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[Kristjan Saag]

david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
> The reason there are so many German records in the US is that there were so many German-Americans. By the first World War Germans were the largest ethnic minority in the U.S. -about 20% of the total population.
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And still is the largest - but now "only" 15 per cent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_and_ethnic_demographics_of_the_United_States
Kristjan