Announcing a June 25 (Saturday) Meeting of the Germanna Descendants in Haubstadt, Indiana.
Many of you will be able to attend this meeting; it is not far from Darmstadt and Elberfeld in southern Indiana (as in the USA). Primarily designed for Willheit descendants, the area also had representatives of the Yager, Stillman, and Broyles families though these latter three names seem to be no longer present. The organizer of the event, Gerald Wilhite, tells me that all are welcome.
The meeting is in the Johnson Township Community Park, just outside of Haubstadt. The building is a comfortable meeting space for up to 150 people with a good sound system. The schedule has 11:00 to 12:00 for registration, 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch, 1:00 to 2:00 for family reports, 2:00 to 3:00 for a talk by John Blankenbaker. I plan on being there before the 11:00 starting time and after the 3:00 conclusion of the talk to answer questions, meet people, and sell materials, both for the Germanna Foundation and myself.
Attractions in the area include New Harmony and the boyhood home of Abraham Lincoln.
Though I have not written my presentation yet, I expect it to be along the lines of why and when did the Germanna people come and why they ended up in Virginia. Some attention will probably be given to the question of when Johann Michael Willheit came.
Mark your calendars, especially if you live in southern Indiana, or southern Illinois, or in the area around Louisville, Kentucky.
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There will be a Genealogy Conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania German Heritage Center Library at Kutztown University here in Pennsylvania on September 17. The keynote address will be given by Aaron S. Fogleman who wrote the book,
Hopeful Journeys
. I have used material from this book on a number of occasions here. Because the book is so interesting, I am planning on attending. The other two speakers are John Humphrey and Annette K. Burgert who, in their own right, are very good presenters.
(05 May 05)
We gratefully acknowledge the work of John Blankenbaker who published over 2,500 Germanna History Notes via the Germanna-L@rootsweb.com email list from 1997 to 2008. We are equally thankful to George Durman (Sgt. George) for hosting the list and republishing the notes via rootsweb.com.