The Germanna Foundation is an organization that survives and thrives because of the great members we have. For those that may not know it, there is a tremendous amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to keep the Germanna Foundation moving forward. Today’s message will put the spotlight on Skip and Joy Poole […]
5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Damages Germanna Foundation’s Salubria
Originally posted in August 2011 after the Virginia earthquake: Stevensburg, VA, August 23, 2011. At 1:51 p.m. Eastern, the largest earthquake to strike Virginia since 1897 damaged the most important colonial home in Culpeper County, Virginia. The earthquake’s epicenter was in nearby Mineral, Virginia, and was felt as far away as Georgia, New York, and Ohio. […]
List of Original Germanna Settlers
Due to the prominence of Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood in American history, much was known of his involvement with the establishment of the Germanna Settlement, but little of the German Settlers who were brought to this area with the 1714 Colony, the 1717 Colony, and later groups. The Germanna Foundation has conducted continuing research regarding […]
How To Research at The Library of Virginia
Having Germanna ancestry means the Library of Virginia is a great resource to find more information on your family background. One of the richest storehouses in the world for genealogy data, the Library of Virginia is the place to find those extra pieces of data that help add texture to your history. Research at the […]
Germanna DNA Project
Germanna and Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) have joined forces to develop the most comprehensive Germanna DNA Project ever. FTDNA is the oldest and largest DNA database company and Germanna is pleased to work with them. FTDNA will make a small contribution to the Germanna Foundation for every individual that participates in the Germanna DNA Project. […]
Care and Feeding of Tombstones
“Pip, the narrator and central character of Charles Dickens’ classic Victorian novel Great Expectations, informs us early in the story that, as he never knew his parents or saw any pictures of them, he drew his first impressions of what they must have looked like from the shapes of the lettering on their gravestones. Certainly, […]
John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part III
And Then What Happened? John Fontaine Part III Further Insights Into John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colonyⓒ By Craig M. Kilby May 2009 Part I | Part II Part III And Then What Happened? Having brought John Fontaine’s story this far, it would not be fair to ignore the rest of it. Unless otherwise […]
John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part II
Did Someone Say Miners? Golden Horseshoes? John Fontaine Part II By Craig Kilby May 2009 Part I Part II Fontaine’s Two Trips to Germanna Before we resume with John Fontaine’s journal and his first trip to Germanna, a brief background of the site itself is necessary for those readers not necessarily well versed in its […]
John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part I
Further Insights Into John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part Iⓒ By Craig M. Kilby May 2009 Part II | Part III In 1853, Miss Ann Maury (1803-1876)1 [2] wrote Memoirs of a Huguenot Family which included a much abridged version of John Fontaine’s journal, which she had transcribed from the original. It was […]
18th Century Germanna Emigration Records Discovered in Germany; Fills Gap in Colonial Virginia History
Germanna Foundation Trustee and Secretary Barbara Gregory Fishback tells how 300-year-old documents important to colonial Virginia researchers were discovered in Germany by Germanna Foundation researchers: “In preparation for the 2011 Germanna Foundation Trip to Germany, [Germanna Foundation First Vice President ] Dr. Katharine Brown and I made plans to conduct research at the Stadtarchiv Siegen, […]
