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Thursday, August 20
Thomas Aigner: Matricula – Behind the Scenes and Future Perspectives  (Webinars)
1:00 pm to 2:15 pm
Central time online (English)
 
Matricula – Behind the Scenes and Future Perspectives
 
Short description:
The lecture, presented by its founder Thomas Aigner, introduces Matricula (www.matricula-online.eu) as one of Europe’s leading digital platforms for church registers, outlining its development, scale, and collaborative foundation within ICARUS (www.icar-us.eu). It also explores future directions, focusing on expanding content, improving usability and interoperability, and strengthening community engagement and sustainability.
 



Thursday, October 29
Daniel Horowitz - Explore Your Germanic Roots at MyHeritage  (Webinars)
1:00 pm to 2:15 pm
Central time online (English)
Description:
With billions of records at your disposal, where do you even begin? The MyHeritage Search Engine is a state-of-the-art tool that can help you search for information about your relatives online. In a matter of seconds, it can search across billions of German historical records to pinpoint the ones most relevant to your research. Its advanced algorithms can identify spelling and phonetic variations, understand nicknames, and handle synonyms and ethnic variations. Daniel will show you how to use the MyHeritage Search Engine to find information about your relatives quickly and efficiently.
 
Bio:
Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project "Searching for My Roots" in Venezuela for 15 years. He is involved in several crowdsource digitization and transcription projects, and holds a board-level position at The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA). Since 2006 Daniel has been working at MyHeritage liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers, and media, as well as lecturing, and attending conferences around the world.
 



Saturday, November 7
GGS Annual Meeting  (GGS Meetings)
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 Must register by Thursday, October 29 to reserve your lunch. Registration form to be posted.
 
Speaker to be announced.