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Palatines to America
is a genealogical society dedicated
to the study of ancestors from all German-speaking lands, not just the Palatinate.
We take our name from the fact that some of the earliest German-speaking immigrants
to the American colonies came from a region in present-day Germany known as
the Palatinate
and were called
Palatines.
We maintain a rapidly growing
library
that is available to all who are researching German-speaking ancestry.
We also publish a quarterly
journal
and other
publications
on German-speaking genealogical research.
What's New...
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March 3, 2003
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"German Ancestry from Quill Pen to Cyberspace"
is the theme for the Palatines to America 2003 National Conference, to be held in Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 20, 21, 2003.
The conference brochure, containing complete program details and a printable registration form,
is now available.
Reserve the conference dates on your calendar —
this will be a great opportunity to learn more about researching your German-speaking ancestors! |
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February 17, 2003
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"Castles, Country Inns and Historic Guesthouses of Germany"
is a 16-day tour sponsored by Palatines to America and conducted by professional photographer and tour guide James Derheim. The tour will be available three convenient times this summer:
- Sold out!
June 15 to 30, 2003 Sold out!
- New dates!August 15 to 31, 2003 Space still available!
Guests will visit Hirschhorn am Neckar,
Miltenberg am Main, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, “The Romantic Road” in Bavaria,
Meersburg on the Bodensee, Mainau Island, the Black Forest around Triberg,
Gleiszellen near the border with the Alsace, Soufflenheim in the Alsace, and
Bacharach on the Rhein, including a fun and informative cruise on the Rhein.
The following links to more information about the tour will open in a new window; to return to this page, simply close the window:
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February 12, 2003
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Our
Palatine Patter Query Index
has just been updated.
The index now contains all names in all queries published in issues 75 (August, 1995) through 101 (the current issue). The index also now includes all
ships
and all
towns
mentioned in the queries.
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February 10, 2003
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Did your German ancestor
emigrate from Sterkelshausen, Hesse Cassel, Germany?
Is your ancestor's surname
BICKEL, DURST, MÜLLER(MUELLER), PFETZING, PISTOR, SCHLEIN, SPENNER, STAUCH, or ULM
(from Hesse Cassel, Germany)?
Sterkelshausen is celebrating its 1000th anniversary in July, 2003, and would like to meet the descendants of some of its "lost citizens."
For more information, visit the
Sterkelshausen web site
or
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January 14, 2003
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"Castles, Country Inns and Historic Guesthouses of Germany"
is a 16-day tour sponsored by Palatines to America and conducted by professional photographer and tour guide James Derheim.
Guests will visit Hirschhorn am Neckar,
Miltenberg am Main, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, “The Romantic Road” in Bavaria,
Meersburg on the Bodensee, Mainau Island, the Black Forest around Triberg,
Gleiszellen near the border with the Alsace, Soufflenheim in the Alsace, and
Bacharach on the Rhein, including a fun and informative cruise on the Rhein.
The following links to more information about the tour will open in a new window; to return to this page, simply close the window:
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December 2, 2002
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"German Ancestry from Quill Pen to Cyberspace"
is the theme for the Palatines to America 2003 National Conference, to be held in Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 20, 21, 2003.
Click here for program details.
Reserve the conference dates on your calendar —
this will be a great opportunity to learn more about researching your German-speaking ancestors! |
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August 21, 2002
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You can now request a search
of the Library's new computerized, consolidated index of the Society's Ancestor Chart Project collection (12 volumes to date). The Ancestor Chart collection consists of thousands of charts showing the direct ancestral lines of many Pal-Am members, past and present, and serves as the Society's surname exchange file to connect people with common ancestry. You can order a pre-paid search of the digital chart index for $5.00 per name for members and $10.00 per name for nonmembers (additional fees may apply for copies of any charts located). See the
guidelines for making a copy request
and the
order form
for a quick copy request.
Orders involving a common surname like Miller/Mueller, Hoffman, or Smith/Schmidt must include a given (first) or full name for a search and other potentially limiting information such as approximate date and place of birth.
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May 13, 2002
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The
Library Holdings and
Tips for Searching
the Library Holdings have been updated. Approximately 300 publications have been added to the holdings list.
