This is a partner event. Presentations include "Gustav Heilig’s 1870s Daybook — A Young German Texan Immerses Himself in a New Community," "The Emigrant’s Life before Texas," "Early German Settlements in South-Central Texas," and "German contribution to the Texas Revolution with a special look at the Runaway Scrape and how it affected the early German […]
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 […]
This is a partner event. Dr. Fritz Juengling will explore the cultural and historical aspects of the German language leading up to and well beyond the American Revolution. Dissect the nuances between high and low German speakers in this developing American nation as they immigrated in waves from various kingdoms, duchies, and principalities (that would […]
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. […]
This is a partner event. Speaker: Andrea Bentschneider. More information. Eastern time zone | online | English
This is a partner event. Vortragende: Isabella Spari. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German
This is a partner event. Vortragende: Anke Michels. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German
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 […]
This is a partner event. Presenter: Dana Ann Palmer, CG®, CGL® Newspapers can be a great resource for personal news, announcements, and social items. Learn how to locate newspapers online and find your family. Discussion will include a comparison of some of the most popular online newspaper websites (Newspapers.com, GenealogyBank, Newspaper Archive, Chronicling America, and […]
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 | […]
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 – […]
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." […]