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German Ethnic Groups

Pittsburgh Region


Pennsylvania

  • German Society of Pennsylvania
    http://www.germansociety.org/
    Founded in 1764, this is the oldest German organization in America. Located in Philadelphia, PA.

  • Pennsylvania German Society
    http://www.pgs.org/
    Founded in 1891, the Pennsylvania German Society is a nonprofit, educational organization devoted to the study of the Pennsylvania German people (also knows as Pennsylvania Dutch) and their 300-year history in America. Located in Kutztown, PA.


United States

  • German Folksongs
    http://ingeb.org/Volksong.html
    A website with words and sometimes the melody in a midi file.

  • Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
    http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/
    The mission of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection is to collect, document, exhibit, preserve, publish, translate, promote and make accessible resources on history, folklore and culture of the Germans from Russia, particularly Bessarabian Germans, Black Sea Germans, Crimean Germans, and Volhynian Germans and their descendants in North Dakota and on the Northern Plains. From North Dakota State University-Fargo Libraries.