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  1. Andre Merck, GEDCOM file imported on 21 Dec 2003.
  2. Andre Merck (andre.merck@wanadoo.fr), GEDCOM file.
  3. GeneaNet database - pierreayral (http://www.geneanet.org/contact.php3?source=pierreayral); 10 Dec 2006.
  4. GeneaNet Database - mvaugeois (http://gw.geneanet.org/mvaugeois); 10/30/2006.
  5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of November 10, 2005).
  6. GEDCOM file submitted by FamilySearch International Genealogical Index. Created on 10 November 2005. Imported on 10 Nov 2005.
  7. Parochial registers, 1685-1820; Catholic church, Parish of Schoenenbourg (Bas-Rhin); Microfilm from archives at Strasbourg, France; Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973.
  8. Marriage record (church); Schoenenbourg; Georg Merck and Barbara Einhorn; 7 Nov 1701.
  9. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of September 1, 2004).
  10. GEDCOM file submitted by LDS FamilySearch International Genealogical Index, http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp. Created on 1 September 2004. Imported on 1 Sep 2004.
  11. GeneaNet Database - Pascal Varga (philou1956).
  12. Ancestry.com file - Didier Ott.
  13. Family Group Record - Engelhardi Merck; FamilySearch website (http://www.familysearch.org).
  14. GeneaNet database - didier ott.
  15. GeneaNet Database - Bertrand RIETSCH ( adrian1 ).
  16. FamilySearch Individual Record - Franciscus Meyer; FamilySearch website (http://www.familysearch.org).
  17. FamilySearch Ancestral File - Maria Barbara Merck; http://www.familysearch.org; January 28, 2006.
  18. GeneaNet Database - isabelle bal ( sphinx35 ).
  19. Geneanet database - dhunebourg37.
  20. Baptism record - Antonius Merck; Schoenenbourg; 1718.
  21. Baptism record of Johann Georg Merck; Schoenenbourg; 23 Mar 1764.
  22. Death records (church) - Maria Catarina Bonn; Schoenenbourg; 21 Jun 1784.
  23. Death record (civil); Schoenenbourg - Anton Merck, surgeon, aged 79 years, husband of deceased Catharina Bonn; 13 May 1793.
  24. Family Group Record - Antoni Merck/Maria Bonn; FamilySearch website (www.familysearch.org).
  25. SOURCE #3.
  26. Family Group Record - Joannes Jacobi Merck; FamilySearch website.
  27. FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File - Marie Eve Merck; CD #80.
  28. FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
    Family Group Record.
  29. Family Group Record - Antoni Merck; FamilySearch website (www.familysearch.org).
  30. FamilySearch Individual Record - Maria Margarita Merck FamilySearch website.
  31. Geneanet database - Andre Kuentz.
  32. FamilySearch Individual Record - Maria Eva Merck; FamilySearch website.
  33. FamilySearch Individual Record - Barbara Meyer; FamilySearch website.
  34. Schoenenbourg

    acte M 16/1785.

  35. Marriage record: Joannes Georg Merck and Maria Theresia Gummenginger.
  36. Baptism record, Schoenenbourg; Maria Anna Merck. Church records in latin.
  37. Death record (civil), Schoenenbourg - Georg Merck; 1794.
  38. FamilySearch Individual Record - Maria Gummenganger; FamilySearch website.
  39. Death record of Therese Gummenginger; Schoenenbourg.
  40. Index des noms commençant par A; (http://didierott.dyndns.org/public/d-a/genatoile/ix41n0.htm).
  41. SOURCE #4.
  42. Email - Isabelle Bal (isa.bal@free.fr); 12/5/2006; Merck Genealogy.
  43. GeneWeb online: http://gw0.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=algo322&lang=en;p=jean+georges;n=merck; 10/25/2006.
  44. FamilySearch Individual Record - Maria Anna Merck; FamilySearch website.
  45. Schoenenbourg town hall; as provided by Andre Merck in GEDCOM file.
  46. GeneaNet database - claudius17 (http://gw.geneanet.org/claudius17).
  47. Marriage Certificate - Michel Merck/Barbe Weishaar; Schoenenbourg, Alsace, France; 13 June 1816.
  48. Marriage Certificate - Michel Merck/Barbe Kuhn; Schoenenbourg, Alsace, France; 3 May 1821.
  49. Schoenenbourg civic birth index record.
  50. Marriage Certificate - Michael Merck/Barbe Kuhn; Schoenenbourg, Alsace, France; 3 May 1821.
  51. Death record of Marie Anne Merck; civil records of Schoenenbourg.
  52. Civil Registers, 1793-1882 - Beinheim (Bas-Rhin); Marriages 1793-1829; FHL INTL Fil 733814; microfilm; Genealogical Society of Utah.