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March 28, 2002
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Palatines to America 2002 National Conference will be held in Springfield, Illinois, June 27-29, 2002.
Here are the complete details, including a registration form that you can print and mail. This brochure is an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it free at
www.adobe.com.
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March 14, 2002
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The queries posted by our members in our quarterly newsletter, Palatine Patter, have been indexed. You can search the index for names of interest and e-mail us to obtain contact information for the member who posted the query.
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December 10, 2001
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Special Pre-Publication Offer!
Important new resource for anyone whose ancestors settled in Eastern Pennsylvania to be published by Pennsylvania Chapter of Palatines to America.
"Pennsylvania Land Applications Volume I: East Side Applications 1765-1769"
by our own
is a 560-page book containing information from over 4000 land applications that have never before been published. The book features an every-name index of approximately 16,000 applicants and their neighbors, with phonetic cross-referencing to make finding spelling variants easier. The book will be published in early 2002. The web site contains a complete list of the surnames found in the book.
There is a special pre-publication price. For complete details and a printable order form, please see
Ancestor's Land - Pennsylvania Land Records.
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December 1, 2001
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We are pleased to announce that an online list of our Library's most sought-after holdings is now available. You can search the list by author, title, key subject or call number. For best results, you should study the "Tips for Searching Library Holdings" before attempting any search.
If you locate resources in the holdings list for which you would like to place a Library Services Request for copies and/or research, please consult the Library FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for complete quidelines and a printable submission form.
The Palatine Library holdings list is hosted by eCriteria.
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November 20, 2001
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We wish to thank Family Tree Magazine for choosing this web site as today's "Site of the Day." When you finish exploring this web site, you may wish to visit Family Tree Magazine.
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October 1, 2001
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Effective today, non-members as well as members may request services from our Library. Please refer to our
Library FAQ,
Library Services Request Form, and other
Library pages.
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September 28, 2001
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The fall issue of our journal,
The Palatine Immigrant,
has been mailed to members. Following is the list of papers in this issue:
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Ask Ernie by Ernest J. Thode
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Early Germans In Pennsylvania And Virginia: Two Colonies, Two Separate Traditions by Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush, Ph.D. and John T. Humphrey
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The Indiana Medical History Museum German-American Connections by Dr. Robert A. McDougal
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A Short Description of my Voyage From Plech to Bremen and America, 1837, Part 1 by John Siegmund Schramm
Copies also are available for purchase. Please see our
order form.
Please consider contributing an article to The Palatine Immigrant. Please see our author's guidelines.
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July 12, 2001
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The summer issue of our journal,
The Palatine Immigrant,
has been mailed to members. Following is the list of papers in this issue:
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Conrad Easterly and Catherine Zirkle Easterly, Early Pioneers in the Shanandoah Valley by E.M Eastery & W.F. Easterly
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Kocherthal
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Palatines in the Hudson & Mohawk Valleys of New York State: Was Your Ancestor One of Them? by Rebecca Rector
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The Ihrigs and the Beerfelden Area of Germany by Elizabeth McLendon
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The Original Otstot Family Bible by Charles Mathieson Otstot
Copies also are available for purchase. Please see our
order form.
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June 19, 2001
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The Palatines to America Library recently received the genealogical research library of Dr. Kathryn Utz, of Whitewater, Wisconsin. Dr. Utz, a retired professor at University of Wisconsin, was a founding member of Palatines to America in 1975 and served as the first national secretary. Her focussed collection of more than 1000 books and maps particularly enriches the Library's holdings of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio sources, and is greatly appreciated. Read more...
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January 29, 2001
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We have redesigned our site to make it more attractive and easier to use. More improvements are coming soon.
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November 12, 2000
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Palatines to America is greatly saddened to learn that
Dr. John Terrence Golden died November 10, 2000.
"Terry" was the editor of our journal,
The Palatine Immigrant, for 18 years.
Follow these links to the memoriam published in The Palatine Immigrant and the obituary published in The Columbus Dispatch.
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We have our own domain name.
Please be sure to bookmark the URL http://www.palam.org/
to reach this page.
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