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