Germanic Genealogy Society

11/21/2025

Thank you to all who gave to GGS during the Give to the Max 2025 drive. Your donations will help others discover their German ancestors! Vielen dank!

11/20/2025

Today is the day! Give to the Max Day 2025!

Go to https://www.givemn.org/organization/Germanic-Genealogy-Society to donate to your favorite non-profit, the Germanic Genealogy Society!

11/19/2025

(Die deutsche Version folgt nach der Englischen. The English text is followed by the German) The International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP) holds the IGGC (International German Genealogy Conference) every two years, bringing together genealogists from around the world who share an interest in...

11/14/2025

The Germanic Genealogy Society (GGS) is participating in Give to the Max Day 2025! Your donation will bolster the Society's library collections!

https://www.givemn.org/organization/Germanic-Genealogy-Society

11/14/2025

Archion! What has been added online in recent weeks?

Regional Church Archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
Additional church records from the church districts of Hamburg-East, Mecklenburg, Plön-Segeberg, Pomerania, and Rantzau-Münsterdorf.
Regional Church Archive of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
Additions from a total of eleven parishes.
Regional Church Archive of the Evangelical Church of Central Germany/Magdeburg
Around 1,450 church records from the Merseburg church district.
Blieskastel City Archive
Now available: church records from the city of Blieskastel.
What is currently being imported?

Church records from the Central Archive of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau

11/04/2025

Are your wondering WHEN it is time to start writing up all that research? Join us at our annual meeting!

11/03/2025

Saturday, November 15
GGS Annual Meeting
11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Lowell Inn Convention Center, Stillwater, MN
GGS Annual meeting with delicious German lunch (sauerbraten and bratwurst). Lunch served at 11:30. You may register by mailing in the registration flyer or via PayPal button on the GGS website https://ggsmn.org/eventListings.php?nm=38

This meeting features Paula Stuart Warren, well-known genealogist and speaker talking about "A Baker's Dozen: Easy Ways to Begin Writing Your Family History."

Based in Minnesota, we help people research their German Heritage in all the Germanic areas in Europe and around the world. We are here to guide you in finding that data with books and links to online

10/23/2025

Saturday! The Ohio Chapter of the Palatines to America are having a virtual fall conference and non-members are welcome.

Ohio PalAm German Fall Seminar- ZOOM ONLY   Saturday, October 25, 2025, 9:15 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Register Now German Farm Families and Histories, and Bavarian History and Resources Gail Shaffer Blankenau – Our morning speaker  Gail Shaffer Blankenau is a professional genealogist, historian, s...

10/23/2025

Don't forget to tune in TONIGHT at 8pm CDT as Ute Brandenburg shares insights and resources for researching in former East and West Prussia!
See ggsmn.org for registration details.

10/10/2025

Register TODAY for the next FREE GGS Webinar with Ute Brandenburg!

Thursday, 23 October 2025 @ 8pm CDT

Ute is a bilingual German American, born in the US and educated in Germany. Together with Ursula C. Krause, Ute teaches classes in German genealogy with a focus on historical context at https://genealogyheadquarters.com. Ute loves to work with original records at German and Polish archives. In this webinar, she will provide insights into the history of East and West Prussia and introduce resources for genealogical research in this region.

See ggsmn.org for details and to register!

09/24/2025

Join the Germanic Genealogy Society and expert Ute Brandenburg for a FREE educational webinar on the Genealogy of East and West Prussia!

Ute loves teaching historical context. Without it, research is only half the story. In this session, Ute will show how knowing the history of the former states of West and East Prussia (now part of Poland and Russia) not only improves research success but also helps us understand our ancestors’ life experiences and tell a more compelling story.

Thursday, 23 October 2025 @ 8pm CDT
Register at ggsmn.org

08/19/2025

Register NOW for our next free webinar in our regional series on researching your Germanic ancestry! www.ggsmn.org