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This collection of "Old Lutherans" from Eastern Germany was extracted not from original passenger lists but from a two-volume study written in German by Wilhelm Iwan in 1943. In this case, the impetus for much of the emigration was in reaction to the merger in 1817 of the Calvinist and Lutheran confessions in Prussia ordered by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. About 7,500 Lutherans are named, with the majority bound for the U.S., many with the specific destination of Texas. The immigrants are arranged chronologically and thereunder by their town/province of origin in Prussia. In most instances, we find the passenger's name, age, occupation, and the maiden names of female passengers. The lists themselves are followed by an intriguing collection of notes concerning persons traveling without their spouses, surname and place name indexes, and other finding aids. Includes both a place name index and a surname index.

See also these other publications by Clifford Neal Smith:
British and German Deserters, Dischargees, and Prisoners of War....
Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg....
Emigrants from Fellbach (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany), 1735-1930
Emigrants from Saxony
Emigrants from Hessen-Hanau
Emigrants from West-German Fuerstenberg
From Bremen to America in 1850
Nineteenth-Century Emigration from Kreis Simmern
Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio
Emigrants from France (Haut-Rhin Departement) to America
French and British Land Grants in Post Vincennes (Indiana) District
Spanish and British Land Grants in Mississippi Territory