Presenter: Dr. Ann Braaten Ann Braaten is an associate professor in the Apparel, Retail Merchandising and Design program at North Dakota State University Emily Reynolds Historic Costume Collection at NDSU, … Continued

Presenter: Dr. Tatjana Schell Born to a Volga German family, Katrin Schell, Tatjana's mother, spent her early childhood in the 1950s-1960s in the region of Omsk in western Siberia where … Continued

January – Ann Stewart, “REMNANTS: A Family’s Escape from Stalin’s Russia and the Child They Left Behind” Presentation: When I was in third grade, my grandfather told me he had … Continued

February – Howard Foote and LaDonna Hunt, “Chapters in Action: Restoration of an abandoned cemetery in Oklahoma” Presentation: In the fall of 2017, the Oklahoma chapter took on the restoration … Continued

March – Brenda Smith, “An Uneasy Neighbor: Parsing a prison record to discover ‘Trapper Frank Weber’” Presentation: Franz "Shorty" Weber was a Polish German immigrant to the USA in 1902. … Continued

April – Lena Wolf, “A graphic novel ‘May the Universe be Your Home!’ about the fate of German families in the Soviet Union” Presentation: In her presentation Lena will show … Continued

May – Dr. Eric J. Schmaltz, “Our Memories Build Our Future: Germans from Russia Still on the Move in the 21st Century” Presentation: This presentation is based on the banquet … Continued

June – Dr. Mila Koretnikov, “Tracing Our Volga-German Heritage: A Comparative Look at Tours to Ancestral Village in Germany and Russia” Presentation: In 2016-2019 the Volga German Tour group – … Continued

August – Marilyn Murray, “Ukraine and Russia – a Family at War updates” Presentation: Marilyn (Reh) Murray will share updates regarding the Ukraine/Russian war.  She has a Murray Method International … Continued

September – Dr. Hans-Christian Petersen, “Dr. Karl Stumpp (1896-1962)” Presentation: Dr. Hans-Christian Peterson presents a special presentation about Dr. Karl Stumpp (1896-1962). Remembered posthumously as the “patriarch of the Germans … Continued

October – Maggie Hein, “Is This Really My Ancestor?” Presentation: Are you using genealogy web sites to research your Germans from Russia ancestors?  Is your family tree online?  The big … Continued

The Murray Method Treffen Tuesday; March 26, 2024 Marilyn (Reh) Murray Marilyn will share a background history and an audio-visual explanation of the Murray Method. This method is described as … Continued

A German from Russia Dreams of Karakul Sheep:  C. C. Young and His Return to Russia Richard Sallet, in the foreword to his book, Russian-German Settlements in the United States, … Continued

Ron Baesler Struck Down but not Destroyed: The Story of Rudolf Heupel, a German-Russian Immigrant Ron Baesler is a farm boy, physicist, pastor, missionary, seminary professor, gardener, grandfather, father and husband. … Continued

For the June 2024 Tuesday Treffen meeting, you will have a unique opportunity to meet Adam Schell, a 96-year-old Volga German man born in the village of Seewald. His life … Continued

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Treasures from the AHSGR Archives AHSGR Archivist Karen Keehr shares some of the amazing, unique German Russian treasures housed in the AHSGR Archives and Museum Collections. From heart wrenching letters … Continued

Schön and Sheyn –The Beautiful Harmony Between German-Russian and Russian Jewish Homesteaders  In 1938, the Andrews Sisters’ Bei mir bist du schön (To Me You’re Beautiful) was a big radio hit. … Continued

A Quest for Relatives in Kazakhstan Several years ago I discovered a village in northern Kazakhstan named Karamyshevka that was started in 1906 by Germans. Karamyshevka was also the Russian … Continued

The January and February presentations will be a 2-part sequential exploration of DNA Match Analysis in combination with Volga German migration patterns.  The focus will be on Volga Colony DNA … Continued

Note: Due to personal genealogical data being shared, this presentation will not be recorded. A brief review of January DNA problem solving concepts will be followed by illustrations of the … Continued

Migrations and Mobilities in Post-Soviet Eurasia The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new political and economic map of Eurasia also brought new migration dynamics to … Continued