German Genealogy
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(Großherzogtum / Grandduchy) [Presently in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]
Some basic facts about Mecklenburg-Strelitz: (from Uncapher, Wendy K. and Linda M. Herrick. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Janesville, Wisconsin: Origins Books, 2002)
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Individual Grand Duchy until 1918
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Population: 1817 - 72,675; 1839 - 89,528; 1848 - 96,292; 1851 - 99,628; 1866 - 98,572; 1871 - 557,707
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Dominant Religion: Protestant (1871 - Evangelical - 96,329; Catholic - 167; Other - 1; Jewish - 485)
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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, peas, 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: Recknitz, Warnow, Elbe, Elde, Peene
Resources
Mecklenburg - Mecklenburg.net
- Endler and Albrecht. Mecklenburgs familien-geschichtliche
Quellen. 1936. FHL film 496473 item 8; Fiche 6000834 (2
fiche)
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IMAR
Mecklenburg Emigrant Database. Over 10,000 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
- Rohloff, Walter K. Gazetteer-Index of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
1987 Typescript. (Family History Library Reference)
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Verein für mecklenburgishce Familien- und Personen-geschichte e.
V. Database of Mecklenburg-Strelitz emigrants.