<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16945" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> Good Morning, <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On April 8 and 9 (which is in about six weeks from now) our annually seminar „Deeper into Genealogy“ (Vertiefende Familienforschung) will take place at Schloss (castle) Dhaun near Kirn on the Nahe River in Germany. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The program will be: <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Gunter Altenkirch<o:p></o:p> Taufe und Namensgebung (birth and chosing names)<o:p></o:p> Totenbrauchtum (customs around the death of a person)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Roque Danilo Bersch<o:p></o:p> Auswandern, um Deutsche zu bleiben und Brasilianer zu werden.<o:p></o:p> (Emigration  to remain German but become Brazilians)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Silvia Bier<o:p></o:p> Zwischen Paris und Nancy: Auf den Spuren des Komponisten Jean Regnault. Biographische Forschung in der Musikwissenschaft.<o:p></o:p> (Between Paris and Nancy: Researching the roots of composer Jean Regnault. Biographic research in musicology)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Gerhard Härter<o:p></o:p> Änderungen im Personenstandswesen (Changes in Civil Registration Regulations)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Martin Kloeffler<o:p></o:p> Die Nutzung der preußischen Rang- und Quartierlisten für die Genealogie<o:p></o:p> (Using Prussian Rank- and Quarter lists for genealogy)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Helmut Kuhn<o:p></o:p> Die Familie Siegfried - Schweizer Calvinisten im Rheingau.<o:p></o:p> (Siegfried family – Swiss Calvinists in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rhein</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Johannes Naumann<o:p></o:p> Das Manual des Philipp Daniel von Hagen aus der Zeit um 1600.<o:p></o:p> (The manual of Philipp Daniel von Hagen from about 1600 AD)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> => Karl Oehms<o:p></o:p> Paul Ziegler aus Kaimt – Familienforschung „aus dem Blickwinkel von Prozessakten“<o:p></o:p> (Paul Zieger from Kaimt – family research through Court files)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The language spoken will be German as usually nearly all participants are German (locals from the area as well as guest from up to 200 miles away). <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Program starts at Friday morning but there is the chance to arrive on Friday afternoon, spend the evening in a local restaurant and don’t have the stress of arrival early in the morning. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The price of 115 Euros include all lectures as well as accomodations in the castle and food and – very important – lots of coffee (despite cold drinks). <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> In case you interested to attend, please, contact me through <A href="mailto:“rolgeiger@aol.com">“rolgeiger@aol.com</A>. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> CU<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Roland Geiger <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----------------- Roland Geiger Historical and Genalogical Research Alsfassener Strasse 17 66606 St. Wendel Germany phone ++49-6851-3166 email rolgeiger@aol.com <A href="http://www.hfrg.de/">www.hfrg.de</A> => APG - Association of Professional Genealogists => ASF - Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Saarlaendische Familienforschung Researchs in => genealogy => local history => transcriptions (f.e. old German into modern) => guided tours through St. Wendel (day and night) and St. Wendel County, Saarland, Germany </DIV> <o:p></o:p></DIV></BODY></HTML>