Mary Robsman’s presentation includes the history behind the peasant rebellion of 1848 in Europe and the impact 48er emigres had in the years leading up to and during the US Civil War.
Language Format: English
Barbara Stanculescu will talk about the history of the German state of Württemberg. A native of Stuttgart, she is well-versed in the research of this area. She will share her experience and knowledge and will introduce websites that will help with your Württemberg research.
Language Format: English
Partner co-hosts Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna in Germany and the German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society in Seattle, USA welcome Ursula C. Krause, German professional genealogist and founder of My German Family. Marriage, death, and birth records often contain marginal notes that provide additional information you would not find otherwise.
Learn about the single most insightful file series pertaining to 20th century immigrants to the United States. Held partially at the National Archives and partially by US Citizenship & Immigration Services, A-Files (short for Alien Files), exist for tens of millions of immigrants, spanning from immigrants who arrived last week to people born in the mid 19th century! You may find handwritten letters, photographs, birth certificates from abroad, arrest records, and countless other documents!
Zoom meeting only GGG members only
The German Genealogy Group of the Dallas Genealogical Society presents Genealogy & History Manager Stephanie Bennett and German Genealogy Specialist Ed Boehringer will present on how to find your German heritage at the Dallas Public Library.
Members only
This is an exciting opportunity to take a virtual tour through the special exhibition "American Dreams, A New Life in the USA", now on display at the Haus der Geschichte Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, in Stuttgart, Germany.
A 1931 record group created by Adolf Hitler's government survives today as a collection of hundreds of thousands of pre-1800 family trees and Ahnentafels of German SS-soldiers and their prospective spouses, often filling gaps left by German civil and church records.
Speaker: Chris DeWuske. As founder and creator of the website MyPomerania, through donations, he has crowdfunded all types of Pommern documents to be photographed in the Polish archives and made them freely available online.
Dr. Walter Kamphoefner, history professor at Texas A&M and author of Germans in America, will speak on "The 1848 Revolution in TX: The Black-German Republican Reconstruction Era Alliance and Progressive Politics." The topic covers the political alliance of Black and German Republicans, and the progressive politics of that era resulting from the political refugees of the 1848 era.
Thomas Krämer will present information on the HfV e.V. (Hessische familiengeschichtliche Vereinigung e. V.), their member database, and genealogy in Hesse-Darmstadt.
