Do you have a German ancestor in your family tree? Learn basic methods for German genealogy research. A brief history of Germany and formerly German lands will be presented, as […]

*This is a partner event. Presenter: Gail Shaffer Blankenau. Millions of German-speaking immigrants crossed the Atlantic to build new lives in America, leaving behind valuable records on both sides of […]

*This is a partner event. Presenter: Günter Ofner. Verwaltung bis 1848, Grundherrschaften, Ämter, was finde ich dort: Steuern und Abgaben, Untertanen, Besitzwechsel, Verträge. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone […]

This is a partner event. Presenter: Ute Brandenburg. This presentation discusses the turbulent history of the former German states of East Prussia and West Prussia, now part of Poland and […]

Bob Greiner of MAGS will describe the variety of genealogical collections that MAGS has indexed and that are searchable by name in the database on the MAGS website. These collections […]

The Germanic family of languages has experienced several phonological “sound shifts” over the last 2,500 years. These linguistic changes can create challenges for genealogists who are researching Germanic heritage. Beginning […]

This is a partner event. Speaker: Maggie Hein. You probably know where your ancestors settled in Russia and when they arrived there. What about where they lived before they moved […]

*This is a partner event. Leitung: Günter Ofner. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German

For our Fall Seminar, Luana Darby provides us with practical guidance for overcoming research challenges and tracing German and Missouri ancestry. The first section, Is This the End? Taking Your […]

*This is a partner event. Presenter: Anke Michels. Einführung und gemeinsame Übersetzungsübungen. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German

This is a partner event. Speaker: Rhonda McClure. Learn how descendancy research (tracing descendants of an individual) can further your family history research. Rhonda McClure, Senior Genealogist at American Ancestors, […]

This is a partner event. In Germany, there are two types of marriage – a civil ceremony performed at the registry office, and a religious ceremony in the Catholic Church. […]