The first seeds of this country were planted at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in what is today the United States of America. The first English settlers arrived at Jamestown in 1607; the first German, in 1608. Therefore, Germans were present at the creation of this nation. The Germans who came to Jamestown in 1608 and subsequently in 1620 were the forerunners of the largest nationality to immigrate to the United States since its founding in 1776.
Sponsored by the German Corner Store, the German-American History and Heritage contains biographies, essays, books, a bibliography, links, and a list of German-American organizations related to the German-American experience. The site has not been updated recently, however, and some links are dead.