
• St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Casco, Missouri
• Albert Cemetery, Champion City, Missouri
• Ebenezer United Church of Christ Cemetery, Detmold, Missouri
• Berger Bottom Methodist Church Cemetery, north of Berger, Missouri
• Many small unnamed family cemeteries in western Franklin County, Missouri
• Eudora City Cemetery, Eudora, Kansas
• Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas
• Red Oak Methodist Cemetery, south of Rosebud, Missouri
• St. James United Church of Christ Cemetery, Stony Hill, Missouri
• Smith Creek Methodist Cemetery, Pinckney, Missouri
• Immanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery, Holstein, Missouri
• St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Pinckney, Missouri
• Hochfeld Evangelical Church Cemetery, Warren County, Missouri
• Macedonia Church Cemetery, Warren County, Missouri
• Blue Mound Methodist Church Cemetery, north of Denton, Texas
• Big Spring Methodist Church Cemetery, Big Spring, Missouri
• St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Lafe, Arkansas (correspondence)

Books

• Portrait and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Kansas
• Civil War on the Western Border
• A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, by Dyer
• End of an Era:  New Orleans, 1850-1860, Robert C. Reinders, 1964.
• Handy Book for Genealogists, edited by George B. Everton, Sr., 1971.
• The Timetables of History, by Bernard Grun, 1979
• A Genealogical Handbook of German Terminology and Grammer, Volume 1, by Ronald D. Walker, 1977
• A Genealogical and Demographic Handbook of German Handwriting, Volume 1, by Norman J. Storrer and Larry O. Jensen, 1977
• Handbook for Genealogical Correspondence, prepared by Cache Genealogical Library, 1974
• Gasconade County Cemetery Survey, by Gasconade County Historical Society, 1985
• The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, by Val D. Greenwood, 1973
• History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Counties, Missouri, by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888
• The Centennial Biographical Directory of Franklin County, Missouri, by Herman G. Kiel, 1925
• Ostwestfalen Bilder einer Landschaft, by Guenter Gerker, 1980
• Destination America, by Maldwyn A. Jones, 1976
• A History of the Modern World, by R. R. Palmer & Joel Colton, 1965
• Frederick The Great, by Gerhard Ritter, 1968
• The German-Americans In The Washington, Missouri Area, by Ralph Gregory, 1981
• Kentucky and Missouri, edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans
• Searching For Your Ancestors, by Gilbert H. Doane, 1960
• Guide To Genealogical Records In The National Archives, by Meredity B. Colket, Jr. and Frank E. Bridgers, 1964
• The Pocket History of the United States, by Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager, 1957
• This Hallowed Ground, by Bruce Catton, 1975
• A Brief History of the United States, by Franklin Escher, Jr., 1962
• Directory of Towns, Villages and Hamlets Past and Present of Warren County, Missouri, by Arthur Paul Moser
• Directory of Towns, Villages and Hamlets Past and Present of Franklin County, Missouri, by Arthur Paul Moser
• Report of the Missouri Adjutant General, 1865
• Rebellion in Missouri:  1861, by Hans Christian Adamson, 1961
• History of St. Charles, Montgomery and Warren Counties, 1885
• The Place Names of Franklin County, Missouri, by Robert Ramsay, 1954
• Quantrill and the Border Wars, by Connelley
• Gasconade County History, published by Gasconade County Historical Society
• Historic Sites of Warren County, The Warren County Historical Society, 1976
• American Lloyd's Registry of American and Foreign Shipping, E. & G. W. Blunt, 1859
• Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi, by William J. Petersen, 1968
• World Book Encyclopedia
• The Union Cause in St. Louis in 1861
• War of the Rebellion:  Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government Printing Office, 1901, 170 volumes
• The Politics of the Prussian Army 1640-1945, by Gordon A. Craig, 1955
• The Oxford Companion to Ships & The Sea, edited by Peter Kemp, 1976
• The Battle of Wilson's Creek, by Edwin C. Bearss, 1960
• History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage Counties, Missouri, by Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889