  53. Marie Regine entry, Beinheim civil records, Beinheim N, 1817 4E 25/1: 8, Archives Departmentals du Bas-Rhin, Strassbourg, France, Alsace.
  54. Catalog to the Mannheim Roman Catholic Church Records; Birth Records 1819 - 1835. Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bismarck ND. 1898.
  55. 1821 Voter Information, Elsass List; www.kutschurgan.com.
  56. Email - Pius Waldman (piuswaldman@gmail.com); 12/8/2006; subj: (KRIG) 1821 List of Kutschurgan head of household.
  57. Beinheim N. 1819, 4E, 25/2, Archives departmentales du Bas-Rhin: , , Beinheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
  58. Geneanet database - Raymond Ludwig (ryanludwig); retrieved 1 Sep 2009.
  59. GeneaNet File - Monique Merck.
  60. Marriage Certificate - Antoine Kuhn/Eve Merck; Schoenenbourg, Alsace, France; LDS FHL.
  61. Merck GEDCOM file; furnished by Andre Merck, Strasbourg, France.
  62. Michel Merck birth certificate; Schoenenbourg civic records.
  63. Census - 1860: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.
  64. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
  65. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
  66. Marriage Certificate - Michael Merck/Marie Anne Meyer; Office of Mayor of Schoenenbourg; 14 Oct 1850.
  67. Schoenbourg Civil Records - FHC 0796876.
  68. Obituary - Francola Joseph Merck; Freeport Daily Bulletin, Freeport, Illinois; December 14,1886.
  69. Didier OTT - Généalogie Website (http://www.ott.fr/public/toutes/genatoile/pag1083.html#7); 13 Dec 2006.
  70. Marriage records; Schoenenbourg; Francois Joseph Merck and Madeleine Mammoser.
  71. Birth record, Schoenenbourg civil records - Francois Joseph Merck.
  72. Certificate of Death; Cook County, Illinois; 13 Dec 1886; for Frank J. Merck.
  73. Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916.
  74. Mairie de Schoenenbourg.
  75. Certificate of Death - Joseph Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 15 Feb 1895.
  76. Schoenenbourg

    acte D 5/1865.

  77. Article, Freeport Weekly Bulletin 15 Dec 1904, page 2, Surgeon About to Operate on Edmund Merck, When He Dies.
  78. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  79. Certificate of death; Cook County Hospital, Illinois; 9 Sep 1912; for E. H. Merck.
  80. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  81. St. Joseph Cemetery list, received by email from JoAnn Merck Meyers (meyersj039@aol.com), 6/21/2006.
  82. Freeport Daily Journal; 5 April 1884; Obituary - Eddie Merck.
  83. FAMILY LISTINGS OF ELSASS, 1881 - Odessa Archives; published by Germans from Russia Heritage Society, 2000. (Germans from Russia Heritage Society, 2000; 1125 West Turnpike Avenue, Bismarck ND 58501).
  84. Elsass 1852 Family Lists section of 1852 Kutschurgan Census; Selz, Kandel, Baden, Strassburg, Mannheim, Elsass; Seratov Archives; Fond 1166, Opus 1, Delo 58, pages 51-111; published by the Kutschurgan Listserv.
  85. Christian entry, Beinheim civil births, Beinheim N, 1817, 4E 25/1: 16, Archives Departmentals du Bas-Rhin, Strassbourg, France, Alsace.
  86. Jakob Merk letter from Elsass, Russia, to Christian Merk; 1 January 1922.
  87. Catalog to the Mannheim Roman Catholic Church Records; Birth records 1819 - 1835., Page 3; Elsass.
  88. Joseph Merk, Letter to Der Staats-Anzeiger (Bismarck, North Dakota, Der Staats-Anzeiger), July 11, 1913, from Balfour, North Dakota.
  89. 1852 Kutschurgan Census: Selz, Kandel, Baden, Strassburg, Mannheim, Elsass; published by the Kutschurgan Listserv.
