Links to External Resources Every Germanna researcher should be familiar with the work of the Germanna Foundation. The twenty-five hundred notes that John Blankenbaker has written for distribution over the Internet are archived and searchable at Germanna History. The Library of Virginia has many onl...

Highlights of the Year 1999 January: Using Aaron Spencer Fogleman's book, Hopeful Journys, John Blankenbaker wrote an article entitled "Causes of German Emigration." The distribution of Germanna names in Germany was studied for about twenty names. Robert Selig wrote about Georg Daniel Flohr and Floh...

Return to Home Page 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Beyond Germannawas published six times a year (one volume) with at least ten pages (8.5" by 11") per issue and was widely acclaimed as the premier method for the exchange of printed information about these...

The Culpeper Classes The Culpeper Classescontains 52 pages (5.38" by 8.5") bound in a soft cover. The layout of the book follows the original format. All names are indexed. The work was carefully prepared from the original sheets at the Library of Virginia and compared to other references. No other ...

The Germanna Colonies John Blankenbaker In 1713, forty odd Germans left their homes in Nassau-Siegn expecting to mine silver in the New World. In 1717, about eighty Germans left their homes in southwest Germany expecting to go to Pennsylvania. Neither of these groups fulfilled its expectations. Inst...