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Emigration and immigration

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Dresel and Spiess families records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0239
Abstract

This collection consists of several hundred typewritten pages and many photographs of people and places concerning the immigration of Germans into Texas, most notably the Dresel and Spiess families. Most of the material focuses around the middle of the nineteenth century when Gustav Dresel and Hermann Spiess settled in Galveston and Waco Springs, respectively. Clyde H. Porter compiled the material.

Dates: 1785 - 1914