Moravian settlements

Three-part webinar series presented by Paul Peucker. Settlement congregations were a distinctive feature of Moravian life in the 18th and 19th centuries. With the inscription of the “Moravian Church Settlements” […]

Which Johann Christoph is Mine?

Researching in a native country is hard. Researching in Germany? Even harder. When every family in town shares a surname and all the sons are Johann Christoph or Gerhard, and […]

Organizing Your Personal Archives Workshop

*This is a partner event. Do you have papers, photos or family heirlooms that you don’t know how to preserve? Well don’t worry about that as AHSGR Archivist Karen Keehr […]

Die Grundherrschaftsarchive

*This is a partner event. Verwaltung bis 1848, Grundherrschaften, Ă„mter, was finde ich dort: Steuern und Abgaben, Untertanen, Besitzwechsel, Verträge. Vortragender: GĂĽnter Ofner. Bitte hier anmelden. Wir bieten weiterhin (virtuelle) […]

Navigating Shifting German Surnames

Join professional genealogist Stephen Wendt as he discusses the ways in which German surnames have changed over the years. Registration. Eastern time zone | online | English

74th Deutscher Genealogentag

*This is a partner event. Genealogy day in Germany this year has the motto "Displacement, Expulsion, and Reconciliation" and will focus on these topics within German history, especially in the […]

Genealogical Research in the German-speaking World

Do you know what your great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was doing in 1785? In the German-speaking area, church records were introduced in the 15th century and established nationwide in the 16th century. Although […]

Seminar in Kusel, Germany

Das Seminar fängt offiziell am Samstag um 10 Uhr mit der Vorstellungsrunde an und geht bis Sonntagmittag, wenn es mit dem gemeinsamen Mittagessen endet. Dies sind die Vortragenden mit ihren […]

74th Deutscher Genealogentag

*This is a partner event. Genealogy day in Germany this year has the motto "Displacement, Expulsion, and Reconciliation" and will focus on these topics within German history, especially in the […]

74th Deutscher Genealogentag

*This is a partner event. Genealogy day in Germany this year has the motto "Displacement, Expulsion, and Reconciliation" and will focus on these topics within German history, especially in the […]

OrtsfamilienbĂĽcher: Researching German Ancestors

OrtsfamilienbĂĽcher 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 […]

A Quest for Relatives in Kazakhstan

*This is a partner event. Treffen Tuesday with Michael Brown, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wyoming and second-generation German Russian. Several years ago, he discovered a village in northern […]