  90. Oregon State Board of Health, Certificate of Death
    State Registered No. 3581, Local Registered No. 3632
    (Department of Human Services, Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Oregon).
  91. Schoenenbourg civic records, birth index.
  92. Vital Records Index - Western Europe - French Region; Intellectual Reserve, Inc.; LDS FHL Film 759124, Dates: 1855-1856.
  93. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
  94. Ancestry.com - Harman43691 (Tom Harman).
  95. New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:.
  96. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
  97. Marriage certificate - MERCK François Joseph et SCHALLER Barbe le 8 février 1873 au Havre; obtained by email from isa.bal@free.fr; 510/2007.
  98. Article, Freeport Weekly Bulletin; Freeport, Illinois; Oct 1904; about death of Edward Merck.
  99. Birth record of Edward Merck; Schoenenbourg civil records.
  100. Birth Certificate - Franz Edward Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 9 May 1884.
  101. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.
  102. Transportation of Corpse Certificate; State of Illinois; 18 May 1907.
  103. Birth Certificate - Mary Magdalena Clara Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 28 Nov 1881; Johanna Dahl, midwife.
  104. Certificate of Death - Belva Merck; Stephenson County, State of Illinois; 31 March 1893.
  105. Birth Certificate - Bellva Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 23 Oct 1886.
  106. Bio - Edmund M Merck; HeritageQuest online image of directory of Freeport, Illinois; copy provided by JoAnn Merck Meyers.
  107. Birth record of Edmund Merck; Schoenenbourg civil records.
  108. Certificate of Death - Edmund M Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 9 Dec 1904.
  109. Find A Grave website: www.findagrave.com.
  110. Marriage License - Edmund Merck and Josephine Schmich; Stephenson County, Illinois; 10 Oct 1876.
  111. Book, Swartz & Offenheiser Funeral Home; Freeport Library.
  112. Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950; Illinois State Archives.
  113. Birth Certificate - Josephine Mary Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; Affidavit filed by Anna M. Merck, sister, 4 Sep 1942.
  114. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
  115. Birth Certificate - Estella Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 12 Feb 1880.
  116. Obituary - Rose Merck; Freeport Journal, Freeport, Illinois; 7 Aug 1929.
  117. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
  118. Obituary - Anna M. Merck; Freeport Bulletin; February 1975.
  119. Birth Certificate - Laura T. Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 31 Jan 1887.
  120. JoAnn Merck Meyers email; 23 Jun 2006.
  121. Prayer Card - Laura T. Merck; and photo of grave marker.
  122. Supplemental Report of Birth - Marie Isabelle Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 21 Aug 1942; Certified by Josephine Merck, sister.
  123. Marriage License 114483, Cook County, Illinois; issued 20 May 1887; for Hubert Dupont and Marie Magdalene Merck of Chicago; witnessed 2 Jun 1887 by A. L. Labrio, a Catholic priest and Joseph Lafriere and Theophile Merck.
  124. Mammoser/Brennan Family Tree; Ancestry.com file; 28 Dec 2003; Kathleen Brennan Mammoser (kayb48@wideopenwest.com).
  125. Kathleen Brennan Mammoser email, 19 Feb 2006, to Joann Merck Meyers, Subj: Adele.
  126. GeneaNet - Ronald Hargarten (ronald.hargarten@msn.com).
  127. Theo Merck Marriage Certificate; Cook County, Illinois; Illinois, Cook County Marriage Certificates 1871-1920; FamilySearch.com.
  128. James D. Reed email; 10/30/2007 (great grandson).
  129. Freeport Daily Democrat; 24 July 1890.
  130. Memorial Card - Maria Barbara Merck.
  131. FAMILY LISTINGS OF ELSASS, 1881 - Odessa Archives; published by Germans from Russia Heritage Society, 2000., p. 1 bk-2.
  132. EWZ Record from National Archives; Microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0754 - Record for Rosina Muller Merk.
  133. 1892 Statistical Journals: Odessa UYEZD Villages Population; State Archives of Odessa Region; File 274-2-19a; published at Kutschurgan. com website.
  134. Roll of persons residing within the limits of the village of Elsass (Shtcherbanka) for getting sugar in 1919; 1 Jan 1919; State Archives of Odessa Region; File 56-1-50.
