Immigration DVD

Title of the DVD: Genealogies of families that immigrated to Sauk County, Wisconsin, from Bavaria, Germany. The collected works of Georg Ederer, Otto Horz, and Hansjörg Schneider.

Authors of the DVD: Debra A. Blau and Kenneth L. Kraemer. Year published: 2011

​The DVD contains thousands of digitized pages including the following and much more:

• Pedigrees of emigrants originating from the Waldmünchen area - prepared by family researcher Georg Ederer of Waldmuenchen-Waffenschleife

• Emigration dissertation by Otto Horz in 1939

• Emigration publications by historical researcher Hansjörg Schneider of Waldmuenchen

• Additional resources

​To see a list of surnames and town names that appear on the DVD, see this index created by Gary Haas:
click here

The files on the DVD are meant to be used on a computer; it is not a DVD that can be "played" on a television like a movie. 

Before working with the DVD, please read the 36-page DVD booklet. How to find the booklet on the DVD:

• Open the first folder at the top: _01_DVD_BOOKLET

• Open (double click) this file: DVD_BOOKLET.pdf

The DVD can be ordered through the Old Franklin Township Historical Society (OFTHS) in Plain, Wisconsin. Here is their website: https://oldfranklintownshiphistoricalsociety.weebly.com/merchandise.html​

Price: $20 + $3 shipping and handling

Email: plainofths@gmail.com

Residents of Europe and other countries should contact the tourist office in Waldmuenchen for ordering information: tourist@waldmuenchen.de 

Table of Contents for the DVD Booklet

Introduction 1

History of emigration from the Waldmünchen area 1

Georg Ederer genealogies 3

Preserving Georg Ederer's work 5

Picture identification project 6

Finding your ancestor on Georg Ederer's pedigrees 7

An index of last names and towns 7

What was indexed 7

Checking for errors 7

The logic of the file naming system on the DVD 7

Living persons 8

There are 3 types of indexes for Georg Ederer's work 8

How to use the indexes 8

Picture tutorial - how to use the "Last Name" index 9

Last names with "in" added 9

Variations of town names 9

To view the files on the DVD 11

Using the Ederer information for your family research 12

Interpreting Georg Ederer's pedigrees 12

German words used on the pedigrees, and translation to English 14

Occupation, profession, status, relationships 14

Translation of miscellaneous words 14

Months 15

Symbols found on pedigrees 15

Dates 15

Symbols over letters such as "n" and "m" 15

Umlauts and sharp (double) "ss" 15

Difference between emigrant and immigrant 15

Jung Abbreviations 15

Otto Horz dissertation (emigration book) 16

About Otto Anton Horz 16

Otto wished to have his work made public 17

Other dissertations about emigrations 17

Was there a reason for writing a dissertation about emigration? 18

The Horz dissertation was rediscovered and retyped 19

Publishing the dissertation - 2011 19Otto Horz: DVD files and indexes 19

Errors in the dissertation (original and retyped) 20

Indexes of the Horz dissertation 20

What was indexed, and problems discovered 20

Abbreviations and the lettering system used in the Otto Horz dissertation 21

How to search for text in PDFs 21

Hansjörg Schneider research 22

1999 Schneider research 23

1992 book about immigrants 24

2010 essay about immigrants 24

Additional resources regarding emigrants from Germany to Wisconsin 25

Books 25

Groups 27

Archives in Germany 27

More about villages in Bavaria 27

​DVD Order Form 28