Weser River Project
Kenneth W. Heger, Ph.D. & Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS
MAGS President Ken Heger and MAGS Secretary Debra A. Hoffman share the next installment of items from the first volume of U. S. Consular Records from Bremen-Miscellaneous Records as extracted by Debra A. Hoffman. The volume begins in 1797. It includes significant genealogical items from that volume and additional items will be published in each issue of Der Kurier until completed. This issue also includes emigration statistics that genealogists can use to provide context to their family history. These statistics show the number of people who emigrated through Bremen to various ports, highlighting New York and Baltimore.
Exploring the Seafaring Life of Captain Henry von Uffel
Bob Greiner
In this issue’s “Immigrant Connections,” columnist and MAGS Treasurer Bob Greiner seeks to answer questions brought to his local FamilySearch Center by the American descendants of Henry von Uffel. Greiner traces Henry’s life from his first marriage in Bremen to his life as a ship captain and move to New York and Philadelphia. Drawing on German civil registrations, maritime records, city directories, and American documents, this article follows the paper trail on both sides of the Atlantic to better understand his new life (and second marriage) in the United States and what happened to the German family he left behind.
Index for Volume 43 of Der Kurier
Emily Andrews
As has been the case for many years now, MAGS is indebted to Emily Andrews for compiling an every-name index to the issues of Der Kurier published in 2025. The index gives surnames, first names, date of issue and page number. Readers can use this index and previous indexes to find mentions of any family surnames they may be researching.
