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From: Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Germans to America/Italians to America
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:16:50 -0500
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Connie--

_The Palatine Immigrant_ (publication of Palatines to America) has
included several articles discussing the reliability of _Germans to
America_. All three are by Prof. Dr. Antonius Holtmann of Oldenburg,
Germany:

"_Germans to America_: 50 Volumes that are Not to be Trusted." vol. 22
#2 (March 1997), p. 80-87
"Missing Baltimore Arrivals in _Germans to America_." vol. 24 #1 (Dec
19987), p. 21-25. (p. 25 is a summary of "Twelve Pitfalls in _Germans
to America_").
"_Germans to American_ in Three Parts: Pitfalls Without End..." vol. 27
#3 (June 2002), p. 140-177 (deals with both the CD and the book)

Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer

Connie Bradbury wrote:

>I have heard Balch Institute had selective criteria for the names in Germans to America. Could someone tell me exactly what their criteria was?
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>Also, does anyone have an opinion about the completeness of Italians to America? Was everyone departing from an Italian port included or just those identified as previously residing in Italy.
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>Am I correct that in both cases US passenger arrival lists were used?
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