Background information on German customs, Germanic tribes and dialects, classes of German surnames, early settlement of Germany, German church records, state vital records, land records, occupational records, court records, municipal records, censuses, Jews, heraldry, manuscript sources in Europe and America, and German ethnic religions: Amana, Apostolic, Brethren (River), Dunkers, Evangelical, German Evangelical, German Reformed, Lutheran, Mennonite, Moravian, Roman Catholic, Schwenkfelders, United Brethren, . . . . (273pp. index. Gen. Pub. Co., 2003 reprint.)