Germanic Genealogy Society

08/19/2025

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

08/15/2025

Passing on this reminder!

This is a reminder that your access to Whova for the 2025 IGGP conference is ending in about 30 days. If you have content there you would like to save -- contact information, discussion topics, messages, etc. -- you'll need to do that soon.

IGGP posted information about the conference on its website, including statistics and feedback. You may find that interesting.

Thank you once again for your participation!

Edie Adam
Organizer,
2025 IGGP International German Genealogy Conference

07/26/2025

Do you have ancestry in Westphalia? Problems with farm names? Join us for our next webinar in our regional series with expert Sabine Akabayov. Register at www.ggsmn.org

07/24/2025

Don't forget to tune in TONIGHT to a FREE webinar focused on Rhineland-Palatinate genealogical research with expert James Beidler!!
See ggsmn.org for registration and details!

07/21/2025

https://www.smcgs.org/event-6162458

07/16/2025

GGS is thrilled to host a FREE webinar with acclaimed author and expert James M. Beidler!

Date: July 24, 2025
Time: 8pm Central

James, a Pennsylvania German expert, has authored four books, writes the weekly column/blog “Roots & Branches,” and is a German Life magazine columnist. His latest book, the second edition of Trace Your German Roots Online, is available from Masthof Bookstore & Press, https://www.masthof.com/products/trace-your-german-roots-online

Go to ggsmn.org to register for this educational opportunity!

07/16/2025

ARCHION USERS! What was put online in recent weeks?

What was put online in recent weeks? (From email newsletter sent by Archion).

Bistumsarchiv Trier
Church books from parishes with the initials A to K
What is currently being imported?

What will happen next?
Look forward to new church books from:

Landeskirchenarchiv der Evangelischen Kirche Mitteldeutschland/Magdeburg
church books from the church district Mühlhausen
Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern
church register index of the Bayreuth town church
Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche in Braunschweig
church books from 50 parishes

07/08/2025

Do you have ties to Rhineland-Palatinate?
The modern German Land named the Rhineland-Palatinate was the source of many immigrants to North America during both 18th and 19th century waves of immigration. Learn in the next GGS webinar about the history of its German predecessor states and what records and repositories exist for it today. Also included will be a flavor for traveling in this area of Germany.
Date: July 24, 2025
Time: 8pm Central
Presenter: James M. Beidler
Register now at ggsmn.org!

07/01/2025

Coming up. Next in our "Journeys" series will be researching ancestry in the Rheinland -Palatinate area. In the meantime, check out the IGGP genealogy calendar. Next up on their calendar is this opportunity:

Germans have been emigrating to America since the seventeenth century and today are the largest self-reported ancestry group living in the country. No matter when your ancestors arrived in the U.S., this online seminar will teach you how to trace your German ancestry. You will discover key records,....

06/11/2025

GGS is taking June off from webinars BUT we are a founding member of the International German Genealogy Partnership. We will be at the conference and one of our members has two sessions, both of which have HIGH ATTENDANCE! Join us!

05/23/2025

Attention Archion Users! What was put online in recent weeks?

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Norddeutschland: 265 additional church books from the church districts Hamburg-Ost, Lübeck-Lauenburg and Pommern are now available for research

Landeskirchenarchiv der Evangelischen Kirche Mitteldeutschland/Magdeburg
church books from the church district Erfurt are now accessible
What is currently being imported?

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern
What will happen next?
Look forward to new church books from:

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirche Hannovers
church records from the church districts Bodenwerder, Hildesheim and Sarstedt
Landeskirchenarchiv der Evangelischen Kirche Mitteldeutschland/Magdeburg
church records from the church district Mühlhausen

05/21/2025

Do not forget to join us Thursday, May 22 at 1:00 PM (Central Time) for a special webinar featuring two outstanding professional genealogists from Munich: Dr. Helga Frank and Michael Mautner!

With deep expertise in Bavarian and Austrian family history, Helga and Michael bring decades of experience and insight into German-speaking genealogy. Helga is a former archivist with a Ph.D. in linguistics, specializing in old German texts and scripts. Michael is a member of multiple genealogical societies across Germany and Austria and is known for his thorough, cross-regional research.

Whether you're just starting your German family history journey or you're stuck on Bavarian records, this webinar is for you!