Events

*This is a partner event. Presenter: Günter Ofner. Konfessionen, Beginn, Sprachen, Inhalt. Bitte hier anmelden. Central Europe time zone | online | German

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 well as resources available at Midwest Genealogy Center and online. This class will be held in person as well as virtually via Zoom simultaneously. Registration […]

*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 the ocean. This webinar explores immigration and emigration sources from the Colonial Era through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We'll examine why Germans left, […]

*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 | online | German

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 Russia, and introduces resources for genealogical research in the region. The evolution of German culture in these two neighboring Prussian states was surprisingly divergent. Insight […]

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 include a variety of unique records from churches and institutions, U.S. Department of State consulates in Germany, U.S. government military pensions, and emigration notices from […]

Information und Inspiration für alle Interessierten! Fragen, Tipps und Hilfen rund um die DNA-Genealogie! Mit Kurzvortrag von Sabine Akabayov: „GEDmatch, Episode 2: Der One-to-One-Vergleich“. Einladung mit Teilnahmemöglichkeit. Central Europe time zone | online | German

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 with the descendants of Proto-Germanic from the Proto-Indo-European language, this presentation will teach attendees about the etymology of the German language in a genealogical context […]

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 to Russia? Have you wondered how to access records in Europe to research your ancestors? Church parish records are the main source for documentation of […]

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

Ahnenforschung gemeinsam erleben - Tipps und Hilfen rund um das faszinierende Hobby der Genealogie! Aufgrund der Kooperation der Genealogisch-heraldischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland zu Dortmund e. V. mit dem FamilySearch Center Dortmund wurde die Roland-Werkstatt für Familienforschung zu einem beliebten Ahnenforschertreff mit Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern aus Nah und Fern, deren familiengeschichtliche Wurzeln in Deutschland, den ehemaligen deutschen […]

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 German Walls Down, teaches researchers how to think like a German to break through genealogical brick walls, using cultural context and a case study to […]