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: GĂĽnter 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 fĂĽr 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 […]
*This is a partner event. Presenter: Anke Michels. EinfĂĽhrung und gemeinsame ĂśbersetzungsĂĽbungen. 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, will outline cases when genealogists need to trace lines forward rather than back in time. Whether you are building out your ancestors' network of extended […]
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. This system has been in place for over 200 years on the western side of the Rhine River, as a result of the occupation and […]
We’ll guide you through the process of finding civil registration records from various regions of Germany and the former German Empire—and show you how to request them from the appropriate offices and archives. Then we’ll apply these strategies to real-life research problems submitted by participants. We’ll leave no stone unturned as we explore which archives […]