This work is an essential reference for those researching early German and Swiss settlers in Louisiana, and particularly in that area along the Mississippi west of New Orleans known as the German Coast. The book traces the early exploration of America from the discovery of the Mississippi in 1541, the first French, German and Swiss arrivals, the First Immigration en Masse, the German Coast and its first villages, the hardships and difficulties encountered, trouble with the Indians, religion and the churches of the Germans, a summary of the 1721 and 1724 Census, with names of habitants and information relative to them, the Creoles of German Descent and their probable number, and German names in the Spanish Marriage Register of St. John the Baptist. Over 2,000 names listed in this work. Softcover, (1909), repr. 2010, Illus., Maps, 142 pp.