SCGS INTEREST GROUPS - German Resources and German Special Interest Group |
German Interest Group
Meets: 3rd Saturdays, January through November
(check calendar)
Hours: 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Virtual GIG meetings using GoToMeeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/282290373
Contact:
for more information.
Location: 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504
Southern California Genealogy Society building
*Programs are subject to change without notice.
Goal: The goal of the German Interest Group is to provide a wide range
of resources both inside and outside the SCGS Library to help trace German family
lineage.
Meetings: The group meets at the Library the third Saturday of each month (January through November)
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Meetings include presentations on a wide variety of
research topics, highlights of German resources available in the library, on-line
research tips, group help with brick wall problems, highlights of discoveries,
and personal research time with the help of other members.
German Resources in the SCGS Library: with an extensive collection of research books held within the SCGS Library, this
group has an abundance of resources at its disposal.
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German Online Resources: Our group posts links to
common German resources on this page.
2024 German Interest Group Meeting Agenda
January 20 ~ Annette Unrau: “ “Rise of Prussia” & The Arolsen Archives”
February 17 ~ Milan Pohontsch: “Old German Script - Writing Small Letters”
March 16 ~ Lowell May: “War II German POW Camps in Kansas”
April 20 ~ Milan Pohontsch: “Old German Script - Writing Capital Letters & Umlauts”
May 18 ~ Tadeusz H. Pilat: “Military Conscription in the Kingdom of Poland”
June 15 ~ Kathy Holland: “The Life of Otto Preminger”
July 20 ~ Barbara Stanculescu: “Wurttenburg”
August 17 ~ Tadeusz Pilat: “Military Records Touching on the Three Partitions of Poland”
September 21 ~ Annette Unrau: “The Plague of Prussia”
October 19 ~ Tadeusz Pilat: “Using Online Map Resources as well as Cadastral Maps in Poland”
November 16 ~ TBD
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The German Research Team and German Interest Group
at SCGS can help you navigate the unique challenges of researching your German
ancestors.
Germans form the largest group of immigrants to the America. Germans were
among the settlers of Jamestown in 1608; and the first permanent German settlement
was established in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1683. Since then, some eight
million German immigrants have entered the United States.
The specialized German Collection of the Southern California Genealogical
Society and Family Research Library includes over 3,000 books, CDs, maps, manuscripts,
and databases. The cornerstone of SCGS's Germanic section
is the 30-year personal collection of F. Walter Hilbig, formerly with Heritage
Quest magazine and the Salt Lake City Family History Library.
Many of our volumes are very rare and have never seen the light of a scanner
or digital camera. If you have been working solely online, we may have some
surprises for you. We can help you prove your findings.
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