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  • Treffen Tuesday

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    Lena Wolf currently lives in London, but grew up in Kazakhstan as a child of Germans from Russia parents. Lena's mother Angelina, was born in the German village of  Blumenfeld … Continued

  • AHSGR Book Club

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    Sheri Rohn Ertl will host a book discussion for the historical fiction book In the Far Country by Warren Schwartz. The book is available through the AHSGR Bookstore. Click Here … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

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    In this presentation we will learn why the sisters, Jackie and Janine Pfeiffer, decided to write a book about their childhood memories of the 1950's. We will learn the background and how … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

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    We are pleased to announce the Peter Hilkes presentation on the War in Ukraine has been rescheduled! Join us Tuesday, July 12th at 2:00 PM Central.  PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE … Continued

  • AHSGR 2022 Annual Convention

    Doubletree by Hilton Greeley at Lincoln Park 919 7th St, Greeley, CO, United States

    The 2022 annual convention will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska.  This will be a hybrid event featuring in-person presentations, but also offering Zoom accessible sessions for virtual participation for some … Continued

    Free – $175.00

  • Treffen Tuesday

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    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

  • Treffen Tuesday

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    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

  • Oktoberfest 2022

    Join us for a family fun Oktoberfest is TODAY at 4-6:30 PM at the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia at 631 D St. Lincoln, NE. Free food and … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

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    Presenter: Allyn Brosz  Allyn Brosz is a South Dakota native with German Russian ancestry from Bessarabia and Glueckstal colonies.  He retired in 2021 from his career in the U.S. Department … Continued

  • WikiTree Genealogy Symposium

    Visit AHSGR Virtual Booth at WikiTree's 14th Annual Genealogy Symposium AHSGR is participating in WikiTree's 14th Annual Genealogy Symposium November 4-5, 2022. The event is free to attend; there will be many videos … Continued

  • Book Club

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    Join us on November 7 to talk about Then the Rules Changed by Carolyn Zeisset. The author will be there to give background information and hopefully, tell more of the … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

    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

  • AHSGR Book Club

    Join us on February 27 to talk about Second Hoeing by Hope Williams Sykes. This historical fiction novel is considered a classic. The plot revolves around the Schreissmiller family and … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

    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

  • RootsTech 2023

    Visit AHSGR's booth at the 2023 RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The conference will be held March 2-4, 2023, both in-person and virtually. Registration is open now.

  • AHSGR Intro to German Russian Genealogy

    AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United States

    Intro to Germans from Russia Genealogy  March 13th Cost: Free to members and $20 to nonmembers; Sign up is required Limit: 15 people Time: 1pm-4pm   Genealogist and long-time AHSGR … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

    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

  • Treffen Tuesday

    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

  • Spring Open House

    AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United States

    April 8th Cost: Donation Time: 1pm-4pm Join us and Friedens Lutheran Church as we resume our tour season of the historic buildings on the AHSGR campus in Lincoln’s South Bottoms. … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

    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

  • AHSGR Book Club: The Last Green Valley

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    Join us in a book club discussing of The Last Green Valley by best-selling author Mark Sullivan. Mark will be speaking at the AHSGR Convention in Greeley, Colorado. The Last … Continued

  • Treffen Tuesday

    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