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Friday, May 3 through Saturday, May 4
2024 Spring Workshop (Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society)
Eastern Time zone (ET) - in-person [English]
Daniel Gubler-Jones, AG will present programs on both Friday and Saturday. He is an Accredited Genealogist specializing in Swiss and German research and currently a research specialist in Germanic and Slavic Europe for the Family History Library.
On May 3 from 3 - 5 pm, he presents Reading German Baptism Records. On May 4 from 10 am - 4 pm, he presents four topics on the theme of German Research Strategies: “Advanced German Research Strategies;” “Emigration Strategies: Revealing Chain Migration;” “Solving Complex Genealogical Problems: The Case of Balthasar Weber;” and “Thinking Outside the Book: Using Non-Parish Registers to Solve Research Problems.” Register. |
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Friday, May 3
National-Socialism: Euthanasia and family research (Eastside Gen. Society GIG)
12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Pacific Time zone (PT) - online [English]
During the Nazi era, people were transferred from hospitals and homes for the disabled to various institutions in the German Reich and in the annexed territories and murdered there. This took place in two phases. Speaker Inga Guttzeit, based on her own relative, shows that it is possible to follow his path in today's Poland and the Pomeranian institutions until he was murdered in Meseritz (today Międzyrzecz) in Brandenburg. There will be an overview of the history surrounding the forced sterilization of mentally ill and disabled people and their murder ("euthanasia"). This presentation will not be recorded. Info & registration.
Inga Guttzeit lives in Lübeck, Germany, and has been researching and speaking on this topic for many years. |
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Saturday, May 4
Spring Seminar (PALAM - Colorado Chapter)
10:00 am to 4:00 pm Mountain Time Zone (MT) - Online & in-person [English]
Genealogy instructor Dana Palmer will present four programs at the Spring Seminar:
- Finding German Records Using Family Search
- Useful Tools for those with German Ancestors
- Finding German Church Records on Archion
- Naturalization Records – A Clue to the Past
For complete details, registration and payment see the seminar webpage. |
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Monday, May 6
Deutschsprachiger Online-Vortrag (Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna )
7:00 pm Central Europe Time Zone (MEZ) - Online [German]
Der Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna, die Genealogisch-heraldische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Roland zu Dortmund und die Germanic Genealogy Society Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, möchten euch sehr herzlich zur nächsten Folge der kleinen Online-Veranstaltungsreihe zur „Familienforschung in den USA“ auf Zoom einladen. FAMILIENFORSCHUNG IN DEN USA: LEBENDE VERWANDTE IN DEN USA AUFSPÜREN. Referentin: Sabine Akabayov. Einladung mit Teilnahmemöglichkeit. |
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Wednesday, May 8 through Wednesday, May 29
Ahnenforschung in der alten Donaumonarchie (Familia Austria)
6:00 pm Central Europe Time Zone (MEZ) - Online [German]
Im Laufe eines Jahres erfahren Sie dort alles wichtige über die Ahnenforschung in der alten Donaumonarchie. Egal, ob Sie erst am Anfang Ihrer Forschungen stehen oder schon viel Erfahrung haben, Sie werden dort garantiert viel Neues erfahren. Jeden Mittwoch, ab 18.00 Uhr. Hier finden Sie alle bereits feststehenden Themen und die links zur Anmeldung bei Zoom. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos und für alle interessierten Forscher, egal ob sie Mitglieder unserer Familia Austria sind oder nicht, offen. |
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Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9
National conference (Palatines to America (PALAM))
Professor Philip L. Otterness of Warren Wilson College in North Carolina is the keynote speaker at the 2024 national conference of the Palatines to America German Genealogy Society in Albany, New York. He is known best for Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York, and will be speaking on the New Bern, North Carolina Palatines, their interactions with local Tuscarora Indians, and a comparative study of that tribe’s interactions with Palatines in New York’s Mohawk Valley after they sought refuge there. He will also lecture about his adventures in various archives around the world in search of the Palatines’ story. A full overview of the conference speakers and other activities, along with hotel and registration details, may be read here. |
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Sunday, June 30
Pommerntag (Pommerscher Verein Freistadt)
12:00 pm to 5:30 pm Central Time Zone (CT) - in-person - (English)
Pommerntag means Pomeranian Day and is a one-day celebration of all things Pomeranian. This year is the 47th annual celebration with free admission and parking. Entertainment includes Pomeranian dance groups and a German band. The cultural building has displays, free access to the Pedigree Database of over 182,000 names, and genealogical research help. Check out the PVF gift store. And of course there will be Pomeranian food and drink. Rotary Park, 4100 Highland Rd., Mequon, WI 53092 Information. |
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Saturday, August 17 through Sunday, February 18
2024 virtual convention (SGGEE- Ger. Gen. in E. Europe)
Pacific Time zone (PT) - online [English]
Follow the convention blog for announcements of speakers and other details.
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