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German immigration to the US

The topic is about German immigrants coming to the United States and how their names were anglicized or simplified in US records.

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Jan 24, 2026
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How do name‑spelling variants (Trump, Trumpf, Drumpf) affect searching German and U.S. archival records for this family?

Name variants—, Trumpf, Drumpf and related forms—reflect centuries of fluid spelling in German-language sources and anglicization in records, and they materially affect search results: German parish a...

Jan 11, 2026
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How did the Trump family name evolve across generations from Friedrich to Donald Trump?

The Trump surname traces to a long German lineage that scholars and records show was once spelled "Drumpf" in Kallstadt but had become "Trump" at various points before and after emigration; Friedrich ...