AHSGR Book Club
Join us on December 9, 2024 at 2:00 PM CT as we discuss Songs of the She-Bear! Register Here Get the book here
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AHSGR Writer’s Group
ZoomWriters and aspiring writers are invited to share their work to receive constructive feedback in a positive, supportive environment. We will start with a writing warm up and then share ideas and writing projects with one another. From time to time, guest writers will lead the group. Zoom Link
Research Saturdays
AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United StatesAHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!
German Christmas Service
Friedens Lutheran Church 540 D St, Lincoln, NE, United StatesFröhliche Weihnachten! German Christmas Service Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church 540 “D” Street, Lincoln, Nebraska Free Event – All Are Welcome Rt Rev. Michael Melchizedek providing the German dialogue and Pastor Bud Christenson providing the English dialogue. CELEBRATE THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH WORDS AND SONGS IN ENGLISH AND … Continued
Holiday Open House and Harp Concert
AHSGR is hosting a harp concert in the chapel by of the Great Plains Harp Chapter. Learn more about German Russian holiday traditions, enjoy holiday music, cookies, crafts, and light refreshments.
Research Saturdays
AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United StatesAHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!
Treffen Tuesday
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 research, but the concepts are transferrable to all other areas of German genetic genealogical research. The January session will start with a brief overview of … Continued
AHSGR Writer’s Group
Writers and aspiring writers are invited to share their work to receive constructive feedback in a positive, supportive environment. We will start with a writing warm up and then share ideas and writing projects with one another. From time to time, guest writers will lead the group.Register Here
Research Saturdays
AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United StatesAHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!
Spring Periodical Material Deadline
Please send potential Journal articles to our journal editor at journaleditor@ahsgr.org Potential content for the Newsletter can be sent to lhorken@ahsgr.org
AHSGR Book Club
Join us for Book Club on February 24th at 2pm CT. This book tells the story of George and Elisabeth Catherine Debus Maser from Kukkus, Russia who immigrated to Lincoln, Nebraska and then to the Au Gres area of Michigan. It is a celebration of how a brave woman and the husband she did not … Continued
Treffen Tuesday
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 deep underlying connections between Volga German groups that are often hard to visualize. The value of incorporating Volga German migration patterns into DNA Match Analysis … Continued
Research Saturdays
AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United StatesAHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!
Writer’s Group
ZoomWriters and aspiring writers are invited to share their work to receive constructive feedback in a positive, supportive environment. We will start with a writing warm up and then share ideas and writing projects with one another. From time to time, guest writers will lead the group. Register Here
Treffen Tuesday
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 the entire region, even allowing the conceptualization of a new global model - the Eurasian Migration System. In this presentation, we will talk about the … Continued
Research Saturdays
AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United StatesAHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!
AHSGR Writer’s Group
ZoomWriters and aspiring writers are invited to share their work to receive constructive feedback in a positive, supportive environment. We will start with a writing warm up and then share ideas and writing projects with one another. From time to time, guest writers will lead the group. Register Here
Summer Periodical Material Deadline
Please send potential Journal articles to our journal editor at journaleditor@ahsgr.org Potential content for the Newsletter can be sent to lhorken@ahsgr.org
Treffen Tuesday
What They Carried: Storytelling Through Objects A prayer book. A gold cross. A pair of socks. A sewing basket. A scrap of paper. This session will explore storytelling through the “eyes” of the treasured objects our Germans from Russia ancestors brought with them and left behind for their descendants. Part show-and-tell. Part how-to. Part what-if. About … Continued
Research Saturdays
AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United StatesAHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!
Treffen Tuesday
Hattie Plum Williams Hattie Plum Williams is well-known in German from Russia circles for the private 1914 census of Volga German neighborhoods in Lincoln, Nebraska and the subsequently published A Social Study of the Russian German in 1916. Her book, The Czar's Germans, was published posthumously in 1975. Come learn more about this forward-thinking woman and the stories … Continued
AHSGR Writer’s Group
ZoomVirtual EventWriters and aspiring writers are invited to share their work to receive constructive feedback in a positive, supportive environment. We will start with a writing warm up and then share ideas and writing projects with one another. From time to time, guest writers will lead the group.
Research Saturdays
AHSGR Headquarters 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, United StatesAHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!
Treffen Tuesday
The Story of Ludwig Schaaf Presented by Wayne Garman “I was the oldest and had to take care of everyone” – The Story of Ludwig Schaaf The thirty-five year period between the Russian Revolution in 1917 and post-World War II imposed unimaginable suffering and horrors upon our German relatives who lived in the Soviet Union. … Continued