| Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes (Central Index of the German People) (Thomas K. Edlund) |
| Active from 1921-1994, the primary goal of ASTAKA, or Die Ahnenstammkartei des deutschen Volkes, was to assist genealogists in circulating and coordinating research. The files of this service, now closed to submissions, document the names, vital data and pedigrees of 2,700,000 individuals. This workshop focuses on how to access the information contained in this massive resource documenting central European ancestry. |
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| Genealogical Records in the Prussian East (Edward R. Brandt) |
| The same records existed for each eastern Prussian province including East and West Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, and East Brandenburg but they became part of Prussia at different times. Records covered in the presentation for areas east of the Oder-Neisse are in Berlin, Leipzig or Poland. Important ones include vital registers, land and tax records, court records, published lineages, card and data collections, and records of refugees, expellees and re-settlers from the East. |
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| German Ports, Emigration Literature, and the Voyage (Maralyn A. Wellauer-Lenius) |
| Attendees will learn how to use the vast supply of "emigration literature" (i.e., Passenger lists, Hamburg Police Records, etc.) to trace a genealogy, and learn how to recreate the journey and its hardships. Actual case studies will be drawn upon to strengthen the experience. |
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| German Migration to Linguistic Enclaves in the East (Edward R. Brandt) |
| One migration path consisted of movement to central Poland, Volhynia and certain south Russia (incl. Black Sea) settlements and a second path consisted of movement to Galicia, the Bukovina, the Banat and the Batschka. Origins of these two groups of settlers are quite different. Migration to Bessarabia and Mennonite areas (Prussia, south Russia) can also be included depending upon the interests of audience members. Time will be left for questions about these diverse areas. |
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| EWZ: World War Two Immigration Records of Germans from East Europe (Dave Obee) |
| Between 1939 and 1945 more than 2.1 million ethnic Germans who had been living in other countries applied to move to the Reich. They were processed by the Einwandererzentralstelle (EWZ, literally Immigration Center), a central German authority for the immigration and naturalization. The EWZ files are available on thousands of rolls of microfilms. |
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| Reading Vital Records and Other Local History Documents in Latin (Thomas K. Edlund) |
| A facility with reading Latin is an immensely valuable skill for any genealogist researching in European records. This workshop summarizes the challenges Latin records present to family historians, and discusses procedures and resources for interpreting Latin documents form the 16th to 20th centuries. |
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| Researching Polish Roots Across Poland and Its Three Partitions (Matthew Bielawa) |
| From the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th centuries, Poland included three empires: Austria, Prussia and Russia. Each involves distinctive genealogical research. This lecture presents the history and geography of Poland in relation to the Partitions, and explains each Partition’s own unique challenges, covering gazetteers, vital record keeping procedures, and languages of the records. The changing map of Poland will be illustrated to help the genealogist gain better understanding of one’s ancestral region. |
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| Locating Places in Poland: Gazetteers, Maps, and other Sources (Daniel M. Schlyter) |
| This lecture discusses the value and availability of Gazetteers, Maps, and the Internet to locate your ancestral town in Poland; also the effect of Polish, German, Latin, Russian, and Ukrainian orthography and grammar on the names of localities. |
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| Emigration: the Decision, Preparations to Leave, and the Paper Trail (Maralyn A. Wellauer-Lenius) |
| This lecture will explore the changes which encouraged people to emigrate, including economic, social, and political reasons, and will take a close look at the process of separating from the homeland and discovering the "paper trail" (i.e., passports) it created. |
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| Changes in Eastern Europe and Family History Library Microfilming (Daniel M. Schlyter) |
| This lecture discusses Eastern European border changes and covers the history of what, when, and how the Family History Library has acquired the records in its collection including current acquisitions. |
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| How Family History Library Films are Acquired from the Former Soviet Sphere (Kahlile B. Mehr) |
| Collection Management at the Family History Library, Record Locations, Field Negotiations, Filming Procedures, Shipping, Receipt, Cataloging, and Distribution through the Family History Library Catalog. Understand why some records are acquired and others not. Improved ability to find information in the Family History Library Catalog. |
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| Vital Records and other Resources in the three partitions of Poland (Daniel M. Schlyter) |
| A description of the keeping of vital records in each of the 3 partitions of Poland; Austria, Russia and Prussia. What information is included, the languages used, and comparative usage for genealogical research. |
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| A Primer for Galiziendeutschen (Germans from Galicia) Research (Brian J. Lenius) |
| Colonization of Galicia by Germans from other parts of Europe began in the 1780's. Lutheran/Reformed and Roman Catholic research will be covered with special emphasis on research problems unique to German Catholics and colonies in East Galicia. Out-migration to Vienna, U.S.A., Canada, and other countries began late in 1800's. The 150 year history of the colonies ended with the final exodus of most German Colonists from today’s Ukraine during World War Two. |
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| Researching the German Colonies in Volhynia (Dave Obee) |
| The past decade has seen tremendous growth in the number of sources available to people who are researching Volhynian ancestry. These sources include ones available on the Internet, through libraries and archives in North America, in Germany and in Ukraine. They include everything from land records to census returns to church registers -- and don't forget newspapers, too. |
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| Researching the Germans from Russia (Thomas K. Edlund) |
| Germans have had a long association with the Russian Empire, the earliest dating to the beginning of the 16th century. This workshop studies the records and resources documenting the Black Sea and Volga German populations which immigrated to Russia from 1764 to 1819, and whose descendants now live in North and South America. |
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