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German Genealogy

Oldenburg

(Großherzogtum / Grandduchy) [Presently in Niedersachsen]

Some basic facts about Oldenburg: (from Uncapher, Wendy K. and Linda M. Herrick. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Janesville, Wisconsin: Origins Books, 2002)

• Oldenburg owned Principality of Lübeck from 1813-1937 and owned Birkenfeld from 1815-1937.

• Size: 2,476 square miles

• Population: 1816 - 182,312; 1828 - 203,415; 1840 - 217,325; 1855 - 286,793; 1864 - 301,812; 1871 - 314,591; 1875 - 319,314 (158,319 males and 160,995 females)

• Dominant Religion: Protestant (1871 - Evangelical - 242,945; Catholic - 71,205; Other - 952; Jewish - 1,484; Non-Christian - 54)

• Since 1949 part of: Neidersachsen

• Formerly: Duchy

• Prussian: No

• Principal crops: wheat, oats, rye, hemp, rape

• Livestock: sheep, cattle, horses

• Industry: woolen and cotton products, cigars, distilleries, glass making, rope

• Minerals: iron

• Rivers: Weser, Hunte, Hase, Leda

Some basic facts about Principality of Birkenfeld:

• Owned by Oldenburg from 1815-1937

• Size: 312 square miles

• Population: 1815 - 19,860; 1832 - 24,525; 1843 - 29,480

• Since 1937 part of: Rhineland

• Prussian: 1937-1947

• Located about 150 miles south of duchy of Oldenburg

Some basic facts about Principality of Lübeck:

• Owned by Oldenburg from 1813-1937

• Size: 209 square miles

• Population: 1819 - 18,692; 1835 - 19,700; 1850 - 22,146

• Since 1937 part of: Schleswig-Holstein

• Prussian: 1937-1947

• Located between Holstein and city of Lübeck

Resources

Oldenburg - Genealogy.net

• Auswanderer und ihre Familien aus dem ehemaligen Großherzogtum Oldenburg. Emigrants from the former Grandduchy of Oldenburg compiled from various sources. Homepage of the Oldenburg Genealogical Society.
  
• Auswanderung nach Amerika / Emigration to America. Emigrants from the District of Delmenhorst in Oldenburg.
   
• Bell, Raymond Martin. Emigrants from the Wolfersweiler region of Germany to Pennsylvania, 1730-1750. Washington, Pa. (413 Burton Av., Washington) : R.M. Bell, 1982. Names come from ship passenger lists for Philadelphia and the churchbooks of Wolfersweiler; contains a surname index.  
   
• Emigrants from the former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (now Niedersachsen), Germany, mainly to the United States, 1830-1849.
  
• Genealogie im Oldenburger Münsterland. Lists from the Southern part of Oldenburg, known as "Oldenburger Muensterland" (predominantly Catholic).
  
• The history of the emigration from the former Amt Damme (Oldbg) ., particularly to North America, within the years 1830 -- 1880, written by Johannes Ostendorf.
   
• Mörsdorf, Robert. Die auswanderung aus dem Birkenfelder land. Bonn a. Rh., Ludwig Röhrscheid verlag, 1939. xvi, 188 p. A list of emigrants from the Birkenfeld area; includes year of emigration, name, hometown, occupation, number of dependents, and country of destination.
  
  
• Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony. Emigration sources for the modern state of Niedersachsen, including material for Oldenburg.
   
• Orschaftsverzeichnis des Großherzogtums Oldenburg. 1911. FHL film 806633 item 1; Fiche 6053541 (4 fiche)
   
• Smith, Clifford Neal. Emigrants from Former AMT Damme, Oldenburg, Germany. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Co., 1981, 2004 reprint. (German-American genealogical research monograph, ISSN 0094-7806 ; no. 12) Emigrants are listed by town; a surname index follows.