This is a partner event. Presenter: Bruce D. Bomberger, archivist and curator. The Lebanon County Historical Society (LCHS) was founded in 1898 and houses the Hauck Memorial Archives and Library. Owing to the extensive settlement of German people in the Lebanon area, many of the activities of this ethnic group dominate the records. Among the […]
*This is a partner event. Betrachtung verschiedener Berufe der Leder- und Fellverarbeitung. Vortragende: Angelika SCHMALBACH. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German
This is a partner event. This month the group will look at the Palatinate region of Germany. So many immigrants came from this area, that in the colonial period German speakers were called Palatines instead of Germans. It has a unique history because it was part of the original Roman empire and it suffered through […]
This is a partner event. Treffen Tuesday will be presented by Allyn Brosz. For Germans from the Russian Empire, the transatlantic journey was not always a one-way trip. Some immigrants to the U.S. returned to their ancestral villages as naturalized American citizens, crossing the Atlantic more than once. Their stories are found in the United […]
Presenter: Brandon Bloch. Following Germany’s defeat in 1945 and its occupation by the Allied powers, the German Protestant Church assumed critical social and political roles as both a provider of humanitarian aid and a mediator between the German population and the occupying authorities. This presentation examines the fraught interactions between German Lutheran pastors and their […]
*This is a partner event. Presenter: Barbara Pieh. The website Archion is a source well-worth getting to know. Archion provides access primarily to the records created by the pastors of the German Protestant Churches . They recorded the births/baptisms, marriages, and death/burials starting in the mid-1600s. Archion constantly adds new records as they are released […]
This is a partner event. The Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS) will hold its 2026 annual conference Aug. 5-7 in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a pre-conference workshop on Aug. 4. This in-person event will take place at the Crystal Inn. Sessions will explore genealogical research across the Russian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, […]
The Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (GRIVA) continues its series on German emigration to colonial America. Details. Registration. Eastern time zone | online | English
*This is a partner event. Familien-, Vor-, Haus-, Hofnamen. Vortragender: Dr. Michael KURZ. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German
RootsTech, the world’s largest family history and genealogy conference, has announced the 2026 theme: "Together." This theme emphasizes global connection, collaboration, family history as a shared experience. The event runs March 5-7. Online conference events will all be free. Details. Mountain time zone | online & in-person | English
The 50th Annual Symposium of the Society for German American Studies will be held March 19–21, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio, on the campus of the The Ohio State University. The theme of the Symposium will be: “SGAS Symposium at 50, the US at 250: Reflections and Horizons.” The conference registration deadline is March 6, 2026. […]
This is a partner event. Presenter: Fritz Juengling Ph.D. Compgen.de (Verein fĂĽr Computergenealogie) is Germany's largest non-profit organization for computer-aided genealogy, offering a vast, free, collaborative online platform with extensive searchable databases, historical records (like address books, death lists), wiki, gazetteer and tools for German family history research. It is accessible via URLs like genealogy.net […]