This two-day conference is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society. Day one of the conference will be a workshop entitled, "Beyond the Pension File," which will discuss documents related to your pensioner ancestor that are not found in their pension file. Presentations on day two of the conference will include:
- German Gazetteers: Geographic Dictionaries to Your Rescue!
- Finding a German Heimat Online
- German Guilds and Their Records: Filling in the Gaps for Missing Church Registers
- Practical and Social Decisions for Emigration to America: Beyond the Obvious Reasons
For more information visit the MAGS web site.