German Genealogy
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Großherzogtum / Grandduchy) [Presently in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]
Some basic facts about Mecklenburg-Schwerin: (from Uncapher, Wendy K. and Linda M. Herrick. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Janesville, Wisconsin: Origins Books, 2002)
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Was separate Grand Duchy until 1918
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Size: 6,266 square miles (comparable to Hawaii at 6,427 square miles)
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Population: 1816 - 308, 166; 1828 - 440,748; 1840 - 494,530; 1855 - 541,091; 1864 - 552,612; 1871 - 557,707
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Dominant Religion: Protestant (1871 - Evangelical - 553,492; Catholic - 1,336; Other - 98; Jewish - 2,945; and Non-Christian - 26)
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Since 1990 part of: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Formerly: Grand Duchy
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Prussian: No
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Principal crops: rye, wheat, potatoes, hay, maize, sugar beets, pease, rape, hemp, flax, hops, tobacco
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Livestock: cattle, sheep, horses
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Industry: brick, tar, lime-kilns, tobacco, fishing
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Minerals: lignite, iron, limestone
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Rivers: Rechnitz, Warnow, Elbe, Ekle, Peene
Resources
Mecklenburg - Genealogy.net
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Auswanderer aus Mestlin - Mecklenburg
List of emigrants to America and information about emigration to America from Mestlin.
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Names
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Emigrants 1844 - 1915
The following list represents surnames of about 2,800 Mecklenburg-Schwerin emigrants who were from the district of Schwerin only. - Endler and Albrecht. Mecklenburgs familien-geschichtliche
Quellen. 1936. FHL film 496473 item 8; Fiche 6000834 (2
fiche)
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Genealogische Datenbank der
Griesen Gegend /
Genealogical Data Base of the
Griese Gegend (Mecklenburg). Various lists of emigrants;
some list only names, other extensive personal information.
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IMAR
Mecklenburg Emigrant Database. Over 25,000 names (of
170,000) have been entered so far into this database, which is
searchable online by surname only. A donation is requested to
obtain the full listing by mail.
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, by Karin Schöpke, Germany.
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Names of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Emigrants 1844-1915. Lists
about 2,800 emigrants from the district of Schwerin only.
- Staatsarchiv Schwerin, Graf-Schack-Allee 2, D-19053 Schwerin, Germany. The Staatsarchiv contain Auswanderungskonsensakten [permissions to emigrate] for Mecklenburg-Schwerin for the periods 1826-1861 (index only; the originals were destroyed by fire in 1865) and 1862-1914 (originals and indexes).