This is a partner event. Presenter: Teresa Steinkamp McMillin. This talk will focus on collections of free digitized German materials and indexes available on the internet. Most websites presented are based in Germany, so tips and tricks for navigating them will be included. Members only. Membership information. Eastern time zone | online | English
This is a partner event. Are you encountering difficulties with your German research? Have you considered reaching out to a local genealogy society for assistance? Let's explore some prominent German genealogy societies and special interest groups in the US. Additionally, we will delve into the genealogy groups in Germany, providing insights on how to locate […]
This is a partner event. Presenter: Katherine R. Willson. Free resources are available for beginning online research in any of our immigrant ancestors’ home countries. Non-members should email miggsinfo@gmail.com to request an invitation. Eastern time zone | online | English
Ortsfamilienbücher contain genealogical information about families within a specific town, village, or parish, sometimes going back to the beginning of written records. Learn about the Emerson History & Genealogy Center’s large collection of these books and how to use them. Register. Central time zone | online | English
Genealogists are more than familiar with passenger lists. Innumerable hours have been devoted to studying immigrant arrivals in cities like New York City, Boston, and Baltimore. However, that is only half of the puzzle. What about where they left from? What about those lists? Well, you may be in luck! Senior Librarian Logan Knight will […]
This is a partner event. Presenter: Dr. Sabine Akabayov. Many people residing in Germany don't participate in DNA testing which makes it more difficult to find DNA matches actually in Germany. This month's featured speaker Sabine Akabayov will address differences in DNA genealogy between U.S. and German researchers, and how to use your DNA estimates […]
*This is a partner event. Presenter: Sharon Cook MacInnes. The first session on "Migration Patterns of Germans Within America" explores how topography and history channeled Germans into certain areas, how chain migration drew allied families together, and what tools you can use to follow their footsteps. In the second session, "Hitting Pay Dirt: Tunneling into […]
This is a partner event. The theme is early immigration of Germans into Texas and their legacy. Speakers: Benno Engel on Prince Carl von Solms-Braunfels, the founding of New Braunfels, and the Sophienburg archives; Kevin Klaus on land grants to the Germans; Drs. Daniel Gelo and Christopher Wickham on Theodore Specht, an early immigrant to […]
The 49th Annual Family History Workshop at Minnesota State University Moorhead is a one-day genealogy workshop. Breakout sessions run in four concurrent tracks. The featured speaker is Diane Schmidt, president of the Germanic Genealogy Society (GGS) of Minnesota and board member of the Pommern Regional Group (PRG). Details and registration. Central time zone | in-person […]
This is a partner event. The theme is early immigration of Germans into Texas and their legacy. Speakers: Benno Engel on Prince Carl von Solms-Braunfels, the founding of New Braunfels, and the Sophienburg archives; Kevin Klaus on land grants to the Germans; Drs. Daniel Gelo and Christopher Wickham on Theodore Specht, an early immigrant to […]
Merken Sie sich die Termine vor: 26. - 28.09.2025 in Frankfurt/Main. Central Europe time zone | in-person | German
Presenter: Dr. Michael Lacopo. The Internet age has brought genealogy to our fingertips over the last three decades, and we can find our German ancestors easier. But it still takes some digging and know-how to find our elusive Germans. This lecture will discuss some online sites that all German genealogists should know. American sites will […]