Foreign Terminology
Nee (French)
What is born?
Blackwater fever is still endemic in many parts of the world, particulary the tropics.
What is malaria?
German settlement before the American Revolution was, largely, in this state.
What is Pennsylvania?
William Bradford was the leader of this early colony group.
Who are the Pilgrims?
The other state created by the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
What is Maine?
Nom de famille (French)
What is a surname?
Apoplexy is an archaic term for this.
What is a stroke?
Many mid-19th century German immigrants arrived in the midwest via this southern port.
What is New Orleans?
Henry Hudson sailed up the river named for him and claimed this state's future territory for the Dutch.
What is New York?
Connecticut's Western Reserve was located in this Midwestern state.
What is Ohio?
Geburten (German)
What is birth?
Rubeola is rarely a cause of death anymore, if you have had the vaccine.
What is German measles?
Founded in 1975, PALAM is the abbreviation for a major German-American research society.
What is Palatines to America?
George and Cecil Calvert founded this colony as a refuge for fellow Catholics.
What is Maryland?
I-70 runs between 2 major genealogical collections in this state.
What is Missouri?
Sepulti (Latin)
What is burial?
Marasmus is more likely to be seen as a cause of death for children who live in poverty.
What is severe malnutrition?
The failed European revolts of this year caused many liberal Germans to emigrate to America.
What is 1848?
In 1636, Roger Williams established Providence Plantations which is now this state.
What is Rhode Island?
The National Genealogical Society and this group merged in 2019.
What is the Federation of Genealogical Societies?
Susceptores
What are sponsors / godparents?
An disease from breathing coal dust.
What is black lung?
North Dakota State University holds a major collection of research sources for this German emigrant group.
Who are the Germans from Russia?
Stephen Austin is considered the father of this state due to the American settlers he brought ther in 1825.
What is Texas?
The first territory (1869) and state (1889) to grant wome the right to vote.
What is Wyoming?