Events

This is a partner event. Transkribus, the popular AI-powered tool for reading German handwriting, is being used more and more by genealogists. But how well does it actually work? And […]

This is a partner event. Presenter: Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, Certified Genealogist®. A process for becoming a United States citizen has been in place since our country’s early history. Laws have […]

This is a partner event. Presenter: Marianne Wokeck. Learn why German-speakers came to the Carolinas, the routes they traveled, and the challenges the first two generations faced in the eighteenth […]

Presented by Katherine Schober. 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 […]

Presenter: Scott Norrick. More than 46 million Americans have some German ancestry. The largest German immigration wave to America was 1848-1900, and the majority of those that came then settled […]

This is a partner event. Presenter: Till Fehmer. In the 19th century, millions of Germans lived in Central and Eastern Europe, compared to only a few tens of thousands in […]

This is a partner event. Presenter: Dr. Dave McDonald, The Preacher Genealogist®. While newspapers were once a ubiquitous part of nearly every American household, digital delivery has supplanted the paper’s […]

This is a partner event. Presenter: Karynne Moses. Meyer’s Gazetteer is an invaluable resource for German genealogy that allows you to see your ancestor’s hometown on a historic map and […]

In this intensive two-week course, June 7 to June 18, 2027, students learn how to read and write German script, allowing them to read German manuscripts from the 17th through […]