  135. Odessa Pixel file: File: 107,703 Balmas Bessarabia - a Koblenz Extraction (E. Wise) <http://odessa3.org/collections/bess/koblenz/link/balmas.txt>

    http://www.odessa3.org/re-cgi-bin/esearch.
  136. Margaretha (Ebertz) Merk letter from Odessa to Christian Merk, Broadacres, Saskatchewan; 12 Oct 1921.
  137. Merck Family Tree family record document, January 1990; Marie Hertz, 800 Birch Avenue, Harvey, ND 58341, (701) 324 4283 or 324-4374.
  138. Family Listings of Elsass 1893; Odessa Archives as purchased by GRHS, compiler. (Bismarck ND 58501-8115: Germans from Russia Heritage Society,).
  139. Letter from Katherina Schaell (Elsass, Cherson, South Russia) to der Staats Anzeiger, 2 Dec 1910; held by GRHS Archives ().
  140. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0540; Record for Magdalene Merk.
  141. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0158; Record for Franz Merk.
  142. Lukas Schwarzenberger, Letter to Der Staats-Anzeiger, 6 January 1914 (Der Staats-Anzeiger, Bismarck, North Dakota, 19 February 1914, Film 3639, Vol. 8, No. 30, Page 6).
  143. EWZ Record; microfilm from National Archives; A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0854 - Record for Magdalena Schell Merk.
  144. Letter from Lukas Schwarzenberger (Elsass, Cherson, Russia) to der Staats-Anzeiger newspaper, 20 January 1913; held by Germans From Russia Heritage Society (GRHS.com; Bismarck, North Dakota). microfilm copy translated for internet.
  145. Joseph Merck letter to der Staats Anzeiger; 30 March 1911; from Darragueiera, Argentina, South America.
  146. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002., City of Portland, Oregon; Elect. Precinct 8.
  147. Ancestry.com. Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
  148. Joseph Merk, Letter to Der Staats-Anzeiger, July 11, 1913, 24 July 1913, Film 3639, Vol 7, No 52, Page 4.
  149. Descendents of Michael Eberle, PDF file (Joe Bell, Aug 21 2002).
  150. Oregon State Board of Health, Certificate of Death
    State Registered No. 2917
    Local Registered No. 2933 (September 19, 1938).
  151. Felix Eberle, Letter to Der Staats-Anzeiger, March 21, 1914 (Der Staats-Anzeiger, Bismarck ND, 2 April 1914).
  152. Oregon State Board of Health, Certificate of Death
    State Registered No. 2917
    Local Registered No. 2933, State Registered No. 2917.
  153. Grave headstone - Scheidt; Schoenenbourg Cemetery; Photo taken 3 Jun 2007 by Ed Merck.
  154. Grave Marker-Marie Scheidt; Schoenenbourg Cemetery, Schoenenbourg, Alsace, France; Photo.
  155. Ancestry.com file - Marthe Vaugeois.
  156. Draft Registration Card - Andrew A. Merck; Newark, NJ; 12 Sep 1918.
  157. Draft Registration Card, WWII - Andrew A. Merck; Essex County NJ; 1942; Roll: WWII_2371481.
  158. Draft Registration Card - John A. Merck; Newark, NJ; 12 Sep 1918.
  159. Draft Registration Card, WWII - John A. Merck; Essex County NJ; Roll: WWII_2371481.
  160. Draft Registration Card - Albert S. Merck; Neward NJ; 5 June 1917.
  161. Draft Registration Card - John Edmund Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 1917 or 1918.
  162. Birth Certificate - John Edmund Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 29 Jan 1882.
  163. Draft registration card-John Edmund Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 12 Sep 1918.
  164. Obituary - John Edmund Merck; Freeport Journal Standard, Freeport, Il., 10 Feb 1964.
  165. Birth Certificate - Florence Merck; Stephenson County, Illinois; 10 Sep 1889; Johanne Dahl, midwife.
  166. Draft Registration Card - Arthur J. Mertins; Freeport, Illinois; June 17, 1917.
  167. Obituary - Arthur J. Mertins; Freeport Bulletin; February 1941.
  168. Freeport Journal Standard, Freeport, Illinois; 1 Feb 1941.
  169. Find A Grave Record - Mary J. Mertins (http://www.findagrave.com).
  170. Draft registration card - John Emil Mammoser; 5 Jun 1917; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
  171. Descendants of Francola Joseph Merck, provided by JoAnn Marie Merck Meyers.
  172. Reed Family Tree, Ancestry.com; (JamesReed1954).
  173. Marriage License - Mary Merck/Harry Reed; Illinois, Cook County Marriages 1871-1920; FamilySearch.com.
  174. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  175. Marriage Record No. 136921, Cuyanoga County, Ohio; 18 June 1919. Rev. J. J. Stewart.
