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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">A two-day genealogy conference, held annually at Schloss
Dhaun near Kirn in the Rhineland-Palatinate, will take place on the
17<SUP>th</SUP> and 18<SUP>th</SUP> of April 2010. The themes for this year’s
event cover research in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region> and in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">MAGS past president, John <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>T. Humphrey, will participate in this
event with his presentation <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Die Erforschung unserer deutschen Vorfahren:
eine US-amerikanische Perspektive<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></I>( Researching our German Ancestors, An American Perspective). Other
lectures related to the American theme include a lecture by Helmut Schmahl that
will explore the myths and realities of emigration to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Conference organizer, Roland Geiger, will present in German a lecture prepared
by the American historian Philipp Otterness, covering the first mass migration
to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 1709. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Lectures covering German sources include a presentation
by Hans Joachim Kuhn on Sources for Family Historians from the late Middle Ages
for Westrich and Hunsruck. Günter Paulus will give a lecture about the Kirner
genealogist Oskar Pennigroth. A presentation addressing generational morals and
conflict in the Middle Ages will be given by Sylvie Tritz. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Attendees will also have an opportunity
to explore German paleography. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">All presentations will be delivered in
German.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Schloss Dhaun is a castle near Hochstetten overlooking
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nahe</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> valley. Parts of the
fortification date from the thirteenth-century.
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