Indiana Chapter Palatines to America
Special Fall Meeting
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Eugene and Marilyn Glick
Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Registration 9:00 AM-9:30 AM
Program 9:30 AM-4:00 PM
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Helmut Schmahl Professor of History at University of Mainz, Germany
Co-sponsored by IGHS & Max Kade German-American Center & IHS
AGENDA
9:00 AM — 9:30 AM REGISTRATION
9:30 AM — 9:45 AM WELCOME
9:45 AM — 10:45 AM SESSION 1 — We Are Not Strangers in This Land: German Immigrants in the U.S. from Independence Until the First World War
10:45 AM — 11:00 AM BREAK
11:00 AM — 12:00 PM SESSION 2 — Beyond Lederhosen and Sauerkraut: Everyday Life in Germany in the 18th and 19th Centuries
12:00 PM — 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM — 2:30 PM SESSION 3 — Traces They Left Behind: German Sources About Our Ancestors
2:30 PM — 2:45 PM BREAK
2:45 PM — 3:45 PM SESSION 4 — Going Digital: Current Trends in Genealogical Research in Germany
Dr. Helmut Schmahl — was born in Alzey, Germany, in 1966. He earned his Ph.D. degree at the University of Mainz in 1999 with a study on emigration from Hessen-Darmstadt to Wisconsin in the 19th century. Dr. Schmahl teaches at the History Department of the University of Mainz as well as Gymnasium am Römerkastell Alzey. In 2002 he was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. German emigration to America is one of his primary areas of historical interest and expertise. He has done extensive research on his sons' German and American ancestors and has lectured at historical and genealogical conferences in the United States, France, and Germany since 1987.
Registration: $20.00 (Pal-Am) $25.00 non-members and ALL registrations after September 24th
Register form can be found at www.palam.org Chapter Indiana. Please address questions to - indianapalam@gmail.com.
