Here’s a selection of answers to the ice-breaker question attendees were asked. My 9X great grandfather’s hand drawn family tree from 1661. He wanted the villages back that his family had lost during the 30-year war. Therefore, he was trying to prove with...
When you say it out loud, it sounds even more incredible. In the 10 years since IGGP was founded, it has held 5 international conferences bringing amazing attention to the German genealogy community. So at the 2025 conference in Columbus, it was time to let our hair...
Real life pushed into the conference on Friday afternoon when one of our speakers had to cut short her presentation to go to a bomb shelter. Sabine Akabayov was speaking from Israel the day after it bombed Iranian targets. Sabine warned the organizers that retaliatory...
The welcome reception was a noisy, fun success as attendees crowded into the exhibition space for food and drink — and accordion music. All the vendor booths were crowded as visitors stopped by to review products and services. And our partner exhibitors were kept busy...
