German Ethnic Groups

Pittsburgh Region

• pittsburgh.net: Ethnic Communities: German
  http://www.pittsburgh.net/ethnic.cfm?CtgID=156&GrpID=2
  A regional online directory, pittsburgh.net includes lists of ethnic restaurants, organizations and more.

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Ethnic Clubs of Pittsburgh: German club loves to sing for its supper
  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05069/468710.stm
  "More than 150 years old, Teutonia Mannerchor celebrates fellowship on the North Side with a Schlachtfest." An article by Marlene Parrish in the Thursday, March 10, 2005, issue of the Post Gazette.

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Census 2000 Beyond the Numbers: German ancestry is tops in region
  http://www.post-gazette.com/census/20020602germans0602p4.asp
  "You may not attend Oktoberfest celebrations, be partial to schnitzel or have a love of Wagnerian opera, but if you live in southwestern Pennsylvania, chances are good you have some German ancestry." An article by Steve Levin in the Sunday, June 2, 2002 issue of the Post Gazette.

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.