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Saturday, February 15
GGS Library Day  (GGS Library)
MGC, 1385 Mendota Heights Road Suite 100, Mendota Heights, MN
Bring your questions to the MGC to get help with your research.


Saturday, February 15
Document Translation Meeting  (GGS Meetings)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
MGC, 1385 Mendota Heights Road Suite 100, Mendota Heights, MN
Bring your document for translation help.


Thursday, February 27
Ann Broihier "Researching Baden-Württemberg Ancestors"  (Webinars)
8:00 pm to 9:15 pm
Central time online (English)
We will look at resources for information about our Baden-Württemberg ancestors. The discussion will include various types of records and how to access them. The presentation will mention applicable books, free websites, pay websites, and other helpful resources.
 
Ann Broihier is the current co-leader of the Dallas Genealogical Society's German Special Interest Group, the president of the Elgin (Illinois) Genealogical Society, and a co-leader of the IGGP 2025 Conference Connection Sessions team. She has been doing genealogy since 1988, and 15/16 of her great-great-grandparents were born in what is now Germany.  The main areas her ancestors immigrated from were Pomerania, Rhineland/Pfalz and Schaumburg-Lippe. She has made several trips to Germany to learn more about her ancestors.
 
This is the next in our 2025 series about "German Genealogy Journeys: Insights from Different Regions". GGS will host webinars about many different regions in Germany and Europe.
 



Thursday, March 20
Barbara Pieh "Finding your Family in Hesse"  (Webinars)
8:00 pm to 9:15 pm
Central time online (English)
Barbara Pieh is GGS Research chair and past president of GGS. She is a regular contributor at the monthly German Document Translation Meeting. She lived for many years in Germany and travels there regularly.
 
Barbara has done extensive research in both the former Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt.  
 
This is the next in our 2025 series about "German Genealogy Journeys: Insights from Different Regions". GGS will host webinars about many different regions in Germany and Europe.
 



Thursday, April 17
Klaus Kohrt "History of Pomerania and How to Research Your Pomeranian Ancestors"  (Webinars)
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Central time online (English)
Learn how to find where your Pomeranian ancestors lived, which records have survived and where to find them both in archives and online. Beginning with a summary of “1000 years of Pomerania”. In addition, it covers the Pommerscher Greif website and how it leads you to sources in the following locations: various archives, on the internet and/or how to contact organizations holding the original records. The focus of the presentation will be on Protestant church books and civil registers.
 
Dr. Kohrt was born and raised in Flensburg, Germany. He received his high school diploma in Great Britain. After studying mathematics and computer science in Kiel, Germany, he worked at Siemens for 25 years in Munich. An avid traveler, he worked abroad both in the U.S. and the U.K.
 
He is a member of the following organizations:
  • Schleswig-Holsteinische Familienforschung e.V. – chairman
  • Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogischer Verbände e. V. (DAGV) – deputy chairman
  • Pommerscher Greif e.V. – past chairman and current contact person for the district of Greifenberg
This is the next in our 2025 series about "German Genealogy Journeys: Insights from Different Regions". GGS will host webinars about many different regions in Germany and Europe.