Libraries, Archives, and Museums

• The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
• Iowa Genealogical Society Library, Des Moines, Iowa
• Scenic Regional Library, Union, Missouri
• Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas
• Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California
• Local History and Genealogy Division, New York Public Library, New York, New York
• Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
• West Des Moines Public Library, West Des Moines, Iowa
• Des Moines Public Library, Des Moines, Iowa
• State Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa
• Iowa State Historical Society Library, Iowa City, Iowa
• Public Library, McKinney, Texas
• The United Library of the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois
• Archives Branch of Missouri Adjutant General's Office, Jefferson City, Missouri
• The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (correspondence)
• Northeast Arkansas Regional Library, Paragould, Arkansas (correspondence)
• New Orleans Public Library, New Orlean, Louisiana (correspondence)
• Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana (correspondence)
• Philadelphia Maritime Museum (correspondence)
• St. Louis Public Library (correspondence)
• Leavenworth Public Library, Leavenworth, Kansas (correspondence)
• Metropolitan Toronto Library, Toronto, Canada (correspondence)
• Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas (correspondence)
• Lamb County Library, Littlefield, Texas (correspondence)
• School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (correspondence)
• Redwing Public Library, Redwing, Minnesota (correspondence)

Genealogical Publications

• Greene County (Arkansas) Historical Quarterly
• National Genealogical Society Quarterly
• The Genealogical Helper
• Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal
• Missouri Pioneers
• The Prairie Gleaner, West Central Missouri Genealogical Society
• Topeka Genealogical Society Quarterly

Missouri Historical Review  Published quarterly by The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

• The Enrolled Missouri Militia:  Its Creation and Controversial History, by James A. Hamilton, July 1975
• Population Origins in Rural Missouri, by Russel L. Gerlach, October 1976
• The Battle of Wilson's Creek and its Effect Upon Missouri, by L. E. Schroeder, January 1977
• "Killed by Rebels":  A Civil War Massacre And Its Aftermath, by Robert W. Frizzell, July 1977
• Jefferson Landing:  A Commercial Center of The Steamboat Era, by Eldon Hattervig, April 1980
• The Expansion of the Settlement Frontier in Missouri, by James R. Shortridge, October 1980
• Gottfried Duden:  A Nineteenth-Century Missouri Promoter, by James W. Goodrich, January 1981
• The Lock Mill, Loose Creek, Missouri:  The Center of A Self-Sufficient Community 1848-1900, by Janet C. Rowe, April 1981
• Zagonyi, by Robert E. Miller, January 1982
• Missouri Through A German's Eyes:  Franz von Loeher on St. Louis and Hermann, by Frederic Trautmann, July 1983
• Osterhaus In Missouri:  A Study in German-American Loyalty, by Earl J. Hess, January 1984
• Stereotypes and Reality:  Nineteenth-Century German Women In Missouri, by Linda S. Pickle, April 1985

Maps and Atlases

• The Meyers Orts-Und Verhehrs-Lexikon (gazetteer)
• Atlas Map of Franklin County, Missouri, The Saint Louis Atlas Publishing Company, 1878
• Similar atlases of Franklin County for 1898 and 1919
• Similar atlas of Warren County, Missouri, for 1877
• Atlas of Douglas County, Kansas, F. W. Beers & Co., 1873
• Various maps, atlases, historical atlases, and gazateers were referenced

Lutheran Evangelical Church Records

The parish registers of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in northern Germany provided most of the information about the early generations of the families included in this book.  Microfilmed copies of the registers were searched by the author at the local Branch Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church).  A German researcher was hired to translate some of those records which date back prior to 1800.  The registers of the following parishes were searched:

• Joellenbeck
• Enger
• Borgholzhausen
• Hoerste
• Gohfeld
• Eidinghausen
• Schildesche

National Archives, Washington, D.C

The following types of records, stored in the National Archives, were searched both during a visit to the Archives, and by correspondence:

• Passenger ship lists
• Land records
• Military service records
• Military pension records
• Military bounty land records