East European Germans

The chapter “Volksdeutsche: The East European Germans” in the book Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic History, lists the following ethnic groups: 1) Banat Germans, 2) Bohemian Germans, 3) Brethren, 4) Galician Germans, 5) German-Hungarians, 6) Moravian Germans.

Items relating to these East European Germans are listed below. These include resources housed at the North Dakota State University Libraries’ Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (GRHC), including books and periodicals. Also available are links to heritage societies that may provide more information. For additional resources search the NDSU Library Catalog or WorldCat.

• Banat Germans
• Aberle, Msgr. George P. From the Steppes to the Prairies. Bismarck, ND: Germans from Russia, 1993.
• Banater Bilder: Land und Leute. München: Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben, 1988. (Bernd Längin Collection)
• Banater Künstler in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Nürnberg, 21.-28. Mai 1988: Landestreffen der Banater Schwaben, Nürnberger Kultur- und Heimattage Mai 1988, Ehrenhalle im Alten Rathaus Nürnberg. Berlin: Westkreuz-Verlag, 1988. (Bernd Längin Collection)
• Blum, Konrad. Liebling: Geschichte einer schwäbischen Gemeinde des Banats. Weilheim/Oberbayern: K. Blum, [1958]. (Walter and Alice Riedlinger Essig Collection)
• Dreyer, David. From the Banat to North Dakota: a history of the German-Hungarian pioneers in western North Dakota. Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 2006.
• Engelmann, Nikolaus. The Banat Germans. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 1987. (Victor Knell Collection)
• Michels, John M. (Ed.) Josefalva. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 1992.
• Michels, John M. North Dakota Pioneers from the Banat. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 1992.
• Montee-Nelson, Theresa K. Bogner. The Banat German Hungarians who Caame to Southwestern North Dakota: wiver Sach (women's stuff). Dickinson, ND: T. Montee-Nelson, 1998.
• Paikert, G.C. The Danube Swabians. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967.
• Tafferner, Anton. The Danube-Swabians in the Pannonian Basin: A New German Ethnic Group. Milwaukee, WI: Danube Swabian Association, 1982.
• Weifert, Mathias. Die Entwicklung der Banater Hauptstadt Temeschburg. München: Arbeitskreis für Donauschwäbische Heimat- und Volksforschung, 1987. (Bernd Längin Collection)

• Bohemian Germans (Sudetendeutsche)
• Aberle, Msgr. George P. From the Steppes to the Prairies. Bismarck, ND: Germans from Russia, 1993.
• German-Bohemian Heritage Society
• Sudeten Bulletin: A Central European Review, Vol. 6, No. 4, April 1958. Munich, Germany: Sudeten German Archive, pages 73 – 96. (George Rath Collection)
• Sudeten Bulletin: A Central European Review, Vol. 6, No. 5, May 1958. Munich, Germany: Sudeten German Archive, pages 97 – 120. (George Rath Collection)

• Brethren (Dunkards)
• Brethren Digital Archives
• Brethren Historical Library and Archives
• Brethren Heritage Center
• Church of the Brethren. The Brethren Hymnal. Elgin, IL: House of the Church of the Brethren, 1959 (1951), pages 704. (Ed Babitzke Collection)

• Galician Germans
• The Galician German Archive
• Galizien German Descendants

• German-Hungarians (Donauschwaben)
• Aberle, Msgr. George P. From the Steppes to the Prairies. Bismarck, ND: Germans from Russia, 1993.
• Hamm, Franz. Bei den Donauschwaben in den USA: eine Besuchsfahrt. Salzburg: [Donauschwäbische Verlags A.G.], 1952. (Bernd Längin Collection)
• Koehler, Eve Eckert. Seven Susannahs: Daughters of the Danube. Milwaukee, WI: Danube Swabian Societies of the U.S. and Canada, 1976.
• United German Hungarian Club

• Moravian Germans
• The Moravian Heritage Society
• The Moravian Historical Society

• Other Resources
• East European Genealogical Society (EEGS)
• Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
• Banat Genealogy Resourceshttp://www.sggee.org/
• Czech Genealogy Resources (Bohemian and Moravian Germans)
• Galicia Genealogy Resources
• Hungary Genealogy Resources (German-Hungarians)
• Hutterite Genealogy Resources (Brethren)
• Northern Plains Ethnic Cookbook. Dickinson, ND: Northern Plains Heritage Foundation, 1998
• Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE)
• State Historical Society of North Dakota
  • Archives - Naturalization Records