Church records
A translation and transciption of the St. John Lutheran Church in Saginaw Michigan can be found at this link. Many Germans emigrants can be found in this record. Occasionally their place of origin is included. Note: A Johann Friedrich Tank appears in the records of St.John Lutheran Church. Could he be the same Johann Friedrich Tank born in Stevenhagen bei Gollnow who appears in the Amtsblatt der Regierung in Stettin in 1830 as missing from military duty?