• Traveling in Germany and Pomerania (Poland)

    This is a partner event. Joint meeting with the Pommern Regional Group. Minnesota Genealogy Center (MGC), 1385 Mendota Heights Road, Suite 100, Mendota Heights, MN, Mississippi room. Or join the Zoom link shortly before meeting starts. This program will educate participants on traveling in Germany and Pomerania, Poland, as well as using genealogy researchers in […]

  • Unsere Leute, Unsere Heimat

    This is a partner event. The 56th Annual AHSGR International Convention, Aug. 5-7, will be held in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the first Volga German settlers arriving in Hays, Kansas. Early bird pricing until June 30. Details and registration. Central time zone | in-person | English

  • Nazi oder Partisan?

    This is a partner event. Hilfreiche Einsichten durch zusätzliche Quellen. Vortragende: Felix Schweikhardt. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German

  • Evaluating the DNA of Palatine Families – Part 2

    This is a partner event. Presenter: Darvin L Martin. Continued from our January program, this talk will also focus on how DNA can be used as a tool to enhance family history, particularly as we use DNA to link families together and discover new details about our ancestors. This second part of the talk will […]

  • Matricula – Behind the Scenes and Future Perspectives

    This is a partner event. Presenter: Matricula founder Thomas Aigner:  The lecture introduces Matricula (www.matricula-online.eu) as one of Europe’s leading digital platforms for church registers, outlining its development, scale, and collaborative foundation within ICARUS (www.icar-us.eu). It also explores future directions, focusing on expanding content, improving usability and interoperability, and strengthening community engagement and sustainability. Register. […]

  • 1816: The Year Without a Summer & Its Impact on German Migration

    This is a partner event. Presenter: Carolyn Schott, CG® The eruption of Mt. Tambora in Indonesia unleashed a volcanic winter that reverberated around the globe, earning the year 1816 the name "The Year Without a Summer." Immense quantities of volcanic ash drastically altered weather patterns and created unseasonably cold temperatures that caused crop failures and […]

  • Secrets of German Genealogy: Hidden Clues in Church and Civil Records

    This is a partner event. Speaker: Andrea Bentschneider. Topics include "Beyond the Basics: Secrets in German Church Records," "Beyond the Basics: Secrets in German Civil Vital Records," "Neighbors and Networks: Using Witnesses in German Records," and "Closing Live Q & A on German Genealogy." Fee. For details and registration, see flyer. Eastern time zone | […]

  • Fall Webinar and Annual Membership Meeting

    This is a partner event. Presenter: Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist®. Join us via Zoom for two interesting presentations, then stay connected for our Annual Membership Meeting. "Putting Those Records to Work" explores the clear use of each document we locate. Each can be mined – directly or in combination with other records – […]

  • Colorado PalAm Fall Seminar

    This is a partner event. Registration opens Aug. 1; visit https://www.copalam.us/. Featuring Gail Blanenau, who will speak on "Power Combination: German Church Records and Farm Histories," "Finding Your Family in Numbers: How to Find and Navigate German Census Records," "Finding Your Germanic Home Village and Parish," and "Mountain Peaks and Trails: Your Swiss Ancestral Journey." […]