German & Swiss Ethnic Groups

Pittsburgh Region

• pittsburgh.net: Ethnic Communities: German
  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
  "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
  "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.
• Swiss American Society of Pittsburgh
  Founded in 1962, the Swiss American Society of Pittsburgh is open to anyone interested in promoting their goals of cultivating relationships with the Swiss and among Swiss-Americans and their descendants.

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Pennsylvania

• German Society of Pennsylvania
  Founded in 1764, this is the oldest German organization in America. Located in Philadelphia, PA.
• Pennsylvania German Society
  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.

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United States

• German Folksongs
  A website with words and sometimes the melody in a midi file.
• Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
  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.