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Sources for Chapter 1

  1. Burgert, Annette Kunselman. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America, Volume I: The Northern Kraichgau. Breinigsville, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania German Society, 1983. Entry 432: ROMICH, JOH. ADAM.
  2. Ittlingen Evangelical Church Records (Kirchenbuch), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials. LDS Microfilm Nos. 1189132 and 1189133. Primary images examined via Archion.de, June 2026. Master portfolio transcription: ittlingen_church_records_romich_master_portfolio.md. Supplementary handwritten research notes by Karla Tipton, c. 1990.
  3. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. "Ship Dragon, 1732." Transcription accessed 1999. Includes Captain's List, Oaths of Allegiance, and Oaths of Abjuration, 30 September 1732.
  4. Reed, Joan Romig. Email and travel correspondence to Karla Tipton, Ron Romig, and Evelyn and Wayne Kearns, August 1997, December 1997, August 1999, December 1999, March 2024, May 2026. Karla Tipton Collection.
  5. Reed, Joan Romig. Annotated travel notes, Ittlingen, Germany, August 1997 and August 1999. Karla Tipton Collection.
  6. Romig, Clarence, and Ruth Romig. Letter to Evelyn and Wayne Kearns, 20 December 1997. Karla Tipton Collection.
  7. Hollenbach, Raymond R. Transcription of Moravian Church records, Congregation at Allemengel. Transcribed 1973; copied by Warren J. Ziegler, 1980. LDS microfilm 115242. Includes Lebenslauf (biographical memoir) of Adam Romich (died 1768) and burial record of Ursula Romich (died 1766). Orange Family History Center.
  8. Emmaus Moravian Congregation. Burial Records, Old Moravian Cemetery. Entry: Friedrich Romig, death 6 July 1783.
  9. Centennial History of Kutztown, Pennsylvania (1915), pages 21–22. "The Siegfried Family." Transmits Emmaus Moravian obituary of Anna Maria Romig Siegfried.
  10. Stoever, Rev. Caspar. Marriage record, Johann Adam Romich and Maria Ursula Krämer [Wanner], 19 June 1733. Caspar Stoever Marriage Records, IGI No. 7723688.
  11. Siebmacher's Wappenbuch (1878). "Roemig I.," vol. 14, part 1. Page 331.
  12. Deibert, Arthur S. "An Echo of the Tulpehocken Confusion," in The History of Lynn Township (1951), page 16.
  13. Neuwirth, Gustav. Geschichte der Gemeinde Ittlingen [History of the Municipality of Ittlingen]. Ittlingen: Municipality of Ittlingen, 1981. Secondary/compiled municipal history drawing on Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe primary documents, principally Abt. 229 and Abt. 69/1 Archiv Gemmingen.
  14. Hauk, Michael. Email to Karla Tipton on behalf of Heimatverein Ittlingen e.V., May 2026. Karla Tipton Collection.
  15. Crispenhofen Evangelical Church Records (Mischbuch Vol. 1, 1560–1738 and Vol. 2, 1672–1807). Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Crispenhofen; Evangelisches Archiv Baden und Württemberg. Digital images via Archion.de, June 2026. Bilder examined: Vol. 1 Bilder 128, 133; Vol. 2 Bilder 2, 3, 10, 16.
  16. Ittlingen Evangelical Church Records, Burial Register. Burial entry 19, Anna Elisabetha Bernhardin, 9 December 1755. Digital image via Archion.de, June 2026. Primary source confirming Agnes Margaretha's mother's maiden name as Huber.
  17. FamilySearch index, LDS film 101891215. Crispenhofen and Bobachshof church records. Includes Stoffel Romig family entries (1652–1663), Stophel Romer burial 1694, and Wendel Remigs/Romegl children's deaths (1695 and 1703). Index only; primary images not separately examined.