February 18, 2018; Ancestral Travel This episode the German Genealogy Girl has a guest sitting next to her: Ute Brandenburg from German Script Experts. They talk about the many aspects of ancestral travel. Here are some important things to know before you start your trip to Germany. · Start in good time, if research needs to be done it’s best to st…

By Ursula C. Krause The German Genealogy Girl talks to Teresa Steinkamp McMillin from www.lindstreet.com. They begin with recapitulating the first International Germanic Genealogy Conference that took place in Minneapolis in July 2017. We are looking forward to the next conference that will take place in Sacramento, CA in 2019 (see www.iggpartner.o…

June 1, 2017 This episode is all about Berlin! The German Genealogy Girl talks about the history of Berlin and, the sources being available and about doing research; not to mention the many insider tips and tricks she gives! The index of baptisms at the Evangelical Church archive (1750-1874) mentioned in the podcast is called Taufkartei. The office…

May 1, 2017 Guest Timo Kracke The German Genealogy Girl talks to Timo Kracke of the Verein für Computergenealogie. They talk about the website of the Verein für Computergenealogie that you should definitely use for your research. AND they talk about Germans and their love for privacy and the difficulties with DNA testing in Germany. These are the l…

April 1, 2017 Guest Kim Ashford This month’s guest is Kim Ashford from Twigs and Branches http://www.twigsandbranches.org/. She also is one of the initiators of the International German Genealogical Partnership and part of the executive committee of the International Germanic Genealogy Conference. We talked about Genealogical Societies, the many th…

March 1, 2017 Guest Luana Darby · This month’s guest is Luana Darby from Lineages by Luana http://www.lineagesbyluana.com. · The International Germanic Genealogy Conference will take place in Minneapolis from July 28 to 30, 2017. For more information see the website of the International German Genealogy Partnership at http://www.iggpartner.org/. · …