  176. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
  177. Ed Hegel, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, email, Subj: Merck/Merk Genealogy (Feb 2001).
  178. Descendants of Sebastian Merk; report by Ed Hegel furnished by Pat Mackin, 21 Jun 2006.
  179. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0670; Record for Peter Merk.
  180. Pat Mackin email, 23 Apr 26, SubJ: re: Frances merk Hegel, Ed Hegel.
  181. Ludwig H. Feist; ancestry.com, "Faist, Feist, Lauinger, Benson, Bartel, Maier, Still Descendants family group sheet," compiled Dec 24, 2003 (ludwigf@gra.midco.net). Filed on Ancestry.com.
  182. Johannes Baumgartner Story and Genealogy, Bicentennial Edition, 1774-1974; Germans from Russia Heritage Collection; North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo ND.
  183. Descendants of Eva Baumgartner, by Dolores Welk Kline; provided by Agnes Merck Schwan, Aberdeen SD, September 2004.
  184. Ship manifest - SS Westernland; departed Antwerp December 9, 1899, arrived New York December 21, 1899. (Manifest included Christian Merk, wife Eva, and children Jacob and Juliana. Destination was to brother-in-law Johannes Baumgartner in North Dakota.) Ellis Island files.
  185. Naturalization Record for Christian Merck, County Court, McHenry County, North Dakota, April 3, 1906.
  186. "Karlsruhe Telephone Co.," announcement, Bismarck Daily Tribune, Bismarck ND, 29 March 1913; online archives (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 8 April 2013).
  187. Agnes Merck Schwan, "All Germans from Russian Background must be related," e-mail message from <dancingram@nvc.net> to Edward Merck, September 16, 2002.
  188. North Dakota Department of Health Public Death Index.
  189. Emmons County Record; Linton ND; Jan 1940; County's Oldes Resident Passes: Johannes baumgartner, Strasburg, Died Sunday; 288 Descendants.
  190. Ancestry.com. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2001. Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-1002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health.
  191. Alexander Eberz email - 25 Aug 2008; Familienforschung Eberts.
  192. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0326; Record for Jakob Merk.
  193. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F046, Frame 2840; Record for Barbara Merk.
  194. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ58-H005, Frame 3000; Record for Josef Wenz.
  195. Bitter Truth; Vladimir Bukovsky, 2006, Russian language, volume 2, pages 131-135.

    Translated by Elena Gabriel.

  196. EWZ Record from national archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ58-H005, Frame 2862; Record for Emanuel Merk.
  197. Odessa Digital Library, Germans From Russia Heritage Society, (19
    July 2001, <<http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/>>), "Electronic," Odessa
    Province Executions 1937 - 1938 (H. Ehrman, R. Heinle) Published by the
    Odessa Digital Library - 27 Feb 2000
    <<http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/war/link/executel.txt>>.
  198. Peter Goldade, Our Relatives the Persecuted (: Xlibris Corporation, 2006).
  199. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0770; Record for Roxina Muller Merk.
  200. EWZ Record from National Archives, microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 764; Record for Celestine Merk.
  201. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, frame 0766; Record for Josef Merk.
  202. File: 205,845 Selfridge ND, Golden Jubilee, 1911-1961 (R. Ferderer).
  203. Ship Manifest - Konigin Luise; Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  204. 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; Ancestry.com.
  205. Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  206. Border Crossings from Canada to US, 1895-1956; Ancestry.com.
  207. Record of Marriage, South Dakota State Board of Health, Brown County, Registered Number 15116, 12 february 1940.
  208. Obituaries from Der Staats Anzeiger, 1928-1929 & 1932-1935 (A. Schurr)
    Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 31 Mar 1996 http://www.odessa3.org.
  209. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  210. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; Ancestry.com.
  211. Letter from Baltasar Rink (Neu-Elsass, Cherson, Russia) to der Staats-Anzeiger newspaper, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, November 24, 1910; held by GRHS (Bismarck, North Dakota, USA). on microfilm.
