10 AM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, April 17th, 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 has restarted. The focus of the group is researching German ancestors both in Europe and the United States.
The third session of this year’s German Interest Group will detail the villages shared by members during and after our February meeting. You will learn techniques to find the villages including the use of the Myers Gazetteer, Google Earth and other sources. Jim will be demonstrate these programs focusing specifically on member’s villages. The presentation will also include where member’s ancestors settled in the United States and Canada.
After this third meeting the group will pause until winter 2025. 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.
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 third meeting will including learning to use Meyers Gazateer to locate your ancestors home location.
After this third meeting the group will pause until winter 2024/2025. The group is led by BGS member Jim Kleinschmidt.
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