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06/03/2026

Are you researching your Romanian ancestry? Perhaps this site might help.

We provide you with a collection of unpublished documentary sources for reconstructing your family tree

06/01/2026

Apologies for the short notice … MyHeritage is offering free access to their U.S. immigration record collections for a short time. As usual, ”free access” requires a guest account on their website. Learn more about the offer in the following post on Gail Dever’s Genealogy à la carte blog.

To celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month in the United States and the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence, MyHeritage is offering free access to US immigration records from June 1 to 5. This free access includes more than 50 immigration collections … Continue reading →

05/30/2026

An interesting read on Polish kinship terms ... Enjoy! :)

Although the contemporary family model tends to be more complex than it was in the past, there are fewer and fewer names describing kinship, and many have disappeared altogether. We examine which terms we have inherited from our ancestors from centuries ago and which have not survived.

05/27/2026

Those researching German ancestry may be interested in the following free webinar offered by Legacy Family Tree webinars. Click the link for more details including a link for registration.

Learn about unknown German records by following the life of the German dairy farmer Friedrich Stange who came to America in 1855. Ursula will tell his story,...

05/23/2026

Time for a Saturday morning giggle … 😊

They’re on to us… LoL

05/19/2026

Maps are great resources . The following guest post by Marisa Irwin on the Germanology Unlocked blog discusses several map resources. Don't be be fooled by the word "German" in the post title. This isn't about modern-day Germany. The resources mentioned in the post will be useful for many!

Place names are some of the hardest things to transcribe (preaching to the choir here, I know!), which is why it’s critical you confirm the existence of a place name once you’re done transcribing.

05/16/2026

Just a reminder ... if you're in or around Winnipeg on Wednesday, do drop by the University of Winnipeg library for our meeting in the The Atrium. It's a great opportunity to explore our collections and network with other like-minded eastern European genealogists!

New EEGS event hosted by: East European Genealogical Society, at University of Winnipeg - The Atrium (LIbrary, 5th Floor)

05/14/2026

Readers with German Galician ancestors may be interested in knowing of some updates to the resources kept by the Galizien German Descendants organization. The FEEFHS website has the details and an updated list of villages.

Galican Database of Sources Events by Person and Village for German ancestors for 348 Villages of Galicia, a former Crownland of the Empire of Austria.Compiled by the Die Galiziendeutschen - Geschichte Und Erinnerungskultur E.V. (GGE), formerly the Hilfskomitee der Galziendeutschen, in Germany. © C...

05/12/2026

Readers with ancestors who were foreigners living in the Russian empire may be interested in Vera Miller's blog about a database of such foreigners.

Finding information on ancestors who lived in the Russian Empire as foreigners is quite the challenge. Thanks to a free database of about 100,000 people, the search for information could be a rewar…

05/06/2026

Readers may be interested in the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan's next webinar on May 16. The topic is "Finding and Using Alien Registrations for 20th-Century U.S. Immigrants." This webinar is free and open to the public. You can register on their website.

The PGSM website offers Polish-Americans the opportunity to connect with other researchers and access to web links and databases, along with the latest events & happenings in Polish-American research.

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P. O. Box 2536
Winnipeg, MB
R3C4A7

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+12049893292

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http://www.eegsociety.org/

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