*This is a partner event. Presenter: Dr. Klaus Kohrt. This webinar will summarize the history of Schleswig-Holstein to provide a basic understanding of how to find records in various archives. How and where to find records on the internet and/or how to contact organizations holding the original records will also be discussed. The focus of […]
Friederike Baer, professor of history at Penn State Abington, will conduct a Q&A with University of Münster Professor Jürgen Overhoff about George Washington and Frederick the Great: Parallel Lives, the just-published English translation of Professor Overhoff’s dual biography of these two famous political figures who embody the competition between liberal democracy and authoritarianism. Free and […]
This is a partner event. Presenter. Michael Lacopo. This seminar will focus on navigating the landscape of German genealogy, providing techniques and tools for tracing your German ancestors with confidence. Fee. Details. Eastern time zone | hybrid | English
This is a partner event. Join us for the Indiana Chapter of Palatines to America's Hybrid Spring Meeting, available in person at the Pike Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library or via Zoom. Featured speaker Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG®, will present three sessions on German genealogy research: ● Navigating Genealogy.net, Germany's free genealogy mega site● […]
*This is a partner event. Take a guided exploration of how to access and use numerous free websites for your German family historyresearch. Presenter: Josiah Schmidt, research librarian, St. Louis County Library. Details. Central time zone | hybrid | English
This is a partner event. Presenter: Scott Ludwig. An ahnentafel chart is the German version of a pedigree chart. It is a different approach than what we are used to. The Ahnentafel Chart focuses on one individual and their direct ancestors. This presentation will cover how the process works and how Ludwig came to use […]
This is a partner event. Presenter: James M. Beidler. The first mass migration of German-speaking people landed in upstate New York in 1710 and have been intensively studied by Hank Jones and put under the scholarly microscope of Philip Ottnerness. Where did they really come from? And where did they end up? Members only; become […]
This is a partner event. Hansen’s Map Guides to Parish Registers simplify the process of locating the parish registers containing the records of your ancestors. The Guides contain detailed information about Catholic and Lutheran jurisdictions for locations within the former German Empire (including areas now in Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Denmark, and France), Switzerland and Luxembourg, […]
This is a partner event. Speaker: Jim Beidler. The first mass migration of German-speaking people landed in upstate New York in 1710 and have been intensively studied by Hank Jones and put under the scholarly microscope of Philip Ottnerness. Where did they really come from? And where did they end up? Members Only. Become a […]
The Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (GRIVA) continues its series on German emigration to colonial America. Details. Registration. Eastern time zone | online | English
This is a partner event. Autor und Präsentator: Ing. Sepp ASANGER. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German
What kind of documents are available for your German ancestors? What should you be looking for in your research? And most importantly, where can you find these documents? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this popular webinar presented by Katherine Schober of Germanology Unlocked, a genealogy education and translation service. Details. Eastern […]