“Landsmannschaftliche” Vereins (or Vereine) were groups formed by people who had emigrated from the same locale. Many had a component of mutual support and aid for distressed compatriots; they could also include women's groups, choirs, or card clubs.
Regional groups with published histories or archival collections at MHS:
| Group Name |
Home Region |
Resource |
| Deutsch-Oesterreichischer Unterstuetzungsverein |
Austria |
25-year history (1909) |
| Gruetli Verein |
Switzerland |
Organization records |
| St. Louis Plattduetschen Club (note the unusual spelling; this is not a typo) |
Low Countries |
100-year history (1976), indexed here |
| Rheinisch Frohsinn |
Rhineland |
75-year history (1931) |
| St. Louis Badischer Unterstutzungs Verein |
Baden |
Artifacts |
| St. Louis Bayern-Verein |
Bavaria |
50th-anniversary history (1933) |
| St. Louis Schwaben Unterstutzungs-Verein/St. Louis Schwaben Freund |
Southwestern Germany |
Photos |
These additional groups are listed in the 1910 Deutscher Vereins-Almanach, but at this time MHS does not have their publications or records:
Allegemeiner Hessen Unterstuetzungs-Verein (Hesse)
Elsass-Lothringischer Unterstuetzungsbund (Alsace-Lorraine)
Erster Siebenbuerger Sachsen Kranken-Unterstuetzungs-Verein (Saxony)
Sachsen Unterstuetzungs-Verein (Saxony)
Pfaelzer Bund (Pfalz)
Preussen-Verband (Prussia)
Schleswig-Holsteiner Verein (Schleswig-Holstein)
St. Louis Schweitzer Club (Swiss) (possibly another name of the Gruetli Verein)
Sued St. Louis Hessen-Verein
