10 AM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 Hybrid- Zoom or in person at Williamson Hall. (you are encouraged to come in person).
Join our GERMAN Interest Group meeting: The Bend Genealogical Society’s German Interest Group is restarting. The focus of the group is researching German ancestors both in Europe and the United States.
The second meeting will focus on the History of the Germans in Europe as well as their emigration to the US.
A third meeting for this group is scheduled for Apr 17th The group will decide the topic for this meeting at their March 20th meeting. The group is led by BGS member Jim Kleinschmidt.
About Jim Kleinschmidt: Jim has been doing research on his German ancestors since the early 1990s following in his father’s footsteps. His ancestral roots include Bohemia, Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate and the Neumark of Brandenburg (now in Poland). He has visited ancestral villages in both Bohemia and Bavaria and met some of his European cousins during these visits.
If you are interested in helping or have suggestions for the Group, please go to Contact Us, enter a message in the form, and it will be forwarded to Jim.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.