A história da colonização do Vale do Rio Pardo começa em 1849, quando ali aportaram os primeiros imigrantes alemães. Eram ao todo 12 pessoas, que se fixaram na Picada Velha, no atual município de Santa Cruz do Sul. Posteriormente vieram novas levas de imigrantes e a estas foram sendo acrescidas pessoas provenientes das colônias de São Leopoldo e arredores.
O Vale do Rio Pardo abrange a área que vai de Venâncio Aires até as usinas hidrelétricas do Passo Real. Este livro pretende resgatar a história da imigração alemã nesta vasta região através de informações constantes nas lápides das sepulturas contribuindo desta maneira para muitas pessoas que estão em busca de dados sobre os seus antepassados.
Relacionamos o índice de alguns óbitos em ordem alfabética: Abich, Abeling, Adam, Albrecht, Alexander, Alves, Amon, Anton, Arend, Arndt, Appel, Assmann, Azevedo, Back, Backes, Baier, Baierle, Bailke, Barbosa, Barth, Bartz, Bauermann, Baumgarter, Beckenkamp, Becker, Behling, Behm, Berger, Berlt, Bernhardt, Bertram, Biesdorf, Blank, Boettcher, Bolduan, Borowsky, Brandes, Braun, Bremm, Bressler, Brixner, Brückmann, Brum, Bublitz, Bugs, Butzke, Carsten, Caspary, Christmann, Colberto, Claas, Conrad, Costa, Dassow, Decker, Dettmer, Dick, Diehl, Diemer, Dietrich, Doern, Drescher, Dreyer, Dumke, Dummer, Ebert, Eichelberger, Eichner, Eichstädt, Eick, Eidt, Eifert, Einloft, Eisenhardt, Emmel, Engelmann, Englert, Etges, Faber, Faller, Fank, Feistler, Feix, Fengler, Ferreira, Ficht, Filter, Finger, Finkler, Fischborn, Fischer, Fobrich, Foesch, Fontoura, Forster, Franck, Frantz, Frederich, Freitas, Freese, Frey, Fristsch, Fröhlich, Fuelber, Fülber, Gabe, Gaertner, Garmatz, Gassen, Ghrke, Geiss, Genehr, Genz, Gerhardt, Geske, Gessinger, Giehl, Gewehr, Giehl, Glasser, Glesse, Goelzer, Goettems, Goetze, Goldschmidt, Graeff, Gressler, Griebel, Gründling, Grunewald, Haas, Hackbarth, Hackenhaar, Halmenschlager, Hanssen, Heck, Helfer, Henn, Hennig, Herbests, Heinnen, Hentscke, Herberts, Hermes, Heuser, Hilbig, Hirsch, Hoeltz, Hofmann, Hübner, Iserhard, Jaeger, Jäger, Jahn, Jandrey, Jank, Jappe, Jochims, John, Jost, Jungblut, Junkherr, Kappel, Karnopp, Keller, Lern, Kersting, Kessler, Kienast, Kipper, Kirst, Kist, Klafke, Klein, Kliemann, Knaack, Knod, Knudsen, Koch, Koehler, Kolberg, Konrad, Konzen, Kopp, Krause, Krüger, Kuhn, Küntzer, Kurtz, Kussler, Lange, Lau, Lenz, Lessing, Limberger, Lincke, Lopes, Luedke, Lusche, Lüttjohann, Machado, Malickosvski, Martin, Maske, Mäurer, Mayer, Mees, Meinhardt, Melchiors, Merten, Metzger, Meurer, Mohr, Molz, Moraes, Müller, Nagel, Nascimento, Naue, Neitzke, Neumann, Nicknick, Niedersberg, Nyland, Oldenburg, Oliveira, Paetzold, Panke, Pauli, Paulus, Peiter, Pereira, Petry, Petterson, Pitrovsky, Pittelkow, Porath, Porcher, Preuss, Preussler, Pritsch, Procat, Raasch, Rabuske, Rachor, Radtke, Raffler, Ramm, Rauber, Rathke, Rech, Regert, Reinicke, Reis, Reitzer, Reuter, Rieck, Rieger, Riese, Ristow, Ritter, Rodrigues, Rohloff, Rosa, Roos, Rothmund, Rowedder, Rusch, Rutsatz, Santos, Sausen, Schädler, Schäfer, Scherer, Schirmer, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schneider, Schoenherr, Schröder, Schubert, Schuch, Schuck, Schuenke, Schuh, Schultz, Schuster, Schwantes, Schwengber, Schwertz, Sehnem, Seibel, Seibert, Seidel, Silberschlag Simon, Sins, Soder, Spengler, Spies, Spindler, Spode, Stanke, Stein, Stertz, Storch, Strey, Strohschoen, Stumm, Sulzbacher, Tatsch, Teichmann, Teichmüller, Tesche, Tetzlaff, Theisen, Thomaz, Toebe, Toillier, Tornquist, Trarbach, Vogt, Wagener, Waechter, Weber, Wegener, Weiss, Wendland, Werlang, Werner, Wiesel, Wiesner, Wilges, Winck, Winkelmann, Wolf, Wrasse, Zahn, Ziebell, Zimmer, Singler, Zinn, Zirbes, Zuther, Zwicker.