Tom: Can't answer your questions abt. books or studies on the Germans to Frnaklin Co.IN., but my gt. granfather Herman B. RULMANN, Sr. immigr. in 1865 from Messingen, Hanover, Germany & first came to Cinci.OH., & then to Oldenburg, where he bought a flouring mill. Another ancestor John Henry BROKAMP was in Oldenburg by 1840 or before. He immigr. from Steinfeld, Oldenburg, Germany abt. 1834, first to Cinci., OH. then to Oldenburg. Lucy Weaver, Defiance,OH. north@defnet.com -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Thomas G. Wack <drwackes@hgo.net> To: INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com <INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, September 07, 1998 9:41 AM Subject: Unidentified subject! >Does anyone know of books or articles about the German immigrants to >Franklin and the nearby counties? Such as studies done on the Germans of >Cincinnati. > >Obviously, during certain periods there were large influxes of Germans to >parts of southern Indiana. Why did they come there? Did they tend to come >only from certain areas or states in Germany? In what years were their >numbers the strongest? Did they tend to be artisans, or were they farmers? > >Tom Wack >