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.

Baerbel Johnson who works at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City will share information about German occupations past and present. Baerbel is a very experienced researcher and presenter who has a wealth of knowledge to share. Don't miss this wonderful presentation.

Allyn Brosz will provide an overview of Dr. Charles Christian Young, a Bessarabian German from Neu-Elft who imported the first Karakul sheep into the United States. His remarkable life story starts with his birth as Karl Jung in Bessarabia, his immigration to the U.S., his training as a medical doctor, his personal friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt, and his return to Russia, where the Tsar’s government assisted his procurement of Karakul sheep from local tribesmen in Central Asia. Allyn is a South Dakota native with German-Russian ancestry in Bessarabia and the Glückstal colonies of the Tsarist Empire. Details and registration.

This talk by James Pelzer and Richard Haberstroh on German script, print, and pronunciation will focus on the importance of researchers learning to read and correctly pronounce words in handwritten and printed German. As time permits, questions submitted by members will be answered concerning the availability of the German newspapers of New York City and German military records. Zoom available for members only. Become a member.

 

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.

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.

Genealogy instructor Dana Palmer will present four programs at the Spring Seminar:

For complete details, registration and payment see the seminar webpage.

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.

Follow the convention blog for announcements of speakers and other details.