Photos from days one and two of the 2015 Germanna Reunion are now online by viewing our Photo Gallery. Have photos of the rest of the days that you would like to add? Please let us know.
New Genealogy Database of Germanna Descendants
The Germanna Foundation has a new data-rich genealogy website database of Germanna descendants at GermannaFamily.org. The database is a project of Germanna Foundation Trustee and Genealogist Cathi Clore Frost. To access the database, you must be a paid member of the Germanna Foundation (Become a Member/Renew Your Dues securely online). Annual membership dues are only $35 per year […]
Newsletters Added
We’ve added the Winter and Spring 2015 newsletters to the website (Germanna Foundation Newsletters). The Summer 2015 newsletter arrived in mailboxes back in July to those who are paid members. Want your Germanna newsletter hot off the presses? Become a Member today. As a member, you’ll also get access to the members-only Germanna genealogy database, […]
Travel to Germany in 2016
Plan to join the Germanna Foundation in 2016 to travel to our ancestral lands in Germany. Two trips are planned: one in June to the villages from which the Germanna colonies emigrated and the other in December on a river cruise. Click here for more details and fill out the form on this page to let us know […]
2015 Germanna Reunion and Conference
Thank you to our members and other attendees, supporters, speakers, and volunteers for making this year’s reunion events such a wonderful experience. And be sure to mark your calendar now for the 2016 Germanna Reunion and Conference (July 15-18, 2016), celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition led by Alexander […]
Groundbreaking at Ferry Farm
On April 25, 2015, Germanna Foundation Trustee Dr. Michael Frost was an honored groundbreaker for the George Washington Foundation’s first phase of construction for the Washington House at Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home overlooking Fredericksburg, Virginia. (Michael is the second from the right in the photograph). The Ferry Farm venture’s first phase will build […]
The World’s Languages, in 7 Maps and Charts
This Washington Post article makes several interesting points, including: (1) “Whereas English lags behind in the number of native speakers, it is by far the world’s most commonly studied language. Overall, more people learn English than French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, German and Chinese combined.” (2) “Some language skills could be more rewarding than others. If you […]
Bald Eagles Nesting at Germanna along the Rapidan River
In celebration of all the new births this Spring, the Germanna Foundation is pleased to share this photo (taken by Germanna Foundation volunteer Dr. Myron Wasiuta, OD of Culpeper) of an adult bald eagle and eaglet nesting along the Rapidan River in Orange County, Virginia. As stated in the Virginia Department of Game and Inland […]
Learn about the Mother of Mother’s Day at historic Salubria in Culpeper County on Saturday, May 9, 2015
Please join us for a short presentation by Dr. Katharine Brown about Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day and her Germanna and Culpeper connections at 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 9th, at historic Salubria in Stevensburg, Virginia. The mansion will be open for walk-through tours immediately afterwards until 2:30 pm. Admission is FREE and […]
German ARD Video: 300 Jahre Siegerlander in Virginia
German media attended last year’s reunion and conference and produced a video. You can watch it at this link. 300 Jahre Siegerländer in Virginia: Aktuelle Stunde vom 30.08.2014 Die ersten Deutschen, die in den USA siedelten, kamen aus dem Siegerland. 1714 holte der damalige Gouverneur von Virginia einige hundert Siegener und Wittgensteiner nach Amerika und […]
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