  212. FamilySearch Individual Record - Ottilia Merck; FamilySearch website.
  213. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; Ancestry.com.
  214. Family Group Record - Nicolaus Heisler/Ottilia Merk; FamilySearch website.
  215. Paul Wingert email, 9 Jun 2009; Subj: Heisler/Merk.
  216. Ship manifest of Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, arriving New York on November 14, 1901. Online at Ellis Island Foundation website, http://www.ellisisland.org.
  217. Odessa Archive File 67-1-60; Case #60; Kandel Settlement Council reports, 13 Jan 1882 - 31 Dec 1882.
  218. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0450; Record for Katharine Rissling Merk.
  219. EWZ Record from National Archives; microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F046, Frame 2706; Record for Amalie Merk.
  220. Katharina Schaell ltr; 21 Feb 1911; to der Staats-Anzeiger newspaper; translated copy online at GRHS website.
  221. EWZ Records.
  222. Valerie Mock, "Repressions, Elsass ((Odessa, Ukraine, USSR)," database, Valerie Mock, Valerie Mock's Journal (http://valery-mock.livejournal.com/27019.html: accessed ), .
  223. EWZ Records from National Archives, microfilm A3342-EWZ50-F047, Frame 0836 - Record for Valentin Merk.
  224. Mannheim Volost, Soviet Executive Committee, 1922 BMD Records; STATE ARCHIVES OF ODESSA REGION
    FILE R7-1-99; GRHS Archives.
  225. Felix Merck, U. S. Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service Form 2204-L-A
    No. 792 (District Court of McHenry County, Towner ND; Nov 30, 1940).
  226. Draft Registration Card; Felix Merck.
    Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
  227. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002., District 30, page 3.
  228. Felix Merck; Oath of Allegiance; May 13, 1942.
  229. Ancestry.com. North Dakota State Censuses, 1915 and 1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  230. Frank, Emanuel; letter; Dickinson, North Dakota. Der Staats-Anzeiger, 18 Dec 1913. Translated and published on GRHS website (GRHS.com).
  231. Obituary - John Merck; http://www.thompsonlarson.com/obituaries.htm.
  232. "U. S, World War II Draft Registration Cards," digital image, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1002&iid=31887_B016873-00491&fn=Joseph+Jakob&ln=Merck&st=d&ssrc=pt_t22026632_p1171988557&pid=10422647 : Internet 9 November 2011); citing U.S. Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Record for Joseph Jakob Merck.
  233. Oregon State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death
    State File No. 3903
    Local Registrar's No. 3937 (Nov 13, 1944).
  234. Declaration of Intention for Naturalization- Joseph Merck; United States district Court, District of Oregon; 21 June 1921.
  235. Heston Family Tree; (http://www.heston.com/familytree/).
  236. "U. S, World War II Draft Registration Cards," digital image, Ancestry.com.
  237. Petition for Naturalization - Florian Florianus Deibele; U.S. District Court of Oregon, Portland, Oregon; 4 Oct 1927.
  238. Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008, Certificate 13925.
  239. Declaration of Intention - Florian Florianus Deibele; U.S. District Court of Oregon, Portland, Oregon; 8 Sep 1922.
  240. Ship manifest - SS Birma, departed Libau, arrived New York December 15, 1909; Ellis Island Foundation.
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  247. Anthony J. Merck, Petition for Naturalization, District Court, Marshall County at Warren, Minnesota. Document on file at Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota., SAM 227; Reel 9, Code 24, Vol. 8, Page 49 (Frames 194-196).
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    Certified copy in personal file.
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    personal file.
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  269. Declaration of Intention for Naturalization - Mathias Joseph Merck; District Court of Oregon, Portland, Oregon; 3 Jan 1934.
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  283. Freeport Journal Standard; 17 May 1937; newspaper article, Merck-Stephens wedding.
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  385. Shepherd School of Music website (http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/preparatory/kristen_bruya.html).
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  405. Obituary - Alex Merck.
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  424. Scott Torborg email, 22 Jun 2010; Subj: She Is Here!.
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    State of Colorado. A copy is in personal file.
  426. Certificate of Live Birth of Connie Josephine Merck, issued Jan 6, 1969,
    by State Registrar of Vital Statistics, State of Colorado. A copy is in
    personal file.
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    name changed to Connie Josephine Merck.
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