Sacramento German Genealogy Society has been helping people discover their German roots for over 40 years.
08/18/2025
Some seats are still available in the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy course German Phase 1: Identify the German Hometown led by
Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS and Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG. Visit the SLIG website for more information and registration.
Have you ever attended a genealogy institute? Share your experiences in the comments!
Fascinating find today: This is the third of three death records for young children who died on the vessel "Fritz Reuter" bound for Wellington, New Zealand in 1876. The civil registrar in the village in West Prussia from where these families had left, duly recorded the children's deaths after notes in the ship's logbook that were sent back to the village. Note the coordinates to describe the place of death.
08/04/2025
SGGS is pleased to welcome Dr. Roger P. Minert, PhD, em. AG, em prof., FUGA, as our monthly webinar presenter on Tuesday, August 22, 2025, at 10 a.m. (PT) / 1 p.m. (ET)! Dr. Minert will present the latest information on the German Immigrants in American Church Records project. The live Zoom webinar is free to all. Please register on our website at https://sggs.us/eventListings.php?nm=54&tf=1 .
08/01/2025
The August 2025 Der Bote, the free monthly newsletter of SGGS, has arrived! Just the first page is posted here, but you can enjoy ALL the latest society news by downloading the issue on our website at https://sggs.us/mo_newsletter.php.
07/30/2025
Have you checked out the helpful German Genealogy Resources map, housed on the International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP) website, lately? This sweet resource provides locations and contact information to hundreds of archives, historical societies, and libraries, primarily in Germany and the United States, supporting German genealogy and historical research. The map is a collaboration between Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna und Umgebung and Palatines to America - German Genealogy Society and can be found at https://iggp.org/german-genealogy-resources-map/.
07/25/2025
SGGS Members—the July—October 2025 issue of Der Blumenbaum, the journal of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society, has dropped! Members should have received on July 15 containing a link to download the issue. Alternately, the journal can be accessed from the “For Members Only” section of our website at https://sggs.us. Not yet a member? Check out the public areas of our website, then sign up at https://sggs.us/cpage.php?pt=8.
07/18/2025
SGGS invites you to our *FREE* monthly live webinar next week Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 10 a.m. (PT) / 1 p.m. (ET) on “Digging Deeper: Studying Land Records of German Settlers” presented by Lisa Gorrell, CG.
This lecture will review the use of land records to learn more about our German ancestors. The focus will be on land records from the federal land states, covering the Bureau of Land Management website to locate patents for cash sales and homestead records, as well as the FamilySearch catalog to locate land purchased locally. These records can reveal immigration information and migration patterns of our German immigrants.
The webinar is conducted via Zoom, and we look forward to having you join us! Please register on our website at https://sggs.us.
07/07/2025
SGGS invites you to our *FREE* monthly live webinar on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 10 a.m. (PT) / 1 p.m. (ET) on “Digging Deeper: Studying Land Records of German Settlers” presented by Lisa Gorrell, CG.
This lecture will review the use of land records to learn more about our German ancestors. The focus will be on land records from the federal land states, covering the Bureau of Land Management website to locate patents for cash sales and homestead records, as well as the FamilySearch catalog to locate land purchased locally. These records can reveal immigration information and migration patterns of our German immigrants.
The webinar is conducted via Zoom, and we look forward to having you join us! Please register on our website at https://sggs.us.
07/04/2025
Happy 4th of July to our members and friends! When you find some down time this weekend, check out the latest issue of Der Bote/The Messenger, the free monthly newsletter of SGGS! Just the first page is posted here, but the full edition can be downloaded from our website at https://sggs.us/upload/newsletters/2025.07_July_Bote.pdf.
06/26/2025
Heartfelt congratulations to SGGS President Ingeborg Carpenter! Ingeborg received the Most Valuable Person to IGGP Award on the final evening of the 2025 International Germany Genealogy Partnership Conference at Columbus, Ohio.
IGGP: “Ingeborg Carpenter’s heart, vision, and leadership helped bring this organization into existence and nurture it into what it is today. She was one of the co-signers of the original founding document in June 2015, co-chaired the 2nd conference in Sacramento, was elected our first president when the board was created in 2017, and served with grace, strength, and unwavering commitment until the end of 2023. Throughout that time, Ingeborg was more than a leader. She was a unifier, a mentor, and a friend, and even after stepping down as president, she continues to serve as a trusted advisor — always encouraging, always cheering others on.”
International German Genealogy Partnership
06/14/2025
SGGS members gathered for a quick photo op this morning at the in Columbus, Ohio!
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SGGS is a public nonprofit charity established in 1984. It holds one meeting each month (lecture and a Study group prior to the meeting) plus an annual one-day seminar. Its mission is to educate and assist the public in finding and learning about their German ancestors (genealogy).
SGGS publishes a tri-annual award-winning publication, Der Blumenbaum, which has delighted members with its historical, cultural, and genealogical information. Even those who aren’t interested in researching their German ancestry enjoy its articles.
The Sacramento German Genealogy Society (SGGS), after 35 years of service to German genealogy communities in the nation, has become known as one of the major organizations in its field. Even though SGGS is based in Sacramento, its almost 900 members live throughout the United States and in several foreign countries.
As we promote the search for family histories of members with a German heritage, SGGS provides education resources for those seeking to learn about methods of researching their German ancestry, and at the same time seeks to increase the public’s understanding the culture and history of ancestors who lived in German-speaking areas of Europe.
SGGS holds meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month – from January through October at 1 p.m. and features presentations by local as well as nationally recognized experts. At these meetings members and visitors may purchase German genealogy books & materials. The Study Group meets from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.before each monthly meeting. There you can discuss your research questions with table group leaders & colleagues.
Monthly meetings and the Study Group are held at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, at 2391 Lusk Drive, St. Mark’s Way, in Sacramento. See our website (sggs.us) for a map.
Visitors are encouraged to attend our monthly study group or meetings. You are welcome and we hope you will join us.
