German Genealogy
Hannover / Hanover
(Provinz / Province) [Presently in Niedersachsen]
Some basic facts about Hanover: (from Uncapher, Wendy K. and Linda M. Herrick. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Janesville, Wisconsin: Origins Books, 2002)
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Size: 14,778 square miles (comparable to 9,838 squares of Maryland)
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Population: 1833 - 1,662,629; 1839 - 1,722,107; 1845 - 1,773,711; 1855- 1,820,479; 1871 - 1,963,080; 1875 - 2,017,393 (1,007,725 males and 1,009,668 females)
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Dominant Religion: Protestant
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Since 1945 part of: Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
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Formerly: Kingdom
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Prussian: 1866-1947
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Principal crops: rye, flax, potatoes, hemp, turnips, hops, tobacco, sugar beets
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Livestock: cattle, sheep, horses, geese, trout, salmon
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Minerals: silver, lead, iron, copper, coal, salt
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Rivers: Elbe, Weser, Aller, Ilmenau, Ems, Leda
Resources
Hannover (Hanover) - Genealogy.net
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Auswanderung aus dem alten Amt Wildeshausen. Emigration from
the former county of Wildeshausen.
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Daverden
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Emigrants from the Grafschaft of Bentheim.
- Garbe, Fritz. Die Kirchenbücher in der Ev.-luth.
Landeskirche Hannovers. Hannover: Carl Albrecht, 1960.
(Family History Library Ref943.59 K23g; microfilm 1181595, item
5).
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History of Hannover. World History at KMLA.
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History of Hanover. Wikipedia.
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Mangourit, M.-A.-B. Travels in Hanover, during the years 1803
and 1804, containing an account of the form of government,
religion, agriculture, commerce, and natural history of the
country. London: R. Phillips, 1806.
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Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv (Lower Saxonian) State Archives.
Click on Auswandererquellen/Emigrant Data. This opens emigrant
databases for Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, Hannover and Osnabrück.
Online research is possible, however findings are in the form of
reference file numbers for archival holdings only, no detailed
records are available online.
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Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony. Emigration sources for the
modern state of Niedersachsen, including material for Oldenburg.
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Niedersachsen Staatsarchiv. Search for emigrants from
Hannover, Osnabrück & Wolfenbüttel 1825-1870.
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Das
Nordfriesische Auswanderer-Archiv. Emigrants from Northern
Friesland database.
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Reid, William Hamilton. A concise history of the kingdom of
Hanover from the earliest periods, to its restoration in 1813:
and of the house of Brunswick. London: E. Orme, 1816.
- Tenfelde, Walter, Ing. f. Verm. Auswanderungen und
Auswanderer aus dem ehemaligen Kreise Lingen nach Nordamerika.
Lingen : Heimatverein Lingen (Ems), 1993. An alphabetical list
of emigrants from Kreis Lingen to North America appears on pages
67